Dell Server Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Release Notes
Release Type and Definition The Dell Server Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager, and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2 enables the monitoring of Dell Servers, Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC), and Dell Chassis Management Controllers (CMC). The management packs provide Dell-specific views that you can use to observe and drill down the system status in a network.
Managed System Requirements To enable Server (Agent-based) Monitoring feature, install any supported Server Administrator version (including the Server Administrator Storage Management Service). The following table lists the supported Server Administrator versions on the managed system and the corresponding features. Table – Server (Agent-based) Monitoring Requirements Feature v7.2 v7.3 v7.4 v8.0.1 v8.
Managed System Requirements Supported Firmware Versions iDRAC7 12th generation 1.4x.4x, 1.5x.5x, and 2.xx.xx.xx iDRAC8 13th generation 2.xx.xx.xx Chassis Monitoring Feature Management Server (MS) Requirements Supported Operating Systems Following are the list of supported operating systems for the management server: Only OpsMgr 2012 versions supports Chassis Detailed edition. • For OpsMgr 2012 R2, OpsMgr 2012 SP1 and OpsMgr 2012, see technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/hh205990.aspx.
DRAC Monitoring Feature Management Server (MS) Requirements Supported Operating Systems Following are the supported operating systems for the management server: • For OpsMgr 2012 R2, OpsMgr 2012 SP1 and OpsMgr 2012, see technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/hh205990.aspx. • For OpsMgr 2007 R2, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309428(en-us).aspx. Managed System Requirements Supported Firmware Versions DRAC Firmware Versions iDRAC6 Modular 1.5, 1.6, 3.2, 3.3, 3.42, and 3.50 iDRAC6 Monolithic 1.
What’s New? • Support for latest platforms; Dell PowerEdge R930, Dell PowerEdge R530xd, and Dell PowerEdge C6320. Fixes BITS234588: Installer failing to install on a system where User Account Control settings are set to a greater level Versions Affected - 6.1 Important Notes Management Pack Suite Structure The Dell Server Management Pack Suite consists of the following management packs, which are installed in the installation folder. Dell.FeatureManagement.Pack.
Dell.OperationsLibrary.Server.mp • Library file for Server monitoring Dell.View.Server.mp • Library file for Server monitoring Chassis Monitoring Dell.CMC.OM07.mp • Dell Chassis Management Controller Management Pack for discovery, monitoring, and trap processing of CMC devices with SCOM 2007 R2. Dell.CMC.OM12.mp • Dell Chassis Management Controller Management Pack for discovery, monitoring, and trap processing of CMC devices with OpsMgr 2012 versions. This is the scalable edition. Dell.Chassis.
Dell.ChassisModularServer.Correlation.mp • Dell Chassis Blade Correlation utility for turning ON the correlation of chassis with discovered modular server blades. This MP requires Dell.Model.Server, Dell.Model.CMC and Dell.WindowsServer.Scalable MPs.This management also supports the correlation of Chassis storage assigned to modular server blades. Library Dell.Connections.HardwareLibrary.mp • Dell Base folder utility for the basic folder structure and root node. Dell.OperationsLibrary.Common.
• Performance rules are disabled by default. Enable "Dell Server Performance rule" to view the Server performance data (temperature, power and Network Interface Card (NIC) and CPU, Memory, IO and CUPS). • Performance Unit Monitors are disabled by default. Enable the performance unit monitors to get performance health status. • Health Monitoring for components under Software RAID controllers is not supported. Data required for health monitoring not available from the device for such components.
• The "Dell CMC Slot Discovery" uses racadm to connect to CMC devices. Racadm uses Internet Explorer Proxy Settings of SCOM Health Service user account to connect to the CMC devices. Ensure that Internet Explorer Proxy Settings of the SCOM Health Service user account is configured such that CMC devices are reachable. For instructions on modifying the Internet Explorer settings, see Microsoft KB article 135982.
Resolution Close and re-open the SCOM console. Versions Affected All. Issue (406763): When the network cable is pulled out, iDRAC object may not accurately reflect the state of the iDRAC network interface for modular blade. Resolution None. Versions Affected • Server Monitoring (Agent-based) 6.x • iDRAC Modular Firmware - all versions Issue (420180): After server reboot, it may be possible for the network interface ordering to change, and hence may be mapped to a different network interface name.
management station managing the CMC device. You can ignore the alert and manually remove the temporary files. Resolution Remove the temporary files manually. Versions Affected Chassis Monitoring 6.x Issue (554331): On SCOM 2007 R2 distributed setups, though a FMP task is completed functionally and Task History too shows this as complete, on occasions SCOM may still continue to have task popup in running state. Resolution Close the task popup window. Versions Affected • Feature Management (6.
Resolution If required, install Dell Server Management Pack Suite on the remaining management servers of the distributed setup, for more information refer installation guide. Otherwise, ignore the alerts. Versions Affected All. Issue (129331): The display name of Fan components of the M1000e chassis are the same (they all show 'Dell Fan' as the name). Resolution None. Versions Affected Chassis Monitoring 6.
Versions Affected Server Monitoring (Agent-free) Issue (537, 567, and 543) Health monitors for Power Supply Group, Memory Group, CPU, and Memory are disabled because the device does not support real-time health for these components. Resolution None. Version Affected Server Monitoring (Agent-free) Issue (564) Unit Monitors for Memory Group Redundancy are disabled. Resolution None.
Issue (583) If OMSA is not installed, the server’s hostname may be reported incorrectly in DRAC inventory. As a result, Server Administrator console launch and Remote Desktop tasks may fail. Resolution None. Version Affected DRAC Monitoring feature Issue (BITS038761) While upgrading from SCOM 2007 (with CMC/DRAC) to SCOM 2012, the auto-import of CMC (2012), and DRAC (2012) MPs happens in the second discovery cycle after the upgrade (few cases it upgrades in the first cycle). Resolution Apply manually.
Issue (DSMPS-618) NIC and TEAMED NIC association (Intel) are reported incorrectly. Resolution None. Versions Affected Server Monitoring (Agent-based) 6.x Issue (BITS039041) While upgrading DRAC MP from 4.1 to 5.0, FMP is designed to transfer all the overrides from DRAC 4.1 mp to DRAC 5.0 MP specific. When the overrides are for the base class "iDRAC", it is mapped to "iDRAC6Monolithic" class alone. The mapping is not done for the "iDRAC6Modular" class. Resolution Apply manually.
Resolution None. Versions Affected Server Monitoring (Agent-free/Agent-Based) 6.x Issue (DSMPS-675) SMBIOS inventory attributes are displayed incorrectly. In BIOS inventory, BIOS Major and Minor versions are displayed as SMBIOS Major & Minor version attributes.Primary BIOS and current language attributes are shown as 'Not Applicable'. Resolution None. Versions Affected Server Monitoring (Agent-free) 6.
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