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 Suite 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
Monitored hardware components................................................................................................12
Views.............................................................................................................................................. 14
Unit Monitors................................................................................................................................. 19
Rules.............................................................................................................................................. 24
Tasks.................................................................................................................................................... 25
Task Summary............................................................................................................................... 25
Performing Dell Tasks................................................................................................................... 25
Dell Windows Server Tasks............................................................................................................27
Reports.................................................................................................................................................31
Accessing Reports..........................................................................................................................31
Generating OpenManage Windows Event Log Report................................................................31
Generating BIOS Configuration Report........................................................................................31
Generating Firmware and Driver Versions Report....................................................................... 32
Generating RAID Configuration Report........................................................................................32
4 Agent-free Monitoring Feature........................................................................33
Comparison of Scalable and Detailed Edition Features.................................................................... 33
Discovery and grouping......................................................................................................................33
Discovering a Dell Server using Agent-free Monitoring Feature.................................................34
Discoveries by the Dell Agent-free Monitoring Feature.............................................................. 35
Monitoring........................................................................................................................................... 35
Monitored hardware components............................................................................................... 36
Views..............................................................................................................................................38
Dell Unit Monitors for Agent-free Monitoring Feature...................................................................... 41
Rules.................................................................................................................................................... 45
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