Dell EMC Chassis Modular Server Correlation Feature

Chassis Modular Server Correlation feature supports:

  • Correlation of discovered Modular Servers using the licensed or license-free monitoring feature with Chassis slots.
    NOTE: Dell EMC Chassis Management Controller/OpenManage Enterprise Modular (CMC/OME-M) slot discovery is disabled by default. Hence, enable CMC/OME-M slot discovery for the correlation feature to work.
  • Correlation of Chassis Shared Storage components with Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers.
    NOTE: Imports Dell EMC Chassis detailed monitoring for the correlation of chassis shared components with Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers.

Management Packs

Table 1. Management Packs required for the Dell EMC Chassis Modular Server Correlation monitoring feature
Feature Default location of Management Packs Management Packs
Dell EMC Chassis Modular Server Correlation

Library

%PROGRAMFILES%\Dell Management Packs\Server Mgmt Suite\7.2\Library

Monitored Management Packs

%PROGRAMFILES%\Dell Management Packs\Server Mgmt Suite\7.2\ChassisModular ServerCorrelation
Library
  • Dell.Connections.HardwareLibrary.mp
  • Dell.OperationsLibrary.Common.mp
Monitored Management Packs
  • Dell.ChassisModularServer.Correlation.mp

Management Server (MS) requirements

Chassis Blade correlation in distributed SCOM environment

To enable the proxy agent:

  1. In the SCOM console, click Administration.
  2. In the Administration pane, expand Administration > Device Management > Management Servers.
  3. Select the management server where you have discovered the chassis devices.
  4. Right-click and select Properties.
  5. In Management Server Properties, click Security.
  6. Select Allow this server to act as a proxy and discover managed objects on other computers.
  7. Click OK.

Feature management tasks

The following table lists the Dell EMC Chassis Modular Server Correlation 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 Chassis Modular Server Correlation monitoring 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.
NOTE: Wait for a task to complete (view the state update change in the dashboard) before running another task using the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard.
Table 2. Feature management tasks
Tasks Description
Refresh Node Count Updates the node count.
Refresh Dashboard

Updates the Dell EMC Feature Management Dashboard.

NOTE: The Refresh dashboard task may not update the dashboard immediately. It might take a few minutes to update the dashboard contents.
Upgrade Chassis Modular Server Correlation Feature Upgrades to the latest version of the Dell EMC Chassis modular server correlation feature.
Remove Chassis Modular Server Correlation Feature Removes the Dell EMC Chassis modular server correlation feature