Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core

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Overview:

Dell EMC 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 EMC PowerEdge servers through an agent-free method using Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller (LC) technology, Modular infrastructure, Storage and Networking devices in the Nagios Core console. With this plug-in, customers have comprehensive hardware-level visibility of PowerEdge servers, modular infrastructure, storage and networking devices including overall and component-level health monitoring for quicker fault detection and resolution.

What is new in Version 3.0?

• Agent-free monitoring support for new 14G Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers platforms – R440, R540, T440, T640, M640, FC640, C4140, and AMD EPYC™ Platforms (R6415, R7415, R7425)
• iDRAC Redfish REST API support for discovery, inventory and monitoring of PowerEdge Server platforms
• Support for discovery, inventory and monitoring of Dell EMC Networking switches - C-Series, S-Series, N-Series and Z-Series
• Simplified Plug-in installation and deployment by removing multiple dependencies on open source components and Perl modules
• Improved and faster discovery, inventory and service checks with the new Plug-In architecture completely re-written in Python
• Enhanced Host and Service checks

Existing Key Features in Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core

• Discover and monitor following Dell EMC devices:
  • Dell EMC PowerEdge 12th and later generation of servers
    
  • Dell EMC PowerEdge M1000e, VRTX, and FX2/FX2s modular infrastructure
  • Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Platforms - VxRail, XC-Series 
  • EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Compellent SC-Series Storage Arrays
  • PowerVault MD 34/38 Series Storage Arrays
• Provide basic system information including component-level details the following Dell EMC devices:
  • Dell EMC PowerEdge 12th and later generation of servers
    
  • Dell EMC PowerEdge M1000e, VRTX, and FX2/FX2s modular infrastructure
  • Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Platforms - VxRail, XC-Series
  • EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Compellent SC-Series Storage Arrays
  • PowerVault MD 34/38 Storage Arrays
• Monitor health of the following components of the supported Dell EMC devices:
  • Power Supply, Fan, I/O, Slot, and KVM of the supported Dell EMC chassis
  • Enclosure, Controller, Physical Disk, and Virtual Disk of PowerEdge VRTX Chassis
    
  • PCIe of PowerEdge VRTX and PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
  • Member Physical Disk, Storage Pool, and Group Volume of Dell EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
  • Physical Disk and Volume of Compellent SC-Series Storage Arrays
• Provide warranty information of the supported Dell EMC devices
• Monitor SNMP alerts from all the supported Dell EMC devices
• View alert Knowledge Base (KB) information of the following Dell EMC devices corresponding to a SNMP alert for faster troubleshooting:
  • 12th and later generations of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
  • Dell EMC PowerEdge M1000e, VRTX, and FX2/FX2s chassis
  • EqualLogic PS-Series Storage Arrays
• Launch the following web consoles from Nagios Core to perform further troubleshooting, configuration, or management activities:
  • iDRAC web console
  • Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Console
  • EqualLogic Group Manager Console
  • Compellent Enterprise Manager Console

Key Business Benefits

• Protect existing investment in Nagios Core product to easily integrate and monitor Dell EMC servers, modular infrastructure and storage 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

Licensing Details

Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core is available as a software download offered at NO CHARGE to customers.

Download

• Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core

Documentation

Technical Articles & Whitepapers

• Installation of Dell OpenManage Plug-In for Nagios XI on CentOS 
  
• Installalation of Dell OpenManage Plug-In for Nagios Core on Ubuntu OS 
• 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

• Agent-free Monitoring of Dell PowerEdge 12G Servers in Nagios Core and Nagios XI Whitepaper 

Videos

• Overview of Dell OpenManage Plug-in v2.0 for Nagios Core
  
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• Upgrading to Dell OpenManage Plug-in version 2.0 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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• Un-installation of Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core
  
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·        Agent-free monitoring support for 14^th Generation of Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers

·        Simplified Plug-in installation and deployment by removing multiple dependencies on open source components and Perl modules