Users Guide

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.

What is New in This Release

The release highlights of Dell Server Management Pack Suite are:

• Support for 13th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers

• Support for Dell Precision Rack 7910 Workstations

• Support for performance monitoring and views for CPU, IO, CUPS (Compute Usage per Second), and

memory using Agent-free monitoring feature

• Support for inventory and health monitoring of PCIe SSDs using Agent-free monitoring feature

• Support for inventory and health monitoring of iDRAC, Network Interface Card (NIC), License, Physical

disk, vFlash, and HostNIC correlation using Agent-free monitoring feature

• Support for detailed sensor monitoring using Agent-based monitoring feature

• Support for iDRAC8

• Support for OMSA 8.0.1

• Server In-band Monitoring feature is now known as Servers and Rack Workstation Agent-based

Monitoring feature

• Server Out-of-band Monitoring feature is now known as Servers and Rack Workstation Agent-free

Monitoring feature

• Changes in Views

– Alerts Views

* Server Alerts is now known as Server and Rack Workstation Alerts

– State Views

* Managed servers (In-Band) is now known as Servers and Rack Workstations (Agent-based)

* Managed servers (Out-Of-Band) is now known as Servers and Rack Workstations (Agent-free)

* Unmanaged servers (Out-Of-Band) is now known as Unmanaged Servers (Agent-free)

Key Features of Dell Server Management Pack Suite

This version of Dell Server Management Pack Suite provides the following features for managing the Dell

devices:

Table 1. Features and Functionalities

Feature Functionality

Agent-based Discovery and Monitoring — Dell

Servers and Rack Workstation

Supports agent-based discovery and monitoring of

Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerVault monolithic and

modular systems, and supported Dell Precision

Racks running the supported Windows operating