Setup Guide

NOTE: The term Servers in this document is used to refer to Servers and Rack Workstations, unless

otherwise specified.

NOTE: The term Agent-based monitoring in this document is used to refer to Servers and Rack

Workstation Agent-based Monitoring, unless otherwise specified.

NOTE: The term Agent-free monitoring in this document is used to refer to Servers and Rack

Workstations Agent-free Monitoring, unless otherwise specified.

Prerequisites

To install the Dell Server Management Pack Suite version 6.0 on a management server, make sure that

you have the following installed:

• OpsMgr

– 2012 R2

– 2012 SP1 — On systems running OpsMgr 2012 SP1, download and apply the Update Rollup 2 for

OpsMgr 2012 SP1 provided in the Microsoft knowledge base article KB2826664. For more

information, see support.microsoft.com/kb/2802159.

– 2012

– 2007 R2

• Microsoft .NET version 3.5 or later.

Monitoring Features Supported by Dell Server

Management Pack Suite

The following table lists the monitoring features supported by this version of Dell Server Management

Pack suite.

Table 1. Features Supported by Dell Server Management Pack Suite

Feature Description

Servers and Rack Workstations Agent-based

Monitoring

Agent-based monitoring and inventory of Dell

PowerEdge, Dell PowerVault storage servers and

supported Dell Precision Racks.

Servers and Rack Workstations Agent-free

Monitoring

Agent-free monitoring and inventory of Dell

PowerEdge, Dell PowerVault storage servers and

supported Dell Precision Racks.

DRAC Monitoring Monitoring and inventory of DRAC devices.

Chassis Monitoring Monitoring and inventory of Dell CMC devices.

Chassis Modular Server Correlation Correlation of Dell servers within a chassis, discovered

either using Agent-based or Agent-free monitoring

features.