User's Manual

14 Introduction
Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC)
This Management Pack supports the discovery, monitoring, and alert
processing for various generations (DRAC 4, DRAC 5, iDRAC 6 modular,
and iDRAC 6 monolithic systems) of Dell Remote Access. These generations
of Remote Access devices are grouped under Dell Remote Access Group.
This Management Pack provides the following features in
Server Management Pack Suite v4.0:
• Discovering of DRAC 4, DRAC 5, and iDRAC 6 (modular and monolithic)
and grouping these devices in the
Diagram View
• Processing of SNMP traps and knowledge base for Dell Remote Access
• Health monitoring of Dell Remote Access devices - both at regular
intervals of six hours and on occurrence of SNMP traps with status poll
• Support for complete set of SNMP traps and Platform Event Traps
• Launching of Dell Remote Access console task
NOTE: Dell Remote Access Controller Management Pack does not support
the discovery of xx0x iDRAC modular controller out-of-band systems due to
iDRAC hardware limitation. To manage iDRAC xx0x modular controller, use Detailed
Server Management Pack or Scalable Server Management Pack where xx0x iDRAC
would be discovered in-band as a part of the Server Inventory.
Supported Dell Devices
The following Dell devices are supported for Dell Server Management Pack
Suite v4.0:
• Dell PowerEdge™ systems - complete support for systems ranging
from x8xx to xx1x (both inclusive) and limited support for x6xx and
x7xx systems.
• Dell PowerVault™ systems - complete support for systems ranging
from x8xx to xx1x (both inclusive) and limited support (no support
for
ipmish tasks) for x6xx and x7xx systems.
NOTE: Both PowerEdge and PowerVault systems are supported with Detailed
Server Management Pack and Scalable Server Management Pack.
• DRAC 4, DRAC 5, iDRAC 6 with DRAC Management Pack and CMC,
DRAC/MC with CMC Management Pack.