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SNMP Trap Based Severity Propagation
The severity propagation for the managed nodes is different for the Nodes
and the Services tree.
Table 3-4 describes the severity propagation based on SNMP traps.
NOTE: The Services Map view is available only on 32 bit Remote Console.
Monitoring the Health of Dell Devices
You can monitor the health of Dell devices using the
Dell_Sched_Status_Update. It is a scheduled policy that updates the global
system status of the Dell systems every one hour. This policy polls each Dell
system grouped under the Dell Managed Systems node group to get the
global system status and sends corresponding severity messages to the active
message browser of the HPOM console.
The global system status is the overall health of the system. However, the
health of the individual components of the system may differ. To view the
health of the individual components for Windows or Linux systems, launch
the Server Administrator tool. For more information, see
Launching Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator
. To view the health of individual
components for ESXi systems, launch the DWS tool to access Server
Administrator. For more information, see
Launching the DWS Console from
Tools
.
Table 3-4. Severity Propagation Behavior
View Description
Nodes tree The node status displays the highest severity of all the active
messages. This status is propagated to the parent node groups.
To know the actual health of the node, view the status in the
Global System Status service.
Services tree The SNMP Traps service displays the highest severity of all the
active trap messages of the corresponding node. This is not
propagated to the parent services. The Global System Status
service displays the present health status of the corresponding
node, and this is propagated to the parent object.
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