Users Guide

Contents
1 Introduction...........................................................................................................6
Terms Used in This Document............................................................................................................. 6
What is New in This Release..................................................................................................................7
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................................................................................................11
Discoveries by the Agent-based Monitoring Feature...................................................................11
Monitoring........................................................................................................................................... 12
Views.............................................................................................................................................. 12
Unit Monitors..................................................................................................................................17
Rules...............................................................................................................................................22
Tasks.................................................................................................................................................... 23
Task Summary............................................................................................................................... 23
Performing Dell Tasks................................................................................................................... 23
Dell Windows Server Tasks........................................................................................................... 25
Reports................................................................................................................................................ 29
Accessing Reports.........................................................................................................................29
Generating OpenManage Windows Event Log Report............................................................... 29
Generating BIOS Configuration Report....................................................................................... 30
Generating Firmware and Driver Versions Report.......................................................................30
Generating RAID Configuration Report....................................................................................... 30
4 Agent-free Monitoring Feature........................................................................32
Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition Features.................................................................... 32
Discovery and Grouping..................................................................................................................... 32
Discovering a Dell Server Using Agent-free Monitoring Feature................................................ 33
Discoveries by the Dell Agent-free Monitoring Feature..............................................................34
Monitoring...........................................................................................................................................34
Views..............................................................................................................................................34
Dell Unit Monitors for Agent-free Monitoring Feature......................................................................38
Rules.................................................................................................................................................... 42
Dell Systems Event Processing Rules........................................................................................... 42
Dell Servers ...................................................................................................................................42