Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core provides a proactive approach to data center management that delivers features for monitoring 12th and later generation of Dell PowerEdge servers in environments managed by Nagios Core console. With this plug-in, customers have comprehensive hardware-level visibility of Dell PowerEdge servers including overall and component-level health monitoring for quicker fault detection and resolution. The plug-in protects an IT organization’s existing investment in Nagios Core console and helps ease the integration and monitoring of Dell servers.
Product features
- Discover and monitor Dell’s 12th and later generation of PowerEdge servers through an agent-free, out-of-band method using Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller
- Monitor overall and component-level (such as Fan, Battery, Physical disk, Virtual disk, Fan, Battery, NIC, Intrusion, and so on) health status of Dell servers using SNMP or WS-MAN protocol
- Monitor SNMP alerts from supported devices
- Provide basic system information including component-level details about Dell servers
- Launch iDRAC web console from Nagios Core to perform further troubleshooting, configuration, or management activities
Business benefits
- Protect existing investment in Nagios Core product to easily integrate and monitor Dell servers 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
Customers can choose to monitor Dell servers without software agents by leveraging agent-free, out-of-band technology using iDRAC 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.
Dell OpenManage Plug-in version 1.0 for Nagios Core is available as a software download offered at no charge for customers.
Supported Dell devices:
- Dell PowerEdge Servers 12th Generation (12G) and 13th Generation (13G)
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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
Videos
- 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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