Owner's Manual

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. You can perform the following functions:
• Auto-group Dell systems. For more information, see Auto-grouping Dell Devices.
• Monitoring the health of Dell devices. For more information, see Monitoring The Health Of Dell Devices.
• Process SNMP traps from Dell devices. For more information, see Processing SNMP Traps From Dell Devices.
• Launch DRAC (in-band) as a tool on the HPOM console from Dell Servers. For more information, see Launching
Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) Console.
• Launch OpenManage Server Administrator as a tool on the HPOM console from Dell Servers. For more
information, see Launching OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) Console.
• Launch Server Administrator Web Server as a tool from HPOM console. For more information, see Launching
OpenManage Server Administrator Web Server Console.
• Launch DRAC as a tool on the HPOM console from DRACs. For more information, see Launching Dell Remote
Access Controller (DRAC) Console From DRAC.
• Launch OpenManage Server Administrator Console as a tool on the HPOM console from DRACs. For more
information, see Launching OpenManage Server Administrator Console From DRAC.
• Launch Chassis Management Controller (CMC) as a tool on the HPOM console from Dell Chassis. For more
information, see Launching Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Console.
• Launch DRAC/MC as a tool on the HPOM console from Dell Chassis. For more information, see Launching
DRAC/MC Console.
• Launch EqualLogic Group Manager Console . For more information, see Launching EqualLogic Group Manager
Console.
• Launch MD Storage Manager Console. For more information, see Launching MD Storage Manager Console.
• Launch OpenManage Essentials (OME) as a tool on the HPOM console from Tools, Services, Nodes and Alert
Messages. For more information, see Launching OpenManage Essentials (OME) Console.
• Launch OpenManage Power Center (OMPC) as a tool on the HPOM console from Tools and Alert Messages. For
more information, see Launching OpenManage Power Center Console.
• Launch Warranty Report as a tool on the HPOM console to retrieve warranty information of any selected Dell
system. For more information, see Launching Warranty Report.
• Launch Dell Connections License Manager as a tool on the HPOM console from Dell SPI Licensing. For more
information, see Launching Dell Connections License Manager Console.
• Viewing the Knowledge Base (KB) articles associated with alert messages. For more information, see Viewing
Knowledge Base Articles.
Auto-grouping Dell Devices
The auto-grouping policy Dell Hardware Autogroup Policy is a scheduled task. The policy is scheduled to run at 04:00
hours every Sunday. You can change this default schedule as per your requirement.
Autogrouping Dell Devices Under The Node Group
• The auto-grouping policy identifies and groups the following Dell PowerEdge, PowerVault systems, Dell DRAC,
Dell Chassis, Dell Storage, and Unresponsive Dell Devices under the Dell Managed Systems node group on the
HPOM console:.
– Dell Servers (in-band)
* Groups the systems running the supported Windows or Linux operating systems, have Server
Administrator installed on them, and have SNMP enabled.
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