Users Guide

Monitoring
After you install the Dell Server Management Pack Suite, you can use the Monitoring pane of the OpsMgr
to select views that provide complete health information of the discovered Dell CMC and DRAC/MC
devices. The Chassis monitoring feature discovers and monitors the health of the Dell CMC and
DRAC/MC devices. The Severity Level Indicators indicates the health of your Dell CMC and DRAC/MC
devices on the network.
Chassis Monitoring includes monitoring the health of Dell chassis, and DRAC/MC devices, both at regular
intervals and on occurrence of events.
NOTE: To perform Chassis Detailed monitoring, create Run As Accounts with WS-Man credentials
needed for accessing the Dell CMCs and associate it to the profiles — Dell CMC Login Account Run
As Profiles.
Alerts Views
This view is available for managing hardware and storage events from Dell CMC and DRAC/MC devices.
SNMP traps sent by Chassis and DRAC/MC devices are displayed by the Chassis monitoring feature.
Viewing Alerts On The OpsMgr Console
To view Chassis Monitoring alerts on the OpsMgr console:
1. Launch the OpsMgr console and click Monitoring.
2. Click Dell → Alerts Views.
The following individual Alerts Views are displayed:
• CMC Alerts — SNMP traps from the discovered Chassis devices are displayed.
• DRAC/MC Alerts — Events and SNMP traps from the discovered DRAC/MC devices, and SNMP
traps (for NICs) for 12th generation PowerEdge servers with iDRAC 7 are displayed.
• Dell M1000e Chassis Alerts— SNMP traps from the discovered Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis
device are displayed.
• Dell VRTX Chassis Alerts— SNMP traps from the discovered Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis device
are displayed.
3. Select any of the Alerts Views.
On the right pane of each of the individual Alerts Views, alerts that meet the criteria you specify,
such as alert severity, resolution state, or alerts that are assigned to you is displayed.
4. Select an alert to view the details in the Alert Details pane.
Diagram Views
The Diagram Views offers a hierarchical and graphical representation of all Dell CMC devices, Dell
M1000e, and Dell VRTX on your network.
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