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Integrating DellPowerEdge Servers into

an EnvironmentManaged by HP Systems

Insight Manager 5.0

Del l OpenManageSystem s Management

Del l Whit e Paper

By Niven BrooksOnsite Systems Engineer

[email protected]

December 2005

Version 1
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Contents

Introduction...................................................................................................................................4 TestConfiguration .......................................................................................................................6

TypographicalConventions.................................................................................................6 LoadingandConfiguringServerAdministrator....................................................................7

WhatSNMPconfigurationshouldIuse?..........................................................................7 UsingtheDellInstallationandServerManagementCDtoloadtheOSandSNMP .......................................................................................................................................8SNMPConfigurationafterOSinstallation ......................................................................8LoadingServerAdministrator.............................................................................................9 Testing....................................................................................................................................11

LoadingtheDellMIBs ..............................................................................................................12UploadingtheDellMIBs ...................................................................................................13CompilingtheMIBs............................................................................................................13 RegisteringtheMIBs...........................................................................................................14

SystemTypeManager ...............................................................................................................15DiscoveringNewDellServers.................................................................................................20

SettingGlobalProtocolSettings.......................................................................................20 ManuallyDiscoveringaDellServer................................................................................21

TestingforEvents.......................................................................................................................22 GenerateanEvent................................................................................................................22

Results ..........................................................................................................................................24LimitationsandCaveats: ....................................................................................................24

AppendixA

Dell

MIBs...........................................................................................................25

EssentialServerMIBs .........................................................................................................25NetworkInterfaceAdapters ..............................................................................................25OtherAdapters,Devices,andSoftware...........................................................................26 LegacyMIBs..........................................................................................................................26

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FiguresFigure1:ArchitectureoftheTestedEnvironment.................................................................................. 6Figure2:SettingTrapsandSecurity ......................................................................................................... 9Figure3:CustomSetupInstallationOptions......................................................................................... 10Figure4:TestingthePowerEdgeServerwithSNMPWALK .............................................................. 11Figure5:DellMIBsonhttp://support.dell.com..................................................................................... 12Figure6:Runningmcompileandmxmib .............................................................................................. 14Figure7:RetrieveOIDfromsystem ....................................................................................................... 16Figure8:RetrievevariablefromMIB...................................................................................................... 17Figure9:Getresponse............................................................................................................................... 18Figure10:CompletedSystemTypeDialog............................................................................................ 19Figure11:GlobalProtocolSettings ......................................................................................................... 20Figure12:ManualDiscovery................................................................................................................... 21Figure13:AllEvents ................................................................................................................................. 23



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Sect ion 1

I n t roduc t i on

Inresponsetothepressureforincreasedproductivityofsystemadministrators,

servervendorshaverespondedwithmanagementtools. Dellsofferingisthe

DellOpenManagesuiteofproducts. Whiletheseproductscoversoftware

deployment,hardwareconfiguration,assetmanagement,remotesupport,and

systemhealthmonitoring,thispaperisfocusedonmonitoringsystemhealthon

acollectionofservers.

TodothisusingDellsOpenManagetools,OpenManageServerAdministrator

instrumentationisinstalledonsupported*DellPowerEdgeservers,andone

instanceof

OpenManage

IT

Assistant

is

installed

and

configured

for

monitoring

theinstrumentedPowerEdgeservers. ErrorsdetectedbyServerAdministrator

arethenforwardedviaSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)toIT

Assistant,wheretheyareloggedandcangenerateemailandpaging

notifications.

SinceaHewlettPackardSystemsInsightManager5.0environmenthasthe

samearchitecture,itispossibletointegrateinstrumentedDellPowerEdge

serversintoHPSIMbytakingadvantageoftheindustrystandardinterfacesof

SNMPandHypertextTransportProtocolSecure(HTTPS)inServer

Administrator. Thisallowsadministratorstocontinuetousetheirexisting

HPSIMbasednotificationprocesseswhilefullybenefitingfromtheuseofServer

Administratoron

supported*

Dell

servers.

HPSIM5.0hassomebuiltinthirdpartydevicesupport,includingsomeDell

servers. InsomecasestheDellservercanbedetectedandmanagedfromthe

defaultHPSIMinstallationwithoutanyfurthercustomization. However,the

builtinthirdpartydevicesupportmaynotbecomprehensive,especiallyfor

newerPowerEdgemodels,anditisrecommendedthattheDellprovidedMIBs

areusedtomonitorDellservers.

ThispaperdetailsthespecificstepsneededtoaddaDellPowerEdgeserver

runningMicrosoftWindows2000Serveror2003StandardServertoan

environmentcurrentlybeingmanagedbyHPSIM5.0. Toaddaserverrunning

NetWareorLinux,theHPSIMandOpenManageServerAdministrator

configurationwouldbethesame,withtheprimarydifferencebeinghow

OpenManageisinstalledandSNMPisconfiguredateachmanagedPowerEdge

server.



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Atahighlevel,thestepsforintegratingDellPowerEdgeserversintoan

environmentmanagedbyHPSystemsInsightManagerare:

1. LoadandconfigureOpenManageServerAdministratorontheDell

serversoitcancommunicatewithHPSIM.

2. LoadDellMIBSintoHPSIMsoitcanproperlycommunicatewithServer

Administrator.

3. ConfigureHPSIMtorecognizeDellservers.

4. Generatesometestevents.

*TheCompatibilityMatrixforServerAdministratorisavailableon

http://support.dell.comunderServerAdministratordocumentation. Forexample,tosee

thelistofServerAdministratorversion2.2andearliersupportedapplicationsand

systems,pleaseseethecompatibilitymatrixat

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/CompGD/4admnver.ht

m#1072727.

http://support.dell.com/http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/CompGD/4admnver.htm#1072727http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/CompGD/4admnver.htm#1072727http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/CompGD/4admnver.htm#1072727http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/CompGD/4admnver.htm#1072727http://support.dell.com/


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Sect ion 2

Test Conf igurat ion

ToprovideanexampleofhowtointegrateDellPowerEdgeserversintoan

environmentmanagedbyHPSystemsInsightManager5.0,twoDellPowerEdge

serverswereconfiguredtoreporttooneinstanceofHPSIM. WindowsServer

2003wasinstalledonaDellPowerEdge500SC,Windows2000Serverwas

installedonaPowerEdge2650,andWindowsXPProfessionalwasinstalledona

DellPrecisionM70. TheDellInstallationandServerManagementCD4.5,which

includesServerAdministrator2.2andStorageManagementService1.2,was

usedtoinstalltheoperatingsystemandmanagementsoftwareonbothDell

PowerEdgeservers. HPSystemsInsightManager5.00.00.02wasinstalledonthe

DellPrecisionM70alongwithHPSIMsdefaultinstallationofMSDE.

Figure 1: Architecture of the Tested Environment

Typographical Conventions

Forclarity

of

navigation

of

this

paper,

the

following

conventions

are

used:

Boldisusedtoindicatethetitleofawindow,button,orlink.

Italicsindicatesnotes

UnderlinedtextindicatesaURL.



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Sect ion 3

Loading and Conf igur ing ServerAdmin is t ra to r

ThefirststepistoproperlyloadandconfiguretheDellserverasthemanaged

systemtotalktoHPSIM5.0. Iftheoperatingsystem(OS)hasnotyetbeen

loaded,thentheeasiestprocessistousetheDellInstallationandServer

ManagementCDtobothloadMicrosoftWindowsandconfigureSNMP. Ifthe

OShasalreadybeenloaded,thenonlySNMPneedstobeinstalledand

configured. OnceSNMPisconfigured,OpenManageServerAdministratorcan

beinstalled.

What SNMP configuration should I use?

ThedefaultSNMPcommunitynameispublic,butusingthatcouldallowa

roguemanagementstationtoaccessyourservers. TheSNMPcommunityname

islikeapasswordbothHPSIMandServerAdministratorneedtocommunicate.

Toenhancesecurity,accesscanbereadonly. ThisprohibitsusingSNMPto

makechangestotheserver,suchaschangingthresholdsettingsorshuttingit

down,butallowsServerAdministratortosendalertstoaconsolewhenstatus

changes. ADellPowerEdgeservercanfunctioninareadonlySNMP

environment,but

it

is

possible

that

other

devices

need

SNMP

set

to

read

write.

IftheintentwereforHPSIMandITAssistanttocoexistinthenetworkto

providethefullOpenManagecapabilities,thenitwouldbenecessaryto

configuretheDellPowerEdgeserverwithreadwriteSNMPpermissions. Inthis

wayITAssistantcanperformconfigurationsettingsremotelyonthemanaged

Dellserver. NotethatDellsecuresReadWriteoperationsusingSNMPonlyto

comefromDellOpenManageITAssistant.

SNMPtrapdestinationsalsoneedtobespecified. ThesearethehostnamesorIP

addressesofoneormoresystemsthataretoreceivenotificationofevents.

Forthis

paper,

the

community

name

of

showcase

with

read

only

rights

was

used

withasingletrapdestinationtothePrecisionM70runningHPSIM. These

settingsneedtobemadeoneachDellserveraddedtotheenvironment.



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Using the Dell Installation and Server Management CD to load the OS andSNMP

OneoftheCDsthatshipswitheveryDellPowerEdgeserveristheDell

InstallationandServerManagementCD. ThisCDisbootableandisusedto

performacompleteoperatingsysteminstallationfromlocalmedia. Itcopiesthe

operatingsysteminstallationfilestotheserverandautomaticallyintegratesthe

appropriateDelldriversandsoftwareintotheOSinstallationfiles.

ThePowerEdge2650and500SCintheconfigurationtestedforthispaperwere

bootedfromtheDellInstallationandServerManagementCDandthemenus

werefolloweduntiltheEnterConfigurationInformationfor:MicrosoftWindows200xServerscreenwasreached. Onthatscreen,theAdvancedbuttonwasclickedtoshowtheadditionalsettingsthatcanbesetbyServerAssistant.

InstallSNMPischeckedbydefault,butitisalsonecessarytoenteraCommunityNameandTrapDestinationandchangetheAcceptedCommunityNames

from

public:Read_Only

to

showcase:Read_Only.

The

rest

of

the

defaultscanbeleftunchanged.

SNMP Configuration After OS installation

IftheServerAssistantCDhasnotbeenusedtoloadtheOSandconfigureSNMP,

thenthefollowingstepsshouldbeperformed. Thefirstistoensurethatthe

SNMPcomponentisinstalled. AfterselectingtheAdd/RemoveWindows

ComponentsinthelefthandoftheAdd/RemoveProgramsdialogboxofthe

ControlPanel,theWindowsComponentsaredisplayed. Highlighting

ManagementandMonitoringToolsandthenselectingDetailsbringsupthe

optiontocheckSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP).

AftertheSNMPserviceisinstalled,itsparameterscanbesetbyrightclickingon

theSNMPserviceinServiceManagertoopenthePropertiespanel. Here,the

communitynameofshowcaseandtrapdestinationcanbesetinthesecurityand

trapstabs. TheseareshowninFigure2.



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Figure 2: Setting Traps and Security

Loading Server Administrator

ServerAdministratorisdistributedontheDellInstallationandServer

ManagementCD.Documentationisavailableonlineat

http://docs.us.dell.com/support/edocs/Software/svradmin/orontheProduct

DocumentationCD. NotethattheCDhasaversionthatdenotesthereleaseof

allOpenManageapplications(suchasversion4.5),butthatthespecificversionof

ServerAdministrator

(such

as

2.2)

is

on

that

CD.

AlthoughmanuallyloadingServerAdministratoronasingleserveriscoveredin

thispaper,itispossibletocompletelyscriptandautomatetheinstall. Formore

informationsee

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smsom/4.4/en/ug/index.htm.

DoubleclickingtheInstallServerAdministratoricononasystemloadedwith

theDellInstallationandServerManagementCD,orInsertingtheDell

InstallationandServerManagementCD,willinvoketheServerAdministrator

installationprogram.Theuserinputisasfollows:

1. Atthe

Prerequisite

screen

check

that

there

are

no

critical

errors

or

warnings

andclickInstall,Modify,Repair,orRemoveServerAdministrator.2. AtthewelcomescreenclickNext>.

3. ReadtheLicenseAgreement,thenhighlightIAcceptandclickNext>ifyouagreewithitsterms.

http://docs.us.dell.com/support/edocs/Software/svradmin/http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smsom/4.4/en/ug/index.htmhttp://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smsom/4.4/en/ug/index.htmhttp://docs.us.dell.com/support/edocs/Software/svradmin/


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4. HighlightCustomandclickNext>. TheCustomSetupwindowwillappear.

Figure 3: Custom Setup Installation Options

5. TheCustomSetupwindowwilldisplaythecomponentsthatwillbe

installed. ClickNext>.

6. ClickInstalltoinstalltheselectedOpenManagecomponents.

7. ClickFinishandrebootifpromptedtodoso.



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Testing

Afterthereboot,ServerAdministratorshouldbecheckedtoseethatitis

operatingcorrectly. Thiscanbedoneinthefollowingsteps:

1. LogintotheserverasAdministratororotheraccountwithadministrator

membership.

2. LaunchServerAdministratorfromthedesktopiconoropenabrowserand

enterhttps://IP_or_SystemName:1311whereIP_or_SystemNameistheIP

addressornetworknameofthesystem.

Theaddresshttps://IP_or_SystemName:1311canbeusedfromanysystemwith

networkaccesstotheservertoaccessServerAdministrator.

3. LogintoServerAdministratorasAdministratororotheraccountwith

administrativeprivileges.

4. Select

Systemin

the

left

hand

navigation

tree.

The

status

icons

should

all

be

greencheckstoindicateanerrorfreestatus

Atthispoint,everythingshouldbeworkingcorrectlyontheDellsystem. A

furthercheckwouldbetousesnmpwalk,whichispartofWin32toolsavailable

athttp://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/redirect.htm. AsshowninFigure4below,the

commandsavesallavailableSNMPinformationavailableviacommunitystring

showcaseonsystem192.168.30.4tothefiledellserver.txt. ProvidedthatDNSor

WINSisproperlyconfiguredforthenewDellServersystem,itsnamecanbe

usedinsteadoftheIPaddress.

Snmpwalk192.168.30.4cshowcase>dellserver.txt

Figure 4: Testing the PowerEdge Server with SNMPWALK

Whenopeningdellserver.txtwithNotepad,thereshouldbeentrieswith10892in

theOIDthatwerereturnedfromServerAdministrator. Specifically,

1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.1.300.10.1.9.1willcontainthemodeloftheserver. Running

thisfromthesystemhostingHPSIMtestsnetworkconnectivity,thatthe

communitystringiscorrect,andthatServerAdministratorisprovidingthe

expectedinformation.

https://ip_or_systemname:1311/https://ip_or_systemname:1311/http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/redirect.htmhttp://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/redirect.htmhttps://ip_or_systemname:1311/https://ip_or_systemname:1311/


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Sect ion 4

Loading t he Del l MIBs

DellMIBfilescanbefoundunderdownloadsonhttp://support.dell.com. After

selectingthesystemtypeandoperatingsystem,DellMIBsforPowerEdgecan

befoundunderSystemsManagementasfollows:

Figure 5: Dell MIBs on http://support.dell.com

Afterdownloadingandexecutingthepackage,theDellMIBsforPowerEdge

serversareexpandedtoc:\DCMIBxx,wherexxrepresentstheversionofthe

downloadedpackage. IngeneraltheversionoftheMIBpackagematchesthatof

theassociatedOpenManagereleaseandtheseversionsshouldmatch. For

example,becauseOpenManagerelease4.5wasusedforserverinstrumentation

forthispaper,theDCMIB45MIBswerealsoused.

ThetwoessentialMIBSare:

10892,whichprovidesdetailedinformationaboutthesystemsmonitored

byServerAdministratorinstrumentationsoftwaresuchas:systemtype,

voltages,temps,etc. ItistheprimaryMIBforPowerEdgesystems.

Detailedinformationcanbefoundat

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/SNMP/

index.htm.

http://support.dell.com/http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/SNMP/index.htmhttp://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/SNMP/index.htmhttp://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/SNMP/index.htmhttp://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/SNMP/index.htmhttp://support.dell.com/


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dcstorag,whichprovidesdetailedinformationaboutthestorage

hardwarecomponentsandRAIDconfigurationsmonitoredbyServer

AdministratorsStorageManagementService. Detailedinformationcan

befoundat

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/2.2/en/SNMP/

snmpc25.htm#wp1194853

AnumberofotherMIBsareincludedontheDCMIBxxdownloadpackage,

butarebeyondthescopeofthispaper. AdescriptionofalltheMIBSand

theiruseisdocumentedinAppendixA.

Uploading the Dell MIBs

UploadingtheMIBsissimplycopyingthemfromtheDCMIBxxfoldertothe

\ProgramFiles\HP\SystemsInsightManager\mibsfolder

1. Copy10892.mibanddcstorag.mibfromtheDCMIBxxfolderto\ProgramFiles\HP\SystemsInsightManager\mibs

2. BecauseHPSIMgeneratesanerrorwhenaMIBhasafilenamethatcontains

onlynumbers,rename\ProgramFiles\HP\SystemsInsightManager\mib\10892.mibtonew10892.mib,andforconsistencyalsorename

dcstorag.mibtonewdcstorag.mib.

dell10892.mibanddellarymgr.mib(usedwithDellsolderArrayManagerstorage

managementtool)alreadyexistinthisfolderbecausetheycomewiththedefault

installationofHPSIM. Itisrecommendedthatthesenamesbeavoidedforthenew

filestoavoidconfusionwiththeHP andDellprovidedMIBs.

Compiling the MIBs

CompilingtheMIBscreatesanintermediate.cfgfilethatHPSIMcanlater

register. TocompiletheDellMIBs:

1. Openacommandwindow(cmd.exe).

2. Usingthecdcommand,changeworkingdirectoryto\ProgramFiles\HP\SystemsInsightManager\mibs.

3. Enterthecommandmcompilenew10892.mib. TheMIBshouldcompileandreturnthemessageMibCompilationcompletedsuccessfully.

4. Enterthecommandmcompilenewdcstorag.mib. TheMIBshouldcompileand

return

the

message

Mib

Compilation

completed

successfully.

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Registering the MIBs

RegisteringMIBstoHPSIMistheprocessthatmapstheSNMPinformation

receivedfromtheDellservertonumbersandcharacterstringsthatcanthenbe

usedforidentificationandnotificationmessages. RegisterbothessentialMIBs

asfollows:

1. Enterthecommandmxmibanew10892.cfg. ThecfgfileshouldregisterandreturnthemessageCOMMANDCOMPLETEDSUCESSFULLY!.

2. Enterthecommandmxmibanewdcstorag.mib. ThecfgfileshouldregisterandreturnthemessageCOMMANDCOMPLETEDSUCESSFULLY!.

Figure 6: Running mcompile and mxmib



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Sect ion 5

Syst em Type Manager

WhenanewsystemisdetectedviaapingsweeporwhenreceivingaSNMP

Trap,itisaddedtotheHPSIMdatabase. TheSystemTypeManagerthendoesa

sequenceofqueriestothenewdevicetodetermineitsidentity. Thestepsbelow

configureHPSIMtolookforspecificinformationintheDellprovidedMIBsto

tellSystemTypeManagerthatthedevicefoundisaPowerEdgeserver. This

onlyneedstobedoneonce,asallDellserversrunningServerAdministrator

appearthesamewaytoHPSIM.

ThestepsusedtoconfiguretheDeviceTypeManagertorecognizeaDellServer

are:

1. StartandlogintoHPSIM.

2. SelectOptions >ManageSystemTypes.3. OntheProductmodelidentificationruleslist,scrolldownandselectDell

ServerwiththeSNMPprotocol.4. Topreventconfusionandsimplifyadministration,clicktheDeletebuttonto

deletetheexistingDellServerentry,andclickOKtoconfirm.

5. ClicktheNewbutton. TheNewRulepanewillopenbelow.

Whilevalues

may

be

manually

entered

in

the

dialog

boxes

presented

in

the

New

Rule

window,queryingaDellserverforthesevaluespreventstypographicalerrorsand

providesverificationthatSNMPcommunicationisworkingproperly. Inthisvane,

thequeryingtoolswithintheNewRulewindowwillbeused.

6. BesideSystemobjectidentifierclicktheRetrievefromsystembutton.TheRetrievefromsystempanewillappearbelowthecurrentpane.

7. IntheRetrievefromsystempanechangetheCommunitystringtoshowcase.

8. EnterthehostnameorIPaddressofthetargetDellsystemintheTargethostnameorIPaddresstextbox.



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9. ClickGetResponse. Notethattheresponsevalueof1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.2isdisplayedbelow. ThisisagenericWindowsresponsevalueandindicates

thatSNMPcommunicationisworkingproperly.

Figure 7: Retrieve OID from system

10. Clickthe

OK

button

to

accept

this

value

and

return

to

the

New

rule

pane.

11. BesideMIBvariableobjectidentifierclicktheRetrievefromMIBbutton.TheRetrievefromMIBpanewillappearbelowthecurrentpane.

12. BesideMIBdefinitionfilenamechoosenew10892.mibfromthelist.



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13. BesideMIBvariablenamechoosesystemManagementSoftwareName.

Figure 8: Retrieve variable from MIB

14. ClicktheOKbuttontoacceptthisvalueandreturntotheNewrulepane.

15. Beside

Objectvalue

click

the

Retrievefrom

System

button.

The

Retrieve

fromsystempanewillappearbelowthecurrentpane.

16. ChangetheCommunitystringtoshowcase.



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17. ClicktheGetresponsebutton. NotethattheresponsevalueisServerAdministrator.

Figure 9: Get response

18.ClicktheOKbuttontoacceptthisvalueandreturntotheNewrulepane.

19.BesideCompareruleselectstartswith.20.BesideProductmodelenterDellServer.



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21.LeavetheCustommanagementpagefieldblankandclicktheOKbutton.HPSIMisalreadyprogrammedtoredirectuserstoServerAdministratorforserver

administrationonDellservers.

Figure 10: Completed System Type Dialog



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Sect ion 6

Disc over ing New Del l Ser vers

NowthatthenewDellServerdevicetypehasbeenaddedtotheHPSIM

database,HPSIMcanproperlydiscoverandidentifyDellPowerEdgeservers.

ThefollowingisanexampleofperformingamanualdiscoveryoftheDellserver

forthepurposeofprovidinganexampleforthispaper. Inyourenvironmentthe

discoverysettingswillmostlikelybedifferent.

Setting Global Protocol Settings

EventhoughthecommunitystringofshowcasewassetinSNMPsetting

previously,theappropriatedefaultcommunitystringmustbesetinHPSIMs

GlobalProtocol

Settings.

To

change

this

setting:

1. ClickOptions >ProtocolSettings >GlobalProtocolSettings. TheGlobalProtocolSettingswindowwillappear.

2. ScrolldowntotheDefaultSNMPsettingssectionandentershowcasebesideDefault1.

Figure 11: Global Protocol Settings



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3. ClicktheOKbuttonatthebottomofthewindowtoacceptthischange.

Manually Discovering a Dell Server1. ClickOptions >Discovery. TheDiscovery Automaticwindowwill

appear.

2. ClicktheManualtab.3. EntertheSystemnameorIPaddressoftheDellserverandclicktheAdd

Systembutton.

Figure 12: Manual Discovery

4. ClickOKtoconfirmthedialogbox.

5. Inthe

SystemsandEventsframeonthelefthandsideofthescreen,clickAll

Systems. TheDellservershouldnowbelistedintheAllSystemsframeontheright.



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Sect ion 7

Test ing for Events

OfalltheinformationintheMIBfiles,thetrapsorerrorindicationssentby

ServerAdministratorareofprimaryinteresttoanadministrator.Thesearethe

eventsthatcanbeusedtocauseanotificationsuchasanemailorpage.They

havenameslikealertCoolingDeviceNormal withatextdescription,aseverity,

andacategory.

ThedefaultnotificationtaskswithinHPSIMarebasedonseveritywith

informationaleventsbeingtrapsofinformationalseverityandimportant

eventsbeingthosewithcritical,major,orminorseverities.

Generate an Event

AcompleteendtoendtestcanbeperformedbyusingOpenManageServer

Administratortochangeathresholdsetting. Pullingapowercordorpower

supplycanalsogenerateanerrorevent. Herearethestepsusedforthispaper:

1. LogintoHPSystemsInsightManagerandclickonAllSystemsinthelefthandframe.

2. ClickonthenameoftheserverintheSystemNamecolumnlinkoftheDellserverintheAllSystemsframe.

3. Clickthe

Tools&Linkstab.

4. ClicktheServerAdministratorlink. ServerAdministratorwillappearinanewwindow.

5. LogintoServerAdministratorusinganadministrativeaccount.

6. ExpandMainSystemChassisinthelefthandnavigationtree.7. SelectVoltages.

8. SelectBP3.3Vintheactionpane.9. SelectSettoValuesthenenteraMinimumWarningThresholdvaluethatis

greater

than

the

current

Reading.

For

example,

if

the

reading

is

currently

3.231V,enteravalueof3.3.

10. ClickApplyChanges.11. Thestatusfortheprobeshouldthenchangefromgreenchecktoayellow

warningsymbol. ServerAdministratorwillnowalsogenerateawarning

SNMPtrapandforwardittotheHPSIMserver.



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12.Tosetthevoltagewarningsbacktotheirdefaults,ensurethatSettoDefaultisselectedandclickApplyChanges. ServerAdministratorwillalsogeneratea

normaltrapandforwardittotheHPSIMserver.

13.InHPSIM,selectAllEventsfromthelefthandframeandnotetheeventsthathavebeengenerated.

Figure 13: All Events



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Appendix A

Del l MIB s

Essential Server MIBs

MIBfile RegistrationResults Comments

10892.mib OK Providesdetailedinformationaboutthe

systemsmonitoredbyServerAdministrator

instrumentationsoftware.The10892.mibisthe

primaryMIBforPowerEdgesystems.

dcstorag.mib OK Providesdetailedinformationaboutthe

storagehardwarecomponentsandRAID

configurationsmonitoredbyServer

Administrator.

Network Interface Adapters

MIBfile RegistrationResults

Comments

adptinfo.mib

Error

defining

object

Providesinformation

about

Broadcom

Gigabit

networkadapters.

baspCfg,

baspStat,

baspTrap.mib

OK Collectively providedetailedinformation

aboutBroadcomGigabitnetworkadapters.

INTELLAN.mib Error

defining

object

Providesdetailedinformationaboutthe

Intel(TM)PRO100S,PRO1000xT,PRO100+

DualPort,andPRO1000FNICadapters.



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Other Adapters, Devices, and Software


Comments

DcAsfSrv.mib OK SpecifiesformattingforDellserverPlatform

Event

Traps

generated

by

the

Baseboard

ManagementController

ITassist.mib OK ProvidesdefinitionsfortrapssentbytheIT

Assistantmanagementapplication.

rac_host.mib OK Providesdetailedinformationaboutthe

componentsmonitoredbytheremoteaccess

outofbandsoftwareagent.

Legacy MIBs

ThefollowingMIBSarefromearlierversionsofOpenManageandwouldnotbe

neededifthecurrentversionofServerAdministratorisusedthroughoutthe

environment.


Comments

arymgr.mib OK Providesdetailedinformationaboutstorage

hardwarecomponentsandRAIDconfigurations

monitoredbytheArrayManageragent.

dcs3rmt.mib OK Providesdetailedinformationabouttheremote

accesscomponents

monitored

by

the

Server

AdministratorRemoteAccessService.

dellcm.mib OK Providesdetailedinformationaboutthechange

managementdatamonitoredbytheServer

AdministratorUpdateService.

THISWHITEPAPERISFORINFORMATIONALPURPOSESONLY,ANDMAYCONTAINTYPOGRAPHICAL

ERRORSANDTECHNICALINACCURACIES.THECONTENTISPROVIDEDASIS,WITHOUTEXPRESSOR

IMPLIEDWARRANTIES

OF

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KIND.

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