Users Guide

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DRAC Monitoring Feature
DRAC monitoring feature supports discovery, and monitoring for various generations (iDRAC6, iDRAC7,
and iDRAC8 systems) using SNMP.
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.
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