Discovery and monitoring of PowerEdge servers by using the licensed monitoring features of OMIMSSC
Introduction to the licensed monitoring features of OMIMSSC for PowerEdge servers and rack workstations
Based on your method of discovery and monitoring of the following devices, the Dell EMC Server and Rack Workstation Monitoring (Licensed) feature provides Detailed or Scalable inventory:
- 12th Generation, 13th Generation, and iDRAC9—based PowerEdge servers
- PowerVault servers
- Dell Precision Racks
- Dell branded OEM servers
- Dell OEM Ready servers
- Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready nodes
This is a licensed feature. You can discover and monitor these devices through iDRAC or iDRAC Service Module (iSM) installed on the managed Dell EMC Server or Rack Workstation through one of the following methods that are based on your monitoring preference:
- iDRAC WS-Man
- iDRAC access using Host operating system
- iSM-WMI
Scalable and detailed editions of licensed monitoring feature in OMIMSSC
Scalable Edition
- Generate inventory up to an individual group level only for licensed monitoring feature using iSM-WMI.
- Inventory up to the instance level is available in the Scalable Edition.
- Health monitoring at server, Rack Workstation, and component-group level.
Detailed Edition
- Inventory and health monitoring of individual components.
- View metrics about power, temperature, NICs, processor, memory, Compute Usage per Second (CUPS), PCIe SSD wear percentage, and I/O performance metrics.
Discovery and classification of PowerEdge servers and workstations by using WS-Man or iDRAC access using Host operating system
The OMIMSSC appliance enables you to discover and classify PowerEdge servers and rack workstations. The following table lists information about the hardware discovery and grouping by the Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed) feature by using iDRAC–WS-Man:
Group | Diagram View | Hardware Type |
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Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers |
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Dell EMC Rack Workstation | Dell EMC Rack Workstation Diagram | Dell Precision Racks |
Prerequisites to discover PowerEdge Servers using Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed)
- Common prerequisites:
- Before discovering a Dell EMC PowerEdge Server using Dell EMC Server and Rack Monitoring (Licensed) feature, install Microsoft SMASH Library (MPB) file. For more information about installing the Microsoft SMASH Library (MPB) file, see Install Web Services Management (WS-Man) and SMASH device template.
- For iDRAC access using Host operating system:
- Required iSM version is installed on the managed node.
- iDRAC access using Host operating system is enabled.