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:

Table 1. PowerEdge servers discovery and grouping
Group Diagram View Hardware Type
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers
  • Dell EMC Monolithic Servers
  • Dell EMC Modular Servers
  • Dell EMC Sled Group
  • Dell PowerEdge systems
  • Dell PowerVault systems
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:
  • For iDRAC access using Host operating system:
    • Required iSM version is installed on the managed node.
    • iDRAC access using Host operating system is enabled.
    For more information about Discovering PowerEdge servers using iDRAC access using Host operating system, see the iDRAC access via Host operating system section in the iDRAC7 or iDRAC8 User’s Guide at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals.