Dell Server Management Pack Suite Owner's Manual

DELL SERVER MANAGEMENT

PACK SUITE FOR MICROSOFT

SYSTEM CENTER 2012

OPERATIONS MANAGER,

SYSTEM CENTER

OPERATIONS MANAGER 2007

R2 and SYSTEM CENTER

ESSENTIALS 2010

Version 5.0.1

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The Dell Server Management Pack Suite for Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center Operations
Manager(SCOM) 2007 R2 and System Center Essentials(SCE) 2010 enables the monitoring of Dell Systems, Dell Remote Access
Controllers (DRAC) and Dell Chassis Management Controllers(CMC). The management packs provide Dell-specific views that
you can use to obs erve and dr ill dow n the sys tem s tat us in a netw or k.

What’s New

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Out-of-band discovery and monitoring of Dell PowerEdge Servers (12G onwards).

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Feature Management - Import, upgrade, and remove S uite feature s from the Operations M anager cons ole.

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Support for 12G PowerEdge systems

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Support for Microsoft System Center 2012 Operations Ma nager

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Support for Asset tag in inventory

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Console tasks for launching

o Dell OpenManage Power Center
o Dell License Manager
o Warranty Information Page

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Systems Management(In-band) troubleshooting

o Remote desktop launch for Integrated Dell Remote Access Co ntroller
o (iDRAC) 7
o Dell OpenManage Systems Administrator (OMSA) console for iDRAC7

Hardware and Software Requirements

For hardware and software requirements, see the Installation Guide.

Installation

To install the Dell Server Management Pack Suite, run the installer executable.For detailed installation, prerequisites,
configuration, upgrade and uninstallation instructions, see the Installation Guide.

Notes

Management Pack Suite Structure

The Dell Server Management Pack Suite consists of the following management packs, which are installed
into the installation folder.

Dell.FeatureManagement.Pack.mp

 Dell Feature Management Pack (FMP) provides a dashboard to monitor Dell Server

Management Pack Suite features, configure/manage licenses , import (scalable/detailed),
upgrade, and remove management features. For more information, see the Installation Guide.

Server Monitoring

Dell.WindowsServer.Scalable.mp

 Dell Windows Server Scalable Management Pack for agent-based (in-band) lightweight,

scalable server discovery and monitoring of Dell Systems.

Dell.Server.OOB.mp

 Dell Server (Out Of Band) Management Pack for agentless server discovery and monitoring of

Dell Systems on SCOM 2012.

Dell.WindowsServer.Detailed.mp

 Dell Windows Server Detailed Management Pack for agen t-based Systems Management(in-

band) detailed discovery and monitoring of Dell Servers a nd its components.

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Dell.WindowsServer.InformationAlertsOn.mp

 Dell Overrides utility for turning ON the Informational Alerts provided in the Dell Windows

Server Scalable Managemen t Pack.

Dell.Server.OOB.DetailedMonitoringOn.mp

 Dell Server Out-Of-Band Detailed Monitoring On - Overrides MP enable detailed component-

level monitoring for the Dell Server (Out Of Band) Management Pack.

Dell.Model.Server.mp

 Library file for Server monitoring

Dell.OperationsLibrary.Server.mp

 Library file for Server monitoring

Dell.View.Server.mp

 Library file for Server monitoring

Chassis Monitoring

Dell.CMC.OM07.mp

 Dell Chassis Management Controller Management Pack for discovery, monitoring, and trap

processing of CMC devices with SCOM 2007 R2/SCE 2010.

Dell.CMC.OM12.mp

 Dell Chassis Management Controller Management Pack for discovery, monitoring, and trap

processing of CMC devices with SCOM 2012.Dell.Model.CMC.mp Library file for CMC
monitoring

Dell.OperationsLibrary.CMC.mp

 Library file for CMC monitoring

Dell.View.CMC.mp

 Library file for CMC monitoring

Remote Access Monitoring

Dell.DRAC.OM07.mp

 Dell Remote Access Controller Management Pack for discovery, monitoring and trap

processing of DRAC devices with SCOM 2007 R2/SCE 2010.

Dell.DRAC.OM12.mp

 Dell Remote Access Controller Management Pack for discovery, monitoring and trap

processing of DRAC devices with SCOM 20 12.

Dell.Model.DRAC.mp