Users Guide

1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 6
Terms Used in This Document.............................................................................................................................................6
What is New in This Release................................................................................................................................................ 6
Key Features of Dell Server Management Pack Suite......................................................................................................7
2 Overview of Dell Server Management Pack Functionality.................................................................9
3 Agent-based Monitoring Feature..................................................................................................10
Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition Features...................................................................................................10
Discovery and Grouping...................................................................................................................................................... 10
Discovering Dell Server in OpsMgr.............................................................................................................................. 10
Discoveries by the Agent-based Monitoring Feature.................................................................................................11
Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Views................................................................................................................................................................................12
Unit Monitors.................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Rules.................................................................................................................................................................................19
Tasks..................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Task Summary............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Performing Dell Tasks................................................................................................................................................... 20
Dell Windows Server Tasks...........................................................................................................................................21
Reports................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Accessing Reports.........................................................................................................................................................25
Generating OpenManage Windows Event Log Report............................................................................................ 25
Generating BIOS Configuration Report...................................................................................................................... 25
Generating Firmware and Driver Versions Report.................................................................................................... 25
Generating RAID Configuration Report...................................................................................................................... 26
4 Agent-free Monitoring Feature.................................................................................................... 27
Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition Features.................................................................................................. 27
Discovery and Grouping......................................................................................................................................................27
Discovering a Dell Server Using Agent-free Monitoring Feature............................................................................ 27
Discoveries by the Dell Agent-free Monitoring Feature........................................................................................... 28
Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Views...............................................................................................................................................................................29
Dell Unit Monitors for Agent-free Monitoring Feature....................................................................................................31
Rules......................................................................................................................................................................................35
Dell Systems Event Processing Rules.........................................................................................................................35
Dell Servers ................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Tasks..................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Task Summary............................................................................................................................................................... 35
Performing Dell Tasks Using Dell Agent-free Monitoring Feature.......................................................................... 35
Dell Server Tasks........................................................................................................................................................... 36
Configuring Dell Connections License Manager URL............................................................................................... 37
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