Users Guide

Feature Functionality
• Monitors the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array devices for
SNMP traps in OpsMgr consoles.
Accessing 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
Knowledge Base (KB) article associated with the alerts.
Details of components modelled by Dell MD Storage Array
Management Pack Suite
The following table lists the details and the components modelled by the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite.
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.
• Disables the unit health monitors for the components under
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 a Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array.
• Displays the health of the following components in the
Diagram View:
– Volumes (Virtual Disks)
– Controllers
– EM Modules
– Physical Disks
– Fans
– Batteries
– Power Supplies
– Enclosure Health
– Enclosure Group Health
NOTE: NIC, chassis, and rmware are not monitored in
any conguration.
Dell Storage MDStorage Array SNMP Management Pack
(OpsMgr 2012 and 2016)
Displays the SNMP traps received from supported Dell
PowerVault MD Storage Array devices for OpsMgr 2012 and
2016 consoles only.
Dell recommendations for scalability
• If you have few Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays, then it is recommended to use the detailed edition of the management
pack, otherwise, it is recommended to use the scalable edition of the management pack.
• Enable the Autogrow option on OpsMgr database to accommodate the increment in the transaction log size as the number of
MD Storage Arrays increases.
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