Users Guide

3. Click Dell → State Views → MD Storage Array.

NOTE: This view can be personalized to include additional columns.

4. Select a device to view the details in the Detail View pane.

Tasks

NOTE: Create new tasks to launch the application if the program is not installed in the default location. For more

information, see Appendix A - Enabling External Program Tasks.

Launching the Dell Discovery Utility from the OpsMgr console

NOTE: Local administration privilege is required to launch Dell Discovery Utility.

You can launch the Dell Discovery Utility through a console task. Console tasks are available in the Actions or Tasks pane of the

OpsMgr console. When you select a device or a component in any of the Dell Diagram Views, the relevant tasks appear in the

Actions or Tasks pane.

To launch the Dell Discovery Utility:

1. In the OpsMgr console, click Monitoring.

2. In the Monitoring pane, click Dell → Diagram Views.

3. In the Diagram Views, select either the Complete Diagram View or the MD Storage Array Diagram.

4. Click Launch Dell Discovery Utility under Dell MD Storage Arrays Tasks in the Actions or Tasks pane.

NOTE: Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays that are added to the IP listing le will be discovered in the next

discovery cycle of the MD Storage Array Seed Discovery and then in the MD Storage Array Discovery.

Customizing the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack

You can customize the following Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack discovery parameters, using the following overrides:

• Enabled — Allows you to enable or disable. You can set the Override Setting to True or False.

• Interval In Seconds — The frequency (in seconds) with which the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack discovers the

component instance and attributes of your Dell device. The default value for this attribute is 86,400 seconds or 3600 seconds

depending on the parameters.

• IP Cong File Path — Override this parameter if you are using a dierent le or folder location. By default, the IP listing le is at

C:\Program Files\Dell Management Packs\MDStorage Array Mgmt Suite\6.1\Library. For more information on conguring the IP

listing le, see the “Preimport Tasks” section in the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite Version 6.1 for Microsoft

System Center Operations Manager Installation Guide. The Installation guide is packaged in the self-extracting executable

Dell_MD_StorageArray_Management_Pack_Suite_v6.1_Axx.exe le. You can download the executable from dell.com/support/

home.

NOTE: You can specify the override parameters in the Authoring pane of the OpsMgr console.

Object discoveries

To specify override parameters for object discoveries:

1. In the OpsMgr console, click Authoring.

2. In the Authoring pane, select Management Pack Objects → Object Discoveries.

3. Select MD Storage Array Seed Discovery → Dell MD Storage Array Seed Discovery.

NOTE: You may need to change the scope to locate the discovery.

4. Right-click the object discovery you want to override and select Overrides → Override the Object Discovery.

5. Check the appropriate discovery parameter that you want to override and set its Override Value.

6. Save the Override settings in a new management pack.