Reference Guide
BMC Software
Dell EMC, along with BMC Software, servers, storage and network management functionality with the BMC Software's process
and datacenter automation products. Dell and BMC Software’s partnership helps to ensure that Dell EMC and BMC Software-
based IT infrastructure and services provide the highest level of datacenter and business services manageability. The integration
between Dell EMC and BMC Software products is highlighted by Dell EMC's own IT organization; BMC Software helps Dell EMC
IT automate key processes and accelerate responsiveness by deploying multiple BMC Software solutions.
For more information, see The combined power of BMC and Dell available at i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-
sheets/en/Documents/The_Combined_Power_of_BMC_and_Dell.pdf
Connections For Third-Party Systems Management
Consoles
Dell EMC OpenManage Operations Connector for Operations
Bridge Manager
OpenManage Operations Connector for Micro Focus Operations Bridge Manager (OBM) provides capabilities to integrate the
OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise with Micro Focus OBM. The OpenManage Operations Connector (OpsCx)
helps system and IT administrators to get a comprehensive view of Dell EMC devices in a data center. It collects the events and
topology data of OpenManage Enterprise and transfers them to Micro Focus OBM console. It also supports web console launch
of OpenManage Enterprise directly from the Micro Focus OBM environment to perform further troubleshooting, configuration,
and management activities for Dell EMC devices.
NOTE: HPE Operations Bridge/Operations Manager i (OMi) / Operations Manager are now part of Micro Focus.
For more information, see https://www.dell.com/support/article/sln310709.
OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus provides agent-free (out-of-band) monitoring of PowerEdge servers,
iDRAC, modular infrastructure, workstation, storage arrays, and networking devices. It includes event or alert autocorrelation
from within the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus console. It also supports launching of one-to-one device consoles such as iDRAC
web console and one-to-many Dell tools such as OpenManage Enterprise from within the Netcool/OMNIbus console. It helps in
configuration, troubleshooting, and other system management activities on Dell devices
For more information, see the OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus User’s Guide available at https://
www.dell.com/esmmanuals.
OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core
OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core uses agent-free (out-of-band) method to discover inventory and monitor the following
Dell EMC devices in the data center environments that are managed by Nagios Core:
● PowerEdge Servers
● iDRAC
● Dell EMC Modular Infrastructure
● Dell EMC Storage Arrays
● Dell EMC Networking devices
● Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)
With this plug-in, you have comprehensive hardware-level visibility and health monitoring information of the Dell EMC devices
including both overall and component-level health monitoring for quicker fault detection and resolution.
For more information, see the OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core User’s Guide available at https://www.dell.com/
esmmanuals.
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Systems Management Product Overview