Users Guide

What Is New In This Release

The release highlights of Dell Server Management Pack Suite are:

• Support for detailed monitoring of Dell chassis (Dell PowerEdge M1000e and Dell PowerEdge VRTX)

• Support for monitoring of Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis storage components; enclosures, controllers,

physical disks, and virtual disks

• Support for correlation of chassis storage shared components with Dell modular servers

• Support for new alerts from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, iDRAC7, and CMC

• Support for latest iDRAC7 and CMC firmware versions

• Support for automatically importing the Dell Server In-band monitoring feature

• Support for automatically importing the Dell Server Out-of-band (agent-free) monitoring feature (if

license credentials are provided)

Key Features Of Dell Server Management Pack Suite

This version of Dell Server Management Pack Suite provides the following features for managing the Dell

devices:

Table 1. Features and Functionalities

Feature Functionality

In-band Discovery and Monitoring — Dell Servers Supports in-band discovery and monitoring of Dell

PowerEdge, Dell PowerVault monolithic and

modular systems running the supported Windows

operating system and supported Dell OpenManage

Server Administrator.

Out-of-band Discovery and Monitoring (Agent –

free) — Dell Servers

Supports:

• Out-of-band discovery and monitoring of Dell

PowerEdge 12G systems and Dell PowerVault

systems.

• SNMP traps for out-of-band systems.

Discovery and Monitoring — Chassis Management Supports:

• Discovery and monitoring of Dell Chassis and

DRAC/MC devices.

• Supports discovery of server modules and

chassis slot summary for CMC and DRAC/MC

chassis.

• SNMP traps for Dell Chassis and DRAC/MC

devices.

Discovery and Monitoring — Dell Remote Access

Controllers (DRAC)

Supports:

• Discovery and monitoring of supported DRAC

devices.

• SNMP and PET traps for DRAC devices.