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Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) plug-in
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Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) plug-in
NOTE
The System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) plug-in is only supported on Windows.
NOTE
The SCOM plug-in is only available on Professional Plus and Enterprise.
NOTE
You must have SCOM Management privileges to access the Plug-in for SCOM dialog box. For more
information about privileges, refer to “User Privileges” on page 2151.
The SCOM plug-in allows fabric inventory information collected by the Management application to
be displayed on the Microsoft SCOM console. The SCOM plug-in uses the SCOM SDK services to
extend the SCOM console and present fabric inventory information. The SCOM plug-in serves
dynamic HTML pages to the SCOM console.
The SCOM console displays the folloiwng information:
• Fabric and switch details
• End-to-end monitor statistics
• Events from the Management application when Critical events for switches in the fabric trigger
CallHome in the Management application
The SCOM plug-in is supported on the following configurations:
• SCOM 2007 R2 or SCOM 2012
• Professional Plus and Enterprise Trial and Licensed version 11.0.0 and later
SCOM plug-in requirements
• Make sure you import the Management application management pack
(Management_Application_Name.FabricView.xml) to the SCOM Server prior to registering the
SCOM Plug-in. The management pack is located in the following directory: Install_Home\scom.
• Make sure the Management application server host is managed by the SCOM Server in agent
managed mode.
• Make sure the SCOM HealthService agent is running on the Management application server.
• Make sure you install the SCOM Console 2007 R2 software on the Management application
server.
• (Optional) Enable SSL on the Management_Application_Name to use HTTPS Communication
between SCOM Console and the Management application.
• Make sure that the fabric or switch is managed by the the Management application to view
fabric and switch details.
• Make sure to enable performance monitoring at the SAN or fabric level to collect -end monitor
statistics. Refer to “SAN end-to-end monitoring” on page 1624.
Registering a SCOM server
To register the SCOM server, complete the following steps.