topic Re: Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM in Server Management - Systems Insight Manager

Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM

Mark Sperandio — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:40:36 GMT

I followed the pdf on Dell's website on how to properly add Dell servers to HP SIM. I successfully have added our Dell servers, however if I add a system that has a piece of faulty hardware (ie: fan failure), it is showing up as green...hardware status OK.

It shows up as failed if I look in Dell Openmanage though. I'm trying to eliminate Dell Openmanage altogether...but I need to be able to see what is in a failed state in HP SIM before I can do that.

Do I need to import more of the Dell mibs? I already imported the 2 that come with HP SIM, based on the document on how to manage the Dell Servers.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM

Koen_7 — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:19:10 GMT

Mark,
I also had to intake some dell systems into my hp environment. And talked about it with hp and with dell. Dell confirms that although the events are well passed to HP SIM the status icon will remain green.
I created an extra event notification task to get an email if one of those foreign systems sens a critical alarm

Re: Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM

Mark Sperandio — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:21:56 GMT

Wow that's too bad...looks like I'm going to have to keep OpenManage around for a while.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Re: Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM

David Claypool — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:02:32 GMT

This is an outgrowth of standard SNMP. It basically only reports back up/down.

ProLiant agents have a status array that HP SIM can check to get the minor or major status--the PowerEdge does not.

However, remember that status polling is only a backup mechanism. If your Dell sends an event trap back to HP SIM, it WILL reflect the status of that event.

Re: Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM

Mark Sperandio — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:30:25 GMT

Gotcha, thanks David.

I was just hoping since OpenManage reports things are Red or Yellow (failed or degraded) on the console, that HP SIM would report the same status. Oh well no biggie!

Re: Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM

Max Wagener — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:03:15 GMT

Hi Mark ...

Could please send me the link for the papers for the integration of Dell PE Servers into SIM.

Thanks,

Max

Re: Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM

Eric Williams_4 — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:22:41 GMT

Google this.
"monitor dell server in HP insight manager"

Here is a link to one of the MIB's below...

http://www.flcaug.org/downloads//Misc%20Utilities/Mibs/_Not_Indexed_/arymgr.mib.txt

Re: Monitoring Dell servers in HP SIM

Nikolaj Jøker — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 03:51:18 GMT

-> Claypool
"However, remember that status polling is only a backup mechanism. If your Dell sends an event trap back to HP SIM, it WILL reflect the status of that event."

I have a couple of Dell's in my HPSIM. When I get a HW error, it shows up in the event list as critical/major/etc, but the system icon remains green anyway.