Users Guide

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Using Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack
Suite
This topic describes the various operations that you can perform on the OpsMgr using the Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack
Suite.
The management pack suite enables you to:
• Discover and provide detailed inventory information of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays. For more information, see
Discovery.
• Monitor the health of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays and its components. For more information, see Monitoring.
• Monitor the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array devices for SNMP traps in OpsMgr consoles. For more information, refer Dell
PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite Version 6.1 Installation Guide.
• Launch Dell Discovery Utility through a console task to discover Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array devices. For more
information, see Launching the Dell Discovery Utility from the OpsMgr console.
• Customize parameters of the MD Storage Array Management Packs by using overrides. For more information, see Customizing
the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Management Packs.
Discovery
To discover Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays in the network, an important pre-requisite is the IP listing le;
dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg that contains the IP addresses of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays.
NOTE: For information on Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg le, see Discovering Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays.
The default IP listing le, Dell_MDStorageArray_ip_sample.cfg is available on the management server where you have installed the
Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack Suite. This le provides the reference format in which the IP addresses have to be
provided in the IP listing le; dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg.
Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays discovered in MDSM can be monitored in OpsMgr by using the Dell PowerVault MDSM IP list
extraction utility. This utility extracts the IP addresses of the Dell PowerVault MD Storage arrays into the le;
Dell_MDStorageArray_IPList.cfg. This le has contents in a format that is recognized by Dell MD Storage Array Management Pack
Suite. The contents of the output le obtained from the utility should be appended to the contents of the
Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg le. For more information on running the Dell PowerVault MDSM IP list extraction utility, see Extracting
Dell MD Storage Array IP addresses from Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager.
Discovering Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays
To discover Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays:
1. Run the Dell Discovery Utility and populate the IP listing le Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg with the IP addresses of the Dell
PowerVault MD storage arrays in the network.
NOTE: If you use the default Dell_MDStorageArray_ip_sample.cfgle, then, override the sample cong le and save
it as Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg. le in the discovery override.
2. Import the Dell MD Storage Array Management Packs (Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.mp (Scalable) and
Dell.Storage.MDStorageArray.DetailedMonitoringOn.mp (Detailed)) into the OpsMgr console depending on the number of
Dell PowerVault MD Storage Arrays you want to monitor.
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