Users Guide

Performance Collection Rules

In the OpsMgr console, click Monitoring > Dell > Performance and Power Monitoring Views to view the performance information

that is collected from Dell servers. By default this feature is disabled, to enable the feature, see Enabling Performance Collection Rules.

The performance collection rules collect information on the following parameters:

• Agent-based Disk Performance (%)

• Ambient Temperature (Centigrade)

• Amperage (Amps)

• Energy Consumption (kWh)

• Peak Amperage (Amps)

• Peak Power (Watts)

• Physical Network Interface

• Power Consumption (BTU/hr)

• Power Consumption (Watts)

• Teamed Network Interface

NOTE:

• When the Detailed edition of the Agent-based monitoring feature is imported, the disabled Performance (excluding

Network Performance) collection rules are enabled by default.

• Agent-based Disk Performance (%) — This view displays the Remaining Rated Write Endurance of Solid-State

Drives (SSDs) of a Dell server (Agent-based). Search for the object

SSD to view the data.

NOTE: Network Statistics are defined in Detailed edition of Agent-based monitoring feature only and are disabled by

default. To enable the feature, see Enabling Performance Collection Rules.

Enabling Performance Collection Rules

To enable this feature:

1. Launch OpsMgr console and click Authoring.

2. Click Rules and search for performance collection rules.

3. Right-click the rule you want to enable.

For example, to collect information on Network Interface of all Dell systems, perform step 4 to step 5 for the rules listed below:

• Total Transmitted Packets

• Received Bytes

• Total Received Packets

• Transmitted Bytes

4. Select Overrides > Override the Rule > For all objects of class.

5. Select Override and provide Override value as True.

6. Click Apply.

Tasks

Tasks are available in the Tasks pane of the OpsMgr console. When you select a device or a component, the relevant tasks appear in the

Tasks pane.

Task Summary

Performing Dell Tasks

Following table provides a summary of the Dell tasks that you can perform on the OpsMgr:

Agent-based Monitoring Feature