Install Guide

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Installing Monitoring Features
The topics in this section describe how to install, upgrade, and remove the monitoring features using the Dell Feature Monitoring
Dashboard.
You can import monitoring features into OpsMgr either by importing the Monitoring Feature management packs using OpsMgr
Import Management Packs wizard or using the Dell Feature Management Dashboard. You can use Feature Management
Dashboard for advanced fine-tuning of monitoring features. For more information, see Feature Management Tasks under the
respective monitoring features.
Importing Dell Server Management Packs into OpsMgr
To import the Dell Server management packs, use the OpsMgr Import Management Pack wizard.
1. Launch the OpsMgr console.
2. From the navigation pane, click Administration.
3. Expand Administration, right-click Management Packs, and select Import Management Packs.
4. On the Select Management Packs screen, click Add → Add from disk.
5. Type the location details or navigate to the location where you have installed the Dell Server Management Pack Suite.
If you had chosen to install in the default directory, then the Dell Server Management Packs are available under C:\Program
Files\Dell Management Packs\6.3.
6. Select the management pack you want to import and click Open.
The Import Management Packs screen appears with the Management Packs displayed in the Import List.
7. Click Install.
Feature Management Dashboard
The Feature Management Dashboard provides facilities for the configuration of Dell Server Management Pack Suite monitoring
features to monitor the various Dell systems — Dell servers, Dell Sleds, Dell Precision Racks, Dell Remote Access Controllers
(DRAC), Dell PowerEdge FX2, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, integrated DRAC (iDRAC), and Dell OEM servers.
• Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring Feature
• Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) Feature
• DRAC Monitoring Feature
• Chassis Monitoring Feature
• Chassis Modular Server Correlation Feature
You can import, upgrade, and remove the monitoring features using the Dell Feature Management Dashboard.
Importing Monitoring Features using Feature Management Dashboard
Feature Management Dashboard allows you to view the available Dell Server Management Pack Suite monitoring features and
configure them automatically for importing, upgrading, and removing the management packs required by a particular feature.
In a distributed setup (including distributed resource pool in OpsMgr 2012), the management server where the Dell Server
Management Pack Suite is installed first is selected to host all feature management activities.
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