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A5_bk0.book Page 2 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM Notes NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, OpenManage, and PowerVault are trademarks of Dell Inc.
A5_bk0.book Page 3 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pre-requisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Accessing the Management Pack Suite Installing the Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite v4.1 . . . . . Pre-Import Tasks 5 Importing the Management Pack Guidelines for Performance and Scalability for SCOM . . . . . . . . .
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A5_bk0.book Page 5 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM Introduction This guide describes how to install Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite version 4.1 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 SP1/R2, System Center Essentials (SCE) 2007 SP1/2010. NOTE: All references to SCOM in this guide are applicable to SCE as well, unless otherwise explicit product and version information is mentioned.
A5_bk0.book Page 6 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM Table 1-2 lists the requirements for the managed systems. Table 1-2. Requirements for Managed systems Requirements Purpose MDSM Client on the To discover the Dell storage device through in-band. system that hosts the Download the latest resource CD from PowerVault storage arrays. support.us.dell.com. Accessing the Management Pack Suite The Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite version 4.
A5_bk0.book Page 7 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM The Dell_MD_StorageArray_Management_Pack_Suite_v4.1_A00.exe is also available at support.dell.com. Table 1-3 below describes the management packs, utilities, and their dependencies with each other: Table 1-3. Management Pack Functionalities and Dependencies Management Pack/Utility Description Dell Connections Hardware Library MP Utility for defining the Dell None Hardware Group and Dell folder in the Monitoring pane of the Operations Console.
A5_bk0.book Page 8 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM Installing the Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite v4.1 Before installing the management packs, import the dependent management packs first. For dependencies see, Table 1-3. Pre-Import Tasks Before you import the MD Storage Arrays Management Packs to SCOM: 1 Download the management packs from support.dell.com to the destination directory on your local system. 2 Extract the management packs to a location of your choice on the management station.
A5_bk0.book Page 9 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM 4 Perform one of the following actions on the management server where you would like to manage the PowerVault MD Storage Array devices: – Launch the Dell Discovery utility from the management console (DellDiscoveryUtility.exe) to discover the PowerVault MD Storage Arrays in the network, and update the IP listing file (Dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg) with the IP addresses of the Storage Arrays.
A5_bk0.book Page 10 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM 5 Type or browse to the management pack location. Select the management pack you want to import and click Open. The Import Management Packs screen is displayed with the selected management pack displayed in the Import List. 6 Click Install to complete the task.
A5_bk0.book Page 11 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM Upgrading From Previous Management Packs If you have installed an earlier version of Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite, you can directly upgrade to the current version. From Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite Version 4.0 You can upgrade the Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite 4.0 to 4.1. To upgrade to the current version: 1 Follow the steps as given in Installing the Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite v4.1.
A5_bk0.book Page 12 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM From Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite Version 3.x You cannot upgrade the Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite 3.x to 4.1. Ensure that you delete Dell Storage Arrays Management Pack 3.x (Dell.Connections.StorageArray.mp) before importing the Dell MD Storage Arrays Management Pack Suite version 4.1.
A5_bk0.book Page 13 Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:53 PM Security Considerations Operations Console access privileges are handled internally by SCOM. This can be set up using the User Roles option under Administration Security feature on the SCOM console. The profile of your role determines what actions you can perform.
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