Monitoring of Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) DRAC/MC and Chassis Management Controller (CMC) in HP Operations Manager for Windows

This post explains how to classify Dell DRACs (iDRAC6, DRAC5) and Management Controller (DRAC/MC and CMC) in HP Operations Manager (HPOM). By using the Dell Smart Plug-in version 3.0 (SPI), users can monitor and manage   devices like DRACs, Chassis and Management Controllers  from Dell 9G - 11G in the HPOM console.

Deploying the Dell SPI Autogrouping Policy:

The scheduled task policy “Dell Hardware Autogrouping Policy” is used to classify Dell devices in the HPOM console. The default interval of this policy is weekly on Sundays at 04:00. Once the Autogrouping policy is run, the Dell DRACs and Chassis are classified in their corresponding hierarchies in the Node and Service Hierarchies of HPOM console. The policy interval can be changed to custom values as required. Policies are deployed via the Management Server.   

Representation of Dell DRACs:

Autogrouping policy classifies the Dell DRAC devices under the Node and Service hierarchies. 

The hierarchy details are as follows:

 Service hierarchy:

• Dell Hardware
  • Dell DRAC
    • DRAC5
      • Drac IP (Service Tag)
        • Drac IP: Global System Status
    • iDRAC6 Modular
      • iDrac6 Modular IP (Service Tag)
        • iDrac6 Modular IP: Global System Status
    • iDRAC6 Monolithic
      • iDrac6 Monolithic IP (Service Tag)
        • iDrac6 Monolithic IP: Global System Status

Services are created along with the node names and their services tag under the corresponding DRAC service; for example, DRAC5, iDRAC6 Modular, or iDRAC6 monolithic. The “Global System Status” Service represents the global system status of corresponding DRAC devices.

Node hierarchy:

• Dell Managed System
  • Dell DRAC
    • DRAC5
      • Drac IP
    • iDRAC6 Modular
      • iDrac6 Modular IP
    • iDRAC6 Monolithic
      • iDrac6 Monolithic IP

Nodes will be created under the corresponding node group; for example, DRAC5, iDRAC6 Modular, or iDRAC6 monolithic.

Representation of Dell Chassis:

Autogrouping policy classifies the Dell Chassis (CMC and DRAC/MC) under the Node and Service hierarchies. 

Representation of CMC:

Hierarchy details are as follows:

Service Hierarchy:

• Dell Hardware
  • Dell Chassis
    • CMC
      • Cmc IP (Service Tag)
        • Cmc IP: Global System Status

Services are created along with node names and their service tags, under the service ‘CMC’. The “Global System Status” Service represents the global system status of the corresponding CMC devices.

Node Hierarchy:

• Dell Managed System
  • Dell Chassis
    • CMC
      • Cmc IP (Cmc Service Tag)
        • Slot# - Hostname – (Blade Service Tag)
        • Slot# - Hostname – (Blade Service Tag)
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        • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
        • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
        • Slot# - Hostname – (Blade Service Tag)

Service Representative Object (SRO) nodes are created under the Node Group ‘CMC’ with node names and their service tags. All SROs for the CMC slots are created under that SRO node group complete with slot number, blade hostname, and blade service tag.

While classifying a CMC, if a specific blade slot is powered off, the CMC slot SRO is as follows:

• Slot# - Hostname – (Power Off)

If there is no blade in a particular slot, then the CMC slot SRO shows as follows:

• Slot# - Hostname – (Empty)

If there is a full length blade in a half-length CMC, then the slot SRO shows as follows:

• Slot#1/#2 - Hostname – (Blade Service Tag)

Representation of DRAC/MC:

Hierarchy details are as follows:

Service Hierarchy:

• Dell Hardware
  • Dell Chassis
    • DRAC MC
      • Drac Mc IP (Service Tag)
        • Drac Mc IP: Global System Status

Services are created along with node names and their service tags, under the service ‘DRAC MC’. The “Global System Status” Service represents the global system status of the corresponding DRAC MC devices.

Node Hierarchy:

• Dell Managed System
  • Dell Chassis
    • DRAC MC
      • Drac Mc IP (Service Tag)
        • Drac Mc IP

 SRO nodes are created under the Node Group ‘DRAC MC’, complete with node names and service tags. DRAC MC nodes are created under that SRO node group.

Appendix

Refer to the following links:

• Dell OpenManage Connection for HP Operations Manager
• Server-Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC)-Chassis Association
• OpenManage Connections for 3rd Party Console Integration Forum