Hardware-specific monitoring is available for Dell PowerEdge Linux hosts with Enterprise Manager. To enable the hardware monitoring of your Dell PowerEdge Linux hosts, perform the following steps:
Download the latest Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) software certified for your Linux OS by accessing the Dell FTP site at http://ftp.dell.com/sysman/. Note: This link was accurate at time of writing. If you find this link to be out of date, contact Dell support.
To identify the latest OMSA software, perform the following steps:
Search for the latest om??_lnx_managed_system*.gz file on the website
As of June 13, 2004, the latest version is: http://ftp.dell.com/sysman/om38_lnx_managed_system_A01.tar.gz
Install the software using the instructions provided by Dell.
Verify that the installation was successful by performing the following steps:
Verify that snmp daemon is up and running.
% ps -ef | grep snmpd
Verify that the following commands execute without errors:
% /usr/bin/omreport about
% /usr/bin/omreport system version
Verify the Dell OMSA software is functioning correctly by verifying that the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator website is up and running.
Using your web browser, access the URL https://target_hostname:1311
Login using an operating system account. Check that you are able to successfully login and navigate in the website.
If the SNMP Community String for the SNMP daemon running on the Linux host is not public, set the SNMP Community String property in Enterprise Manager using the following steps:
Login into Enterprise Manager Console
Navigate to the home page of the specific host
Navigate to the Monitoring Configuration link in the Related Links section
Set the SNMP Community String property to the correct value on this page
Restart the Management Agent on the host.
% login into host as the owner account of emagent software
% emctl stop agent
% emctl start agent
Note: The following step is not required if the Dell OMSA software was functional prior to the previous startup of the Management Agent.
Verify that hardware monitoring is working correctly using the following steps:
Login into Enterprise Manager Console
Navigate to the home page of the specific host
Navigate to the All Metrics link in the Related Links section
Verify that the following metrics are present on this page: Fans, Memory Devices, PCI Devices, Power Supplies, Processors, Remote Access Card, System BIOS, and Temperature
You can navigate to the metric data page by clicking on one of the metrics listed in the previous step and view the data that Enterprise Manager is able to fetch.
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