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Agent-based Monitoring Feature
Agent-based monitoring feature supports the discovery, and monitoring of Dell PowerEdge monolithic and modular servers, Dell
PowerVault storage servers and supported Dell Precision Racks running the supported Windows operating system and
OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA). For information on supported OMSA versions, see Dell Server Management Pack
Suite Version 6.1.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Release Notes.
The Dell Server Management Pack Suite installer automatically imports the Agent-based monitoring feature.
Topics:
• Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition features
• Discovery and grouping
• Monitoring
• Tasks
• Reports
Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition features
The following table helps you understand the environment in which you can use Scalable and Detailed Edition features.
Table 3. Scalable management pack versus Detailed management pack
Features Scalable Edition Detailed Edition
Agent-based Monitoring
● Inventory and monitoring of
component groups. Also, display the
presence of iDRAC.
● Reports — Only OpenManage
Windows Event log report is available.
● Detailed inventory and health
monitoring of individual components.
● View metrics for memory, processors,
network interfaces, sensors, storage
controllers, disks and virtual disks.
Also, displays BIOS information.
● Reports — Availability of BIOS
configuration, firmware and driver
version, and RAID configuration
reports.
Discovery and grouping
The Dell Server Management Pack Suite enables you to discover and classify Dell Servers — Monolithic, Modular, Sleds, and
supported Dell Precision Racks. The following table lists the details of the hardware discovery and grouping.
Table 4. Dell Hardware discovery and grouping
Group Diagram View Hardware Type
Dell Servers Dell Monolithic Servers
Dell Modular Servers
Dell Sled Servers
Dell PowerEdge systems.
Dell PowerVault storage servers.
Dell Rack Workstations Rack Workstation Diagram Dell Precision Racks.
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