Dell OpenManage Wizard for Nagios XI provide a proactive approach to data center management that delivers features for monitoring Dell PowerEdge 12G servers that’s easy and free of cost. The Dell OpenManage wizard protects an IT organization’s existing investment in Nagios XI console and helps ease the integration and monitoring of Dell servers. The product equips IT administrators with the information necessary to make rapid yet informed decisions impacting the availability of data center resources and thus helps increase productivity and reduce costs.
Customers can choose to monitor Dell servers without software agents by leveraging agent-free, out-of-band technology via iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller. By using out-of-band management, IT administrators no longer need to install or periodically certify/validate the traditional in-band OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) agent installed in the server Operating System (OS). This out-of-band management technology allows IT administrators to effectively monitor Dell systems with increased availability from any location, and without the use of agents. It accomplishes this regardless of operating system or hypervisor presence or state.
Product features
- Classification of Dell PowerEdge 12G servers, using an agent-free, out-of-band technology
- Monitoring of server health
- Simple launch of the iDRAC7 console for further troubleshooting, configuration, update, and management of Dell servers.
- Basic inventory details of Dell agent-free servers
- service tag
- model number
- firmware version
- hostname
- operating system name and version
Business Benefits
- Leverages existing investment in Nagios XI
- Ease of integration and monitoring of Dell servers in environments utilizing existing Nagios XI solution
- Simple installation and configuration to maximize utilization of IT resources
A note about support: The Dell OpenManage Wizard for Nagios XI product is strictly for proof of concept to gauge customer interest and demand. This offering is not covered by Dell Support. It is intended for use only with Dell PowerEdge 12th Generation Servers.
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