Setup Guide

Table 14. Software requirements

Software Purpose

(Optional) Dell License Manager (for iDRAC7

systems only)

To deploy licenses and collect reports from the

management server. To launch Dell License

Manager console, install Dell License Manager on

the management server. For more information, see

Dell License Manager User’s Guide at dell.com/

support/home.

(Optional) Dell OpenManage Power Center To launch Power Center console, install Dell

OpenManage Power Center on the management

server. For more information, see Dell

OpenManage Power Center Installation Guide at

dell.com/support/home.

DRAC monitoring requirement

To monitor the health of DRAC devices, associate the community string Run As account with the SNMP

Monitoring Account with the target as Dell Remote Access Controller class or respective DRAC object (if

you have different Run As accounts for different DRAC devices).

Feature Management tasks

The following table lists the DRAC monitoring tasks available in the Feature Management Dashboard.

Some tasks listed in the Feature Management tasks table appear only after you have imported the DRAC

monitoring feature.

NOTE: In the Event log, ignore the errors pertaining to reimporting of existing management packs

under the error logs. These errors occur when Feature Management Dashboard reimports all the

dependent management packs that are already imported while importing a monitoring feature.

NOTE: Wait for a task to complete (view the state update change in the dashboard) before

launching another task using the Feature Management Dashboard.

Table 15. Feature Management tasks

Tasks Description

Import DRAC Monitoring Feature Enables the DRAC monitoring feature.

Upgrade DRAC Monitoring Feature Upgrades to the latest version of the DRAC

monitoring feature.

Refresh Dashboard Updates the Feature Management Dashboard.

Refresh Node Count Updates the node count.

Remove DRAC Monitoring Feature Removes the DRAC monitoring feature.