Manual

Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................5
Introduction..............................................................................................................................5
Product operation.....................................................................................................................5
Supported DMS configurations...................................................................................................6
2 Using the HP Device Monitor Console...........................................................7
Opening the Device Monitor Console..........................................................................................8
Adding a DMS connection.........................................................................................................8
Removing a DMS connection......................................................................................................9
Disconnecting from the DMS......................................................................................................9
Refreshing monitor data.............................................................................................................9
Adding devices to the DMS........................................................................................................9
Adding a Linux or VMware ESX server..................................................................................10
Adding an Agentless server.................................................................................................10
Adding an Onboard Administrator.......................................................................................11
Deleting devices from the DMS.................................................................................................12
Updating device configuration..................................................................................................12
Setting up a non-administrator account to use the DMC...............................................................13
Accessing HP Device Monitor help............................................................................................13
3 Using Windows PowerShell with HP Device Monitor......................................14
Add-ProLiantServer..................................................................................................................14
Remove-ProLiantServer.............................................................................................................14
Add-OnboardAdministrator.....................................................................................................15
Remove-OnboardAdministrator.................................................................................................15
Sample PowerShell Scripts.......................................................................................................16
Adding multiple ProLiant servers...........................................................................................16
Adding multiple Onboard Administrators..............................................................................16
4 More about the HP Device Monitor.............................................................17
HP Device Monitor architecture.................................................................................................17
Network port usage................................................................................................................18
5 Device monitor performance and scalability guidelines..................................19
Monitoring process overview....................................................................................................19
Factors influencing performance characteristics of the Monitor Service...........................................19
Best practices based on these factors.........................................................................................20
Recommended system requirements...........................................................................................20
6 HP Device Monitor Service NT events..........................................................22
7 Troubleshooting the HP Device Monitor.......................................................23
Introduction............................................................................................................................23
Device monitor management issues...........................................................................................23
Same device added to more than one device monitor connection (DMS)...................................23
DMC operational and usage issues...........................................................................................23
DMC connection to DMS service hangs after server power outage...........................................23
Suggested action..........................................................................................................23
Unable to add OA through DMC.........................................................................................23
DMC is unable to remotely connect to DMS in some multihomed network configurations.............23
Suggested action..........................................................................................................24
Checking DMS operation....................................................................................................24
Windows SNMP Trap Service is required for DMS but is disabled on servers using SCOM 2012
for network monitoring.......................................................................................................24
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