Users Guide

For more information about using the iDRAC access via Host OS (Experimental Feature), see the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller7/8 with Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
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 10. Scalable Management Pack Versus Detailed Management Pack
Features Scalable Edition Detailed Edition
Server and Rack Workstation
Monitoring (Licensed)
• Inventory up to individual components.
• Health monitoring at server, Rack
Workstation and component group
level.
• Inventory and health monitoring of
individual components.
• View metrics for power, temperature,
and network interface cards, processor,
memory, CUPS (Compute Usage per
Second), PCIe SSD wear percentage
and IO performance metrics.
Discovery and grouping
The Dell Server Management Pack Suite enables you to discover and classify Dell servers.
The following table lists the details of the hardware discovery and grouping by the Dell Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed)
feature through iDRAC using WS-MAN.
Table 11. Dell Hardware discovery and grouping
Group Diagram View Hardware Type
Dell Servers Dell Monolithic Servers
Dell Modular Servers
Dell Sled Group
Dell PowerEdge systems.
Dell PowerVault storage servers.
Dell Rack Workstation Rack Workstation Diagram Dell Precision Racks
Discovering a Dell Server
Prerequisites:
• Common prerequisites:
– Install Microsoft SMASH Library (MPB) file before discovering a Dell Server using Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed)
feature.
For more information about installing the Microsoft SMASH Library (MPB) file, see the "Installing the WS-Management and
SMASH Device Template" section in the Dell Server Management Pack Suite Version 6.3 for Microsoft System Center
Operations Manager Installation Guide at dell.com/OMConnectionsEnterpriseSystemsManagement.
• For iDRAC access via Host OS:
– iSM version 2.4 is installed on the managed node.
– iDRAC access via Host OS is enabled.
This is an experimental feature. For more information, see the iDRAC access via Host OS (Experimental Feature) section
in the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller7/8 with Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
To discover a Dell server though iDRAC using WS-MAN or iDRAC access via Host OS:
1. Log on to OpsMgr as an administrator for the OpsMgr Management Group.
2. On the OpsMgr console, click Authoring.
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