Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) Feature
Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature provides detailed or scalable inventory, based on your discovery method, and monitoring of the following devices:
12th, 13th generation, and iDRAC 9-based PowerEdge servers
PowerVault servers
Hardware monitoring of Dell EMC-branded or Dell EMC OEM Ready servers and Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready nodes.
Dell Precision Racks
Inventory and monitoring of these devices could be done through iDRAC or iDRAC Service Module (iSM) installed on the managed Dell EMC 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 the list of supported platforms for iSM, see the
iDRAC Service Module Installation Guide on the support site.
Management Packs
Table 1. Management Packs required for the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstations Monitoring (Licensed) featureManagement Packs required for the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstations Monitoring (Licensed) feature
Feature
Default location of Management Packs
Management Packs
Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed)
For Dell EMC Servers or Rack Workstations that are discovered through iSM–WMI:
Dell.ManagedServer.iSM.mp
Dell.ManagedServer.Model.mp
Dell.View.Server.mp
For Dell EMC Servers or Rack Workstations that are discovered through iDRAC–WS-MAN:
Dell.Model.Server.mp
Dell.OperationsLibrary.Server.mp
Dell.Server.OOB.mp
Dell.View.Server.mp
Dell.Model.Server.mp
Dell.Server.SDK.mp
Dell.Server.SDKServer.mp
Dell.View.Server.mp
Configuration prerequisites
Ensure that iSM is installed.
WMI feature is enabled for discovering devices through iSM–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).
Management Server (MS) requirements
Microsoft System Center—Operations Manager 2012 and later: Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature is available only on management servers running Operations Manager 2012 and later.
Required iSM version is installed on the Dell EMC device. Based on your monitoring requirements, the following features must be enabled through the iDRAC console:
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) feature to monitor through iSM–WMI.
iDRAC access via Host OS (Experimental feature) to monitor through iDRAC using host IP.
iDRAC7 or later.
NOTE If you are using iDRAC firmware version 2.40.40.40 or later, Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.1 or later is enabled by default. Before installing Dell EMC Server Management Pack Suite version 7.2 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, see
https://www.support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3140245 for more information about TLS updates. Based on your web browser, you may have to enable support for TLS 1.1 or later.
Feature management tasks
The following table lists the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature tasks available on the
Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard. Some tasks that are listed in the Feature Management tasks table appear only after you have imported the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature.
NOTE In the Event Log, ignore the errors pertaining to reimporting of existing management packs under the error logs. These errors occur when
Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard reimports all the dependent management packs that are already imported while importing a monitoring feature.
Table 2. Feature management tasksThe following table lists the feature management tasks:
Tasks
Description
Enable Agent Proxying
Enables agent proxying for the Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers running the supported iSM version and also triggers discovery of these servers.
Set to Scalable Feature (Licensed)
If the detailed feature is running on the system, the
Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard switches from the detailed feature to the scalable feature for this monitoring method.
On upgrading from the previous version, run this task to use the latest version for this monitoring feature.
Set to Detailed Feature (Licensed)
If the scalable feature is running on the system, the
Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard switches from the scalable feature to the detailed feature for this monitoring method.
On upgrading from the previous version, run this task to use the latest version for this monitoring feature.
Set as Preferred Monitoring Method (Licensed)
Enables the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature as the preferred monitoring method for your Dell EMC Servers and Rack Workstations, when these devices are monitored through both, the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring feature and Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature.
