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Using Dell Smart Plug-in (SPI)
This chapter discusses the various operations that you can perform after you
install the Dell SPI on the HP Operations Manager (HPOM) management
server.
Understanding the Dell Smart Plug-in
The Dell SPI consists of four policy files. Table 3-2 lists the policy files
included in the Dell SPI.
Table 3-2. Dell SPI Policy Files
Policy File Description
Dell_Autogroup_Servers This policy scans across all managed nodes and
external nodes, identifies the Dell systems, and
groups them under Dell Managed Systems on
the HPOM console.
This policy groups only those Dell systems where
you have:
• Installed the supported versions of
OpenManage Server Administrator (Server
Administrator) running on supported versions
of Windows operating systems, ESXi, or Linux
operating systems
•Enabled
Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)
on the Windows systems
• Enabled SNMP and WSMAN on the ESXi
systems. For more information on configuring
the SNMP agent on ESXi systems, see the
Dell
OpenManage With VMware ESX/ESXi 4
Systems Management Guide
available on the
Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals
• Enabled SNMP on the Linux systems
This policy is scheduled to run at 23:00 hours
everyday.
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