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January 22nd, 2023 16:00

Discover an MD3420?

Hi!

What do i need to do to add an md3420 storage box?
It has dual controllers.

Right now i monitor its health via nagios/SMCli, and i see that SMCli contacts one of the boxes IPs (tcp, port 2463).
So that seems to work:)

And i have MDSM installed on a windows server to manage the box (but i can not find anything at all about snmp there).

So what (and where) do i need to do to discover it?

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January 23rd, 2023 03:00

Hello,

this box is entirely managed from MDSM.

You can see here more info about management

Dell EMC PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays Administrator's Guide | Dell US

Thanks

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January 24th, 2023 01:00

Ok, but what do i need to do to add it to OME?
Some hints at least please?

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January 24th, 2023 02:00

No you have only to configure SNMP traps and OME will discover it

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January 24th, 2023 02:00

You can it with SMNP traps and a discovery but you cannot manage configuration or other

 

Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.9 Support Matrix | Dell US

 

you can see how to discover a device with OME

Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.9 User's Guide

 

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January 24th, 2023 02:00

Yes, just seeing it (and its warranty and healt) will be fine enough.

But to be able to add it, i must make the MDSM expose snmp-info i guess? How do i do that?

I can only see how to configure snmp traps (not how to enable snmp GETs)

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January 24th, 2023 04:00

"Will discover it"? Automatically?

I mean, surely i must run some discovery job in OME to "add" it, so that it fetches the info that it needs about the device.

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January 24th, 2023 04:00

Just enabling snmp traps in mdsm doesnt make it appear in OME. Not here at least:)

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January 24th, 2023 05:00

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January 25th, 2023 07:00

No, that video only shows an example with an iDRAC.

I am talking about a MD storage box here, not an iDRAC:)

And enabling snmp alerts (traps) doesnt make it appear in OME either.

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January 25th, 2023 16:00

Hello, have you seen this? https://dell.to/402xUY2

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January 26th, 2023 00:00

Thats the exact same video that was posted just above... doesnt deal with MD-boxes...

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January 26th, 2023 01:00

how to discover devices "in general" isnt the question here though:) its about md storage boxes:)

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January 26th, 2023 01:00

Hello,

this video is not only for iDRAC. Yes the example is iDRAC but it show you how to discover devices.

Of cours you need to select Dell storage. 

We don't have other material or article to suggest you. If you need more support you can buy an installation ticket from our sales team.

Thanks

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January 26th, 2023 01:00

Yes the video shows this. But on the box side you have to configure SNMP (communities, alerts, and traps). Then on the OpenManage Enterprise you have to create a discovery job using Storage device profile.

 

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July 12th, 2023 21:00

Hi Alexander

I hope you find a way because it is exactly our question and it seems Dell has no answer for it!

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