Users Guide

Agent-based Monitoring Feature
Agent-based monitoring feature supports the discovery, and monitoring of Dell PowerEdge monolithic and modular servers, Dell
PowerVault storage servers and supported Dell Precision Racks running the supported Windows operating system and OpenManage
Server Administrator (OMSA). For information on supported OMSA versions, see Dell Server Management Pack Suite Version 6.0 for
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Release Notes.
The Agent-based monitoring feature is automatically imported by the Dell Server Management Pack Suite installer.
Topics:
• Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition Features
• Discovery and Grouping
• Monitoring
• Tasks
• Reports
Comparison of Scalable and Detailed
Edition Features
The following table helps you understand the environment in which you can use Scalable and Detailed Edition features.
Table 2. Scalable Management Pack Versus Detailed Management Pack
Features Scalable Edition Detailed Edition
Agent-based Monitoring
• Inventory and monitoring of component
groups. Also, displays the presence of
iDRAC.
• Reports — Only OpenManage Windows
Event log report is available.
• Detailed inventory and health monitoring
of individual components.
• View metrics for memory, processors,
network interfaces, sensors, storage
controllers, disks and virtual disks. Also,
displays BIOS information.
• Reports — Availability of BIOS
configuration, firmware and driver
version, and RAID configuration reports.
Discovery and Grouping
The Dell Server Management Pack Suite version 6.0 enables you to discover and classify Dell Servers — Monolithic and Modular, and
supported Dell Precision Racks. The following table lists the details of the hardware discovery and grouping.
Table 3. Dell Hardware Discovery and Grouping
Group Diagram View Hardware Type
Dell Servers Dell Monolithic Servers
Dell Modular Servers
Dell PowerEdge and PowerVault systems
Dell Rack Workstations Rack Workstation Diagram Dell Precision Racks
Discovering Dell Server in OpsMgr
Dell servers are discovered through the OpsMgr Agent Management infrastructure.
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