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Dell Server management in SIM v5

Robert Wallin — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:12:20 GMT

I need some help to get 5 Dell Poweredge servers into SIM. I got so far that I can see the Hardware status on the servers but thats it. Is that all I can see? I have downloaded the latest mib files from Dell and tried to compile them to SIM. When I run the compile command it says that compilation started and the nothing else. No message saying that the compilation is finished or failed. So now I'm stuck. Please advise me what to do.

Re: Dell Server management in SIM v5

Daniel Leblanc — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:57:14 GMT

Make sur you read this :
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/solutions/Integrating_PowerEdge_Servers_into_HPSIM50.pdf

if there is an error you should be able to find it here.

Re: Dell Server management in SIM v5

sandeep_raman — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:02:55 GMT

Hello Robert,

Afaik, SIM can be used for data collection(sort of inventory) for non-Hp servers.

Incase you have'nt read/checked, http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-helpfiles/hpsim_managing_nonHPservers.pdf

SRH

Re: Dell Server management in SIM v5

sandeep_raman — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:04:02 GMT

Oops, Daniel, you beat me by a couple of minutes. Sorry for the double post.

Re: Dell Server management in SIM v5

Daniel Leblanc — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:18:48 GMT

Lolll,No problem..San

Re: Dell Server management in SIM v5

Robert Wallin — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:29:24 GMT

That was a great document Daniel. But the problem is that I am unable to complete the compilation. I never get the success meassage. How long does the compilation process take?

Re: Dell Server management in SIM v5

Daniel Leblanc — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:30:45 GMT

Me it was around 2 hrs, i readded some DELL MIB'S and others

Re: Dell Server management in SIM v5

Robert Wallin — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:01:12 GMT

Still no .cfg files. Can I start another compilation while another one is running? Or do I have to wait for the first one to complete first?

Re: Dell Server management in SIM v5

Tekkie — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:12:52 GMT

Hi Robert,

I've done this recently and there were a couple of mibs that didn't compile immediately so I thumbed through the error message given and using a bit of intuition realised that the HP SIM compiler didn't recognise some of the parameters in Dell's mibs. But this was only for two or three of the mibs, the rest were fine without intervention. The bonus from this was that for any Dell server now showing up in HP SIM I can go to the Tools & Links tab and Server Administrator link is sitting there (assuming that you are running the Open Manage software on your Dell server). I believe it's the Open Manage software that alerts SIM to any issues, cos as soon as I got these mibs installed I had one or two Dell servers alerting with SCSI disk errors and was able to use the Server Assistant link to interrogate the server (see attachment)