Users Guide

3. Right-click Operations Manager Settings and click Settings.

The Operations Manager Settings window is displayed, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Configuring PRO Tips Properties

4. Make sure that the Enable Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) check box is selected.

5. Click OK to save your settings.

Testing the Setup Using Scenarios

To confirm that the imported Dell PRO Pack is fully functional, create the scenarios listed in the following table and

check if the activities listed under Expected System Response column are carried out.

Scenario - The Ambient System Temperature exceeds its warning threshold value on a managed system.

CAUTION: Run this test on a server which does not run any Workloads.

Your Actions Expected System Response

Using OpenManage Server Administrator, generate a

temperature-alert warning on the managed system by

configuring the Maximum Warning Threshold value to be

lesser than the current System Board Ambient

Temperature. For more information, see the

Dell

OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide

CAUTION: Make sure to restore the temperature

sensors to default value after the test is complete.

• The state of the server changes appropriately. In

this case, it changes to Warning.

• Dell PRO Pack generates the corresponding alert

in Operations Manager.

• Operations Manager passes an alert associated

with the PRO Tip to VMM.

• PRO Tip is displayed in the VMM PRO Tip window.

In this case it is a Warning.

Select the Implement option in the PRO Tip window. Places the host in Restrict mode.

Verify that the host is placed in the Restrict mode and the

PRO Tip has resolved the alert.

• After successful implementation of the PRO Tip,

the status changes to Resolved and the PRO Tip

entry moves out of the PRO Tip window.

• Corresponding alert disappears in the Operations

Manager Alert View.

Select the Dismiss option instead of the Implement option

in the PRO Tip window.

Dismisses the PRO Tip. No recovery task is performed.

The corresponding PRO Tip entry moves out of the PRO

Tip window.