Dell OpenManage Plug-in Version 1.0 for Nagios Core User’s Guide

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About Protocol Parameters

During discovery, depending on the protocol you have selected, SNMP or WS-MAN, you can set values for the protocol in the parameters file, .dell_device_comm_params.cfg.

The .dell_device_comm_params.cfg file is present at the following location:<NAGIOS_HOME>/dell/scripts. The options provided are:

Table 1. Parameters File
Protocol Communication Parameters	Description
SNMP
snmp.version	Use to input the SNMP version. Default version is 2.
snmp.community	Use to input the user macro for SNMP community string.
snmp.retries	Use to input the number of times an SNMP request must be sent when a timeout occurs . Default retry value is 1.
snmp.timeout	Use to input SNMP timeout value in seconds. Default timeout value is 3 seconds.
snmp.port	Use to input the SNMP port value. Default SNMP port value is 161.
WS-MAN
wsman.username	Use to input the user macro for WS-MAN service account user name.
wsman.password	Use to input the user macro for WS-MAN service account password.
wsman.port	Use to input the WS-MAN port value. Default value is 443.
wsman.timeout	Use to input WS-MAN timeout value in seconds. Default timeout value is 60 seconds.
wsman.retries	Use to input the number of times a WS-MAN request must be sent when a timeout occurs. Default retry value is 2.

NOTE

You can configure the user macros, snmp.community, wsman.username, and wsman.password in the file dell_resources.cfg available at the location: <Nagios_Home>/dell/resources/.