Users Guide

Using Dell Smart Plug-in (SPI) Features
This chapter discusses the various operations that you can perform after you install the Dell SPI on the HP
Operations Manager (HPOM) management server.
Classifying Dell Devices
The Dell Hardware Autogroup Policy is a scheduled task. By default, the policy is scheduled to run at
04:00 hours every Sunday. You can change this default schedule as per your requirement.
Classifying Dell devices under the Services hierarchy
Click Systems Infrastructure → Dell Hardware under Services in the HPOM console to view the Dell
devices.
The auto-grouping policy identifies and classifies the Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell DRACs, Dell Chassis,
Dell Storage, and Dell Network Switches under the Dell Hardware services hierarchy on the HPOM
console as listed in the following section:
• Creates Windows Servers service group for the Dell PowerEdge servers running Windows, ESXi
Servers service group for the Dell servers running ESXi , and the Linux Servers service group for the
Dell servers running Linux operating systems along with the <hostname (service tag)> under
Dell Servers in the Services hierarchy on the HPOM console.
• Creates DRAC5 service group for DRAC5 devices, iDRAC6 Modular service group for iDRAC6 Modular
devices, iDRAC6 Monolthic service group for iDRAC6 Monolithic devices, iDRAC7 Modular service
group for iDRAC7 Modular devices, and iDRAC7 Monolithic service group for iDRAC7 Monolithic
devices, along with the <hostname (service tag)> under Dell DRAC in the Services hierarchy on
the HPOM console.
• Creates DRAC MC service group for DRAC/MC devices, CMC service group for CMC devices, and
VRTX CMC service group for VRTX CMC devices, and FX2 CMC service group for FX2 CMC devices
along with the <hostname (service tag)> under Dell Chassis in the Services hierarchy on the
HPOM console.
• Creates Compellent Storage Arrays service group for Dell Compellent Storage Arrays, EqualLogic PS
Series Arrays service group for Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays, PowerVault MD Storage
Arrays service group for MD Storage Arrays, and PowerVault NX Storage Arrays service group for Dell
PowerVault NX Storage Arrays under Dell Storage in the Services hierarchy on the HPOM console.
• Creates M-Series Switches, S-Series Switches, and Z-Series Switches, and 8000 | 8100 Series
Switches service group for Dell 8000 Series and 8100 Series network switches, service group under
Dell Network Switches in the Services hierarchy on the HPOM console.
• Creates Agent Free Server Monitoring v3 service group under Dell SPI Licensing in the Services
hierarchy on the HPOM console.
Classifying Dell devices under the Node hierarchy
Click Dell Managed Systems under Nodes hierarchy in the HPOM console to view the Dell devices.
The auto-grouping policy identifies and classifies the following Dell servers, Dell DRACs, Dell Chassis, Dell
Storage, and Dell Network Switches under the Dell Managed Systems node group on the HPOM console
as listed in the following section:
• Classifies the Dell Servers and its associated RACs under the following categories according to their
hardware configuration:
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