Reference Guide

Monitoring

Table 2. Appliance component monitoring guide

Components Monitor Utility

System memory Dell OpenManage Essentials

Cooling fans Dell OpenManage Essentials

Network Daughter Card Dell OpenManage Essentials

Processors Dell OpenManage Essentials

PSUs Dell OpenManage Essentials

NIC Dell OpenManage Essentials

Dell PERC 730 Mini or HBA330 mini Dell OpenManage Essentials

Front HDDs Nutanix web console

Front SSDs Nutanix web console

NOTE: For instructions about using Dell OpenManage Essentials to monitor the Dell appliance, do the following:

1 See the OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide.

2 For information about discovering components of the appliance, see the Discovering and Inventorying Devices section.

3 To use the functionality of OMSA preinstalled on each appliance, congure it by using the OpenManage Essentials User's Guide.

4 To add an appliance to the discovered list of systems, discover the appliance by using an IP range.

Monitoring software

To monitor the health of a cluster, VMs, performance, and alerts and events, the Nutanix web console provides a range of status-check

features.

For more information about monitoring with the Nutanix web console, view the Web Console Guide document on the Nutanix

documentation portal (for more information, see Documentation Matrix section in the Support Matrix).

In the Nutanix Web Console Guide document, see the following sections:

• Health Monitoring

• Virtual Machine Monitoring

• Performance Monitoring

• Alert and Event Monitoring

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