Setup Guide

Post installation requirements
This section lists the optional steps that you need to perform based on your monitoring requirements.
Once you have successfully installed the Dell OpenManage Plug-in, you must perform the steps listed in the sections below
based on your monitoring requirement.
● Configuring alerts or events if you want to monitor traps.
● Configuring Dell Knowledge Base (KB) articles to be able to view more information about the alerts or events (traps)
received.
If you have installed Nagios XI in a non default location, then perform the steps listed in the section Configuring Nagios XI
installed (non default) path.
Topics:
• Configuring alerts or events (traps)
• Configuring Dell Knowledge Base (KB) articles
• Configuring Nagios XI installed (non default) path
Configuring alerts or events (traps)
Monitoring SNMP traps is an optional prerequisite. To configure SNMPTT to receive SNMP alerts, perform the following steps:
1. Navigate to cd <NagiosXI installed path>/html/includes/configwizards/
Dell_OM_NagiosXI_monitoring_wizard/script and run the following command:
./postinstall.sh trap
The default location for Nagios XI is /usr/local/nagiosxi.
2. Provide the path where the snmptt.ini file is installed and then press ENTER.
Alternatively, you can press Enter to continue with the default file path, /etc/snmp/snmptt.ini.
3. Provide the path where trap configuration files are installed and then press ENTER to continue. Alternatively, you can press
Enter to continue with the default file path, '/usr/local/nagios/libexec'.
4. Restart the SNMPTT services by running the following command:
service snmptt restart
You will now be able to receive alerts or events (traps).
Configuring Dell Knowledge Base (KB) articles
Dell KB articles are associated with alerts or events generated by the discovered Dell devices. To be able to view KB articles in
the Nagios XI console, you must configure it.
Navigate to cd <Nagios XI installed path>/html/includes/configwizards/
Dell_OM_NagiosXI_monitoring_wizard/script and run the following command:
./postinstall.sh dellkb
The default location for Nagios XI is /usr/local/nagiosxi.
The Dell KB articles are now configured. You will now be able to view the KB articles.
Configuring Nagios XI installed (non default) path
By default, Nagios is installed in the following path:
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