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Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core Installation Guide

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Introduction to the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core

This guide provides information about the software requirements, system requirements, and the steps to install and uninstall the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core.

This plug-in provides capabilities to monitor 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers in the data center through the agent-free method by using Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC).

This plug-in provides features as mentioned in Table 1.

Table 1. Key features
Feature Functionality
Device Discovery

Discovers 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers through iDRAC with LC using the agent-free method of monitoring. Once the discovery is complete, host and service definitions are created for each device.

You can opt for either SNMP or WS-MAN protocol for device discovery based on your requirement.
Device Information

Displays information about the discovered device (service tag, server model, iDRAC firmware version, hostname, operating system name or version, and so on) and its components (Fully Qualified Device Descriptor, and so on) after a device discovery is successful. You can view this information in the Hosts or the Services view in the Nagios Core console.

For more information about the device information provided by the plug-in, see Device Information in the Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core User’s Guide.
Monitor overall health of Dell devices

Monitors the overall health of Dell devices in a scheduled or periodic manner.
Component level health of Dell devices

Monitors health of the server components (physical drives, virtual drives, fans, battery, server intrusion status, server network device status, and so on) and displays the information about the Dell device components at scheduled time intervals.
Monitor SNMP alerts

Monitors SNMP alerts for Dell devices. This feature displays only the last received SNMP alert.
Launching iDRAC console

Launches the respective iDRAC console to further troubleshoot and manage the supported Dell devices.

This plug-in supports Nagios Core versions 3.5.0 and later.

Before installing Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core, download the latest documents from dell.com/omconnectionsEnterpriseSystemsManagement or dell.com/openmanagemanuals for the latest information about this product.

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