Users Guide

Monitoring

This version of Dell Server Management Pack Suite enables you to monitor the discovered Dell systems and network

devices. The Severity Level Indicators help you to monitor the health of your Dell devices on the network.

NOTE: To receive alerts on systems running OpsMgr 2012 see the "Configuring OpsMgr 2012 to Enable Monitoring

Traps and Trap Based Unit Monitors" section of the

Dell Server Management Pack Suite Version 5.0.1 For

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager And System Center Essentials Installation Guide

support.dell.com/manuals.

Monitoring includes:

• Process events raised by Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (Server Administrator) agents running on Dell

Modular and Monolithic systems and display the alerts on the OpsMgr console.

• Monitor Health of Dell Modular and Monolithic systems and their components, chassis, and DRAC devices, both at

regular intervals and on occurrence of events.

• Process SNMP trap and knowledge base for Dell Servers (discovered through the Server Out-of-band Monitoring

feature), CMC, DRAC/MC, and Dell Remote Access Controllers.

As the system components monitored through Server (In-band) Monitoring feature and Server (Out-of-band) are not

exactly the same, it is possible that the overall server health that is shown through In-band (OMSA) and Out-of-band

(iDRAC) methods could be different. Drill-down to the specific component status when you observe such discrepancies

to resolve specific problem conditions in the system component to bring the overall health of the server to OK state.

Severity Level Indicators

The following table lists the icons that indicate the severity levels of the discovered Dell devices on the OpsMgr console.

Table 12. Severity Level Indicators

Icon Severity Level

Normal/OK — The component is working as expected.

Warning/Noncritical — A probe or other monitoring device has detected a reading for the

component that is above or below the acceptable level. The component may still be functioning, but

it could fail. The component may also be functioning in an impaired state.

Critical/Failure/Error — The component has either failed or failure is imminent. The component

requires immediate attention and may need to be replaced. Data loss may have occurred.

The health status is not applicable for the specific component.

The service is unavailable.