Install Guide

Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring

(Licensed) Feature

Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature provides detailed or scalable inventory, based on your method of

discovery, and monitoring of the following devices:

• 12th generation and 13th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers

• Dell PowerVault systems

• Dell Precision Racks

• Dell branded OEM servers

• Dell OEM Ready servers

Inventory and monitoring of the these devices could be done through iDRAC or iDRAC Service Module (iSM) installed on the on the

managed server or Rack Workstation through one of the following methods based on your monitoring preference:

• iDRAC using WS-MAN

• iDRAC access via Host OS

• iSM using WMI

This is a licensed feature.

For more information about monitoring servers through iDRAC using WS-MAN or Host OS, see the section Server and Rack

Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) Feature in the Dell Server Management Pack Suite Version 6.3 for Microsoft System Center

Operations Manager User's Guide.

For the list of Supported Platforms for iSM, see the iDRAC Service Module Installation Guide at Dell.com/manuals.

Dell Server Management Pack Suite installer automatically imports the Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature

if the prerequisites are met.

Configuration prerequisites

• Ensure that iSM is installed.

– WMI feature is enabled for discovering devices through iSM using WMI.

– iDRAC access via Host OS in enabled for discovering devices through iDRAC access via Host OS.

• Ensure that there is WS-MAN (WS-Management) connectivity to iDRAC

• Ensure that the SNMP ports on the firewall are enabled

• Ensure that the Dell Device Helper is installed

• Ensure that MaxEnvelopeSizekb value in WinRM setting is higher (for Windows Server 2008 R2 only)