Users Guide

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DRAC Monitoring Feature
DRAC monitoring feature supports discovery, and monitoring for the various generations of iDRAC (iDRAC6, iDRAC7, and iDRAC8
systems) using SNMP.
Discovery and grouping
The Dell Server Management Pack Suite enables you to discover and classify Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC), and
integrated DRAC (iDRAC).
The following table lists the details of the hardware discovery and grouping by the Dell DRAC monitoring feature.
Table 21. Dell Hardware discovery and grouping.
Group Diagram View Hardware Type
Dell Remote Access Controllers Remote Access Controller Group iDRAC modular, and iDRAC monolithic
instances.
NOTE: DRAC monitoring feature
does not support the discovery of
xx0x iDRAC modular controllers.
You can manage these devices
using the Scalable Edition of the
Server and Rack Workstation
Monitoring feature.
Discovering DRAC Devices
The DRAC devices must be discovered as network devices under the Administration section of the OpsMgr console.
To discover DRAC devices:
1. Log on to the management server as an OpsMgr administrator.
2. On the OpsMgr console, click Administration.
3. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Discovery Wizard.
4. Run the Discovery Wizard, select Network devices and follow the instructions on the screen.
For more information, see the OpsMgr documentation at technet.microsoft.com.
5. On the Add a Device console screen in OpsMgr, type the IP address that you want to scan, select the appropriate Run As
account
from the SNMP V1 or V2 Run As account drop-down box.
6. Enable the DRAC monitoring feature using Feature Management Dashboard.
Scalability recommendation For OpsMgr
When managing large number of network devices in a distributed setup, use dedicated resource pools of Management Servers for
each device type, if the same Management Group is also used to manage devices discovered through the Server and Rack
Workstation Monitoring feature.
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