Users Guide

DRAC Monitoring Feature
DRAC monitoring feature supports discovery, and monitoring for various generations (iDRAC6, iDRAC7, and iDRAC8 systems) using
SNMP.
Topics:
• Discovery And Grouping
• Monitoring
• Dell Unit Monitors for DRAC Monitoring Feature
• Rules
• Tasks
Discovery And Grouping
The Dell Server Management Pack Suite version 6.0 enables you to discover and classify Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC), and
integrated DRAC (iDRAC).
The following table lists the details of the hardware discovery and grouping by the Dell DRAC monitoring feature.
Table 13. Dell Hardware Discovery and Grouping
Group Monitoring Feature Diagram View Hardware Type
Dell Remote Access Controllers Dell DRAC Monitoring Remote Access Controller
Group
iDRAC modular, and iDRAC
monolithic instances.
NOTE: DRAC monitoring
feature does not support
the discovery of xx0x
iDRAC modular
controllers. You can
manage these devices
using the Scalable Edition
of Agent-based
monitoring feature.
Discovering DRAC Devices
The DRAC devices must be discovered as network devices under the Administration section of the OpsMgr console.
To discover DRAC devices:
1. Log on to the management server as an OpsMgr administrator.
2. On the OpsMgr console, click Administration.
3. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Discovery Wizard.
4. Run the Discovery Wizard, select Network devices and follow the instructions on the screen.
For more information, see the OpsMgr documentation at technet.microsoft.com.
5. On the Add a Device console screen in OpsMgr 2012, type the IP address that you want to scan, select the appropriate Run As
account from the SNMP V1 or V2 Run As account drop-down box.
6. Enable the DRAC monitoring feature using Feature Management Dashboard.
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