Release Notes

Important Notes
Management Pack Suite Structure
The Dell Server Management Pack Suite consists of the following management packs and utilities, which
are installed into the installation folder.
MD Storage Array Monitoring
Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.mp
• Dell MD Storage Array Management pack for discovery, and monitoring of Dell MD Storage Array
devices with OpsMgr 2012/ 2007 versions.
Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.DetailedMonitoringOn.mp
• Overrides for enabling health monitoring for all component groups for the Dell MD Storage
Arrays.
Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.SNMP.mp
• Management pack that supports SNMP traps for OpsMgr 2012 versions only.
Library
Dell.Connections.HardwareLibrary.mp
• Dell Base folder utility for the basic folder structure and Root node.
NOTE: The Library folder also contains:
• Dell MD Storage Auto discovery Utility which is used to discover Dell MD Storage Arrays in your
network
• Dell ABB toolset which helps in retrieving data from the devices
• Supporting DLLs used by the above components of the Management Pack Suite.
• dell_MDStorageArray_ip_sample.cfg which is a sample configuration file that needs to be
renamed to dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg which will be used to contain the list of device IP
addresses for discovery and monitoring. The Dell MD Storage Auto discovery Utility can be used
to generate this file too.
• Dell_MDStorageArray_ExtractMDListFromMDSM.vbs is a VB script that can be used to export the
list of Dell MD Storage Array IP addresses being managed by the MDSM. The output file contains
the IP addresses which can then be added to the dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg file.
Known Issues
Issue (357269):
Removing an IP address from the MD Array IP configuration file, should remove the corresponding alerts
for that device in OpsMgr console.
Description
When you remove IP addresses from the MD Array IP configuration file, their corresponding alerts are
retained in OpsMgr console views.
Workaround
You must manually close the alerts in the OpsMgr console.