Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core

Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core provides a proactive approach to data center management that delivers features for monitoring 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers through an agent-free method using integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller technology, Dell chassis and Dell storage devices in the Nagios Core console. With this plug-in, customers have comprehensive hardware-level visibility of Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell chassis, and Dell storage including overall and component-level health monitoring for quicker fault detection and resolution.

Version 2.0 Product features

• Discover and monitor following Dell devices:
  
  • Dell PowerEdge 12th and later generation of servers
    
  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Dell Compellent Storage Arrays
  • Dell PowerVault MD 34/38 Series Storage Arrays

• Provide basic system information including component-level details the following Dell devices:
  
  • Dell PowerEdge 12th and later generation of servers
    
  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Dell Compellent Storage Arrays
  • Dell PowerVault MD 34/38 Storage Arrays

• Monitor health of the following components of the supported Dell devices:
  
  • Power Supply, Fan, I/O, Slot, and KVM of the supported Dell chassis
  • Enclosure, Controller, Physical Disk, and Virtual Disk of Dell PowerEdge VRTX Chassis
    
  • PCIe of Dell PowerEdge VRTX and PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassi
  • Member Physical Disk, Storage Pool, and Group Volume of Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Physical Disk and Volume of Dell Compellent Storage Arrays

• Provide warranty information of the supported Dell devices

• Monitor SNMP alerts from all the supported Dell devices
  
  
• View alert Knowledge Base (KB) information of the following Dell devices corresponding to a SNMP alert for faster troubleshooting:
  • 12th and later generations of Dell PowerEdge servers
  • Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge VRTX, and Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
  • Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays

• Launch the following web consoles from Nagios Core to perform further troubleshooting, configuration, or management activities:
  • Dell iDRAC web console
  • Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Console
  • Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Console
  • Dell Compellent Storage Manager Console

Business benefits

• Protect existing investment in Nagios Core product to easily integrate and monitor Dell servers, chassis and storages within customer’s infrastructure
• Improve operational efficiency and flexibility in managing large heterogeneous data center environment
• Increase productivity by reducing time to maintain, monitor and troubleshoot any issue in server infrastructure
• Make informed and rapid decisions impacting the availability of data center resources

Dell OpenManage Plug-in version 2.0 for Nagios Core is available as a software download offered at no charge.

Product Download 

• Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core

Product Documentation

Learn

• Using Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core on CentOS and Ubuntu OS
• SNMP Parameters Configuration script for Dell iDRACs in a large customer environment using RACADM

Whitepapers

• Agent-free Monitoring of Dell PowerEdge 12G Servers in Nagios Core and Nagios XI Whitepaper (BETA release on Nagios Exchange)

Videos

• Overview of Dell OpenManage Plug-in v2.0 for Nagios Core
  
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• Overview of Dell OpenManage Plug-in v1.0 for Nagios Core
  
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• Installation of Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core
  
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• Integrating SNMP traps in Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core
  
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• Uninstallation of Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core
  
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