Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite Version 6.
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Contents 1 Overview.................................................................................................................4 What is new in this release....................................................................................................................4 Key features of Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite........................................................ 5 Details of components modelled by Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite......................
Overview 1 This document describes the activities that you can perform with the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite version 6.0. The integration of Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite version 6.
Key features of Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite Table 1. Features and functionalities Feature Functionality Discovering and monitoring of Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays • • • • Access Recovery Guru information Supports discovery and monitoring of Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array devices. Manages the recovery failure events from the Dell MD Storage Arrays as alerts in the OpsMgr. Displays complete inventory of an MD Storage Array in the OpsMgr's Diagram View.
Management Pack Details – – – – – – – – Controllers ESM Physical Disks Fans Batteries Power Supplies Enclosure Health Enclosure Group Health NOTE: NIC, chassis, and firmware are not monitored in any configuration. Dell Storage MDStorage Array SNMP Management Pack (OpsMgr 2012) Displays the SNMP traps received from supported Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array devices for OpsMgr 2012 consoles only.
2 Using Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite This chapter describes the various operations that you can perform on the OpsMgr using the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite. The management pack suite enables you to: • Discover and provide detailed inventory information of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays. For more information, see Discovery. • Monitor the health of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays and its constituent components. For more information, see Monitoring.
Discovering Dell Powervault MD Storage Arrays To discover Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays: 1. Run the Dell Discovery Utility and populate the IP listing file Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg with the IP addresses of the Dell PowerVault MD storage arrays in the network. NOTE: You can overwrite the Dell_MDStorageArray_ip_sample.cfg and save it as Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg. 2. Import the Dell MD Storage Array Management Packs (Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.mp (Scalable) and Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.
Monitoring The Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite version 6.0 enables you to monitor the discovered Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array devices. The health status indicators help you to monitor the health of your Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array devices on the network. Health status indicators The following table lists the icons that indicate the health status of the discovered Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array devices and their components in the OpsMgr console. Table 4.
To view the alerts for the Dell MD Storage Arrays: 1. In the OpsMgr console, click Monitoring. 2. Click Dell → Alerts Views The following alerts are displayed: • MD Storage Array Alerts — displays the alerts for the recovery failures related to the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays.
Figure 1. Graphical representation of all Dell devices To access the Complete Diagram View: 1. In the OpsMgr console, click Monitoring. 2. In the Monitoring pane, navigate to the Dell folder and click the folder to display the different views. 3. Double-click Dell → Diagram Views → Complete Diagram View. 4. Select a component in the diagram to view the details in the Detail View pane.
Figure 2. Graphical representation of Dell MD Storage Arrays managed by Opsmgr To access the Dell MD Storage Array Diagram view: 1. In the OpsMgr, click Monitoring. 2. In the Monitoring pane, navigate to the Dell folder and click the folder to display the different views. 3. Double-click Dell → Diagram Views → MD Storage Array Diagram. 4. Select a component in the diagram to view the details in the Detail View pane.
NOTE: EMMs are applicable only for daisy-chained MD Storage Arrays. State Views The State Views displays the status of each Dell device managed by the OpsMgr. To access the State Views: 1. In the OpsMgr console, click Monitoring. 2. In the Monitoring pane, navigate to the Dell folder and click the folder to display the different views. 3. Double-click Dell → State Views → MD Storage Array. NOTE: This view can be personalized to include additional columns. 4.
Operations Manager Installation Guide. The Installation guide is packaged in the self-extracting executable Dell_MD_StorageArray_Management_Pack_Suite_v6.0_Axx.exe file. You can download the executable from dell.com/support/home. NOTE: You can specify the override parameters in the Authoring pane of the OpsMgr console. Object discoveries To specify override parameters for object discoveries: 1. In the OpsMgr console, click Authoring. 2.
Component Unit Monitor Name Description Time Interval Disks: Indicates the health of the storage array physical disks. Dell MD Array Power Supply Dell MD Array Power Supply Status (Periodic) Unit Monitor for MD Storage Array Power Supplies: Indicates the health of the storage array power supplies.
Component Unit Monitor Name Description Time Interval consolidated health of physical disk components under the enclosures. Dell MD Array Enclosures Group Dell MD Storage Array Availability Rollup Dependency Monitor for None MD Storage Array Enclosures Group: Represents the consolidated health of the enclosures. Dell MD Array Fans Group Dell MD Storage Array Availability Rollup Dependency Monitor for None MD Storage Array Fans: Represents the consolidated health of the fans.
• Enabled — Allows you to enable or disable monitors. You can set the Override Setting to be True or False. The default setting is True. • Interval in Seconds — The frequency (in seconds) with which the management pack polls the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array device to check the health of a component. The default setting for monitors could range between 3600 - 4300 seconds. Specifying override parameters for unit monitors To specify override parameters for unit monitors: 1.
Related documentation and resources 3 This chapter gives the details of the documents and references to help you work with the Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite version 6.0. Microsoft guidelines for performance and scalability for operations manager For information on recommendations from Microsoft: • See technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/hh473583.aspx for Planning the System Center 2012 Operations Manager Deployment. • See microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.
• Using the following links: – For all Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/softwaresecuritymanuals – For Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/openmanagemanuals – For Remote Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/esmmanuals – For OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/ OMConnectionsEnterpriseSystemsManagement – For Serviceability Tools documents — dell.com/serviceabilitytools – For Client Systems Management documents — dell.
4 Troubleshooting Issues and resolutions The following table lists the known issues and resolutions. Table 5. Known issues and resolutions Issue Resolution Under certain conditions, alerts related to Handle Count Threshold and Private Bytes Threshold are displayed on the OpsMgr console of the management server. Microsoft KB968760 available at support.microsoft.com resolves this issue.
5 Appendix a — enabling external program tasks Install Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite’s tasks that launch external programs, in the default location. Creating a console launch task for Dell Discovery Utility in OpsMgr 2012 R2 To create a console launch task for Dell Discovery Utility in OpsMgr 2012 R2: 1. In the OpsMgr console, click Authoring. 2. In the Authoring pane, click Management Pack Objects → Tasks. 3. Right click Tasks and click Create a New Task .
