Users Guide

Key features of Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack
Suite
Table 1. Features and functionalities
Feature Functionality
Discovering and monitoring of Dell PowerVault
MD Storage Arrays
• Supports discovery and monitoring of Dell
PowerVault MD Storage Array devices.
• Manages the recovery failure events from the
Dell MD Storage Arrays as alerts in the OpsMgr.
• Displays complete inventory of an MD Storage
Array in the OpsMgr's Diagram View.
• Monitors the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array
devices for SNMP traps in Opsmgr 2012
consoles.
Access Recovery Guru information The management pack provides Recovery Guru
information as a point of reference for
troubleshooting the Dell MD Storage Array
recovery failures. The recovery failures show up as
alerts in the OpsMgr console. The Recovery Guru
information appears in the KB article associated
with the alerts.
Details of components modelled by Dell MD Storage
Array Management Pack Suite
The Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite consists of the management packs — the Dell MD
Storage Array Management Pack (Scalable), Dell MD Storage Array Detailed Monitoring Overrides
Management Pack (Detailed), and Dell Storage MDStorage Array SNMP Management Pack.
Table 2. Management packs and their details
Management Pack Details
Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack
(Scalable)
• Discovers the Dell PowerVault MD Storage
Array device and all its components.
• Displays the overall health of the Dell
PowerVault MD Storage Array.
• Disables individual component health under
the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array.
• Displays recovery failure events for a
discovered Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array.
Dell MD Storage Array Detailed Monitoring
Overrides Management Pack (Detailed)
• Enables the unit monitors for the components
discovered under an Dell PowerVault MD
Storage Array.
• Displays the health of the following
components in the Diagram View:
– Volumes (Virtual Disks)
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