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Summary of Contents for OpenManage HIP 3.2

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Page 2: ...ell Computer Corporation Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc Microsoft Windows MS DOS and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel Pentium and LANDesk are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to e...

Page 3: ...product s features and pro vides information on obtaining technical assistance Chapter 2 Installation and Upgrade Procedures lists system requirements and provides software installation and upgrade procedures Chapter 3 Using NNM SE describes how to access and use NNM SE and Dell tools It also describes how to configure Dell HIP alert actions and introduces the program s online help your main sourc...

Page 4: ...ntation updates are sometimes included with your system or software to describe changes to your system or software Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates often contain the latest information You may also have one or more of the following documents Operating system documentation is included if you ordered your operating sys tem from Dell This documen...

Page 5: ... the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard are enclosed in angle brackets Example Enter Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously unless other wise indicated to perform a single function Example Ctrl Alt Enter Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced Example Use the format command to In co...

Page 6: ...an be a system message for example or it can be text that you are instructed to type as part of a command referred to as a command line Screen text is presented in the Courier New font Example The message No boot device available appears on your screen Example Type c overview and press Enter Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value They are presented in italics Example Novell Ne...

Page 7: ...atures 1 6 System Specific Features 1 8 DRAC Functionality 1 8 DRAC Version 2 0 Functionality 1 10 HP OpenView NNM SE CD Demonstration and Computer Based Training 1 12 Getting Help 1 13 KDSWHU QVWDOODWLRQ DQG 8SJUDGH 3URFHGXUHV General System Requirements 2 1 Dell Managed Node Servers 2 1 Operating System Requirements 2 2 System Requirements 2 2 Management Station and Remote Console 2 2 Operating ...

Page 8: ...re Components From a Windows NT Server 2 17 Uninstalling a Dell Managed Node From a NetWare Server 2 17 Configuring a Modem 2 17 For Dell Remote Assistant Card 2 17 PowerEdge Servers Equipped With DRAC 2 17 PowerEdge Servers Equipped With DRAC Version 2 0 2 18 For Dell Remote Assistant Server Service on a Management Station 2 18 Console Applications Installed With HP OpenView NNM SE 2 18 Dell Open...

Page 9: ...he Dell NNM SE Tools Help 3 8 SSHQGL UHTXHQWO VNHG 4XHVWLRQV SSHQGL 7LYROL QWHUSULVH RQVROH 5HTXLUHPHQWV DQG QVWDOODWLRQ Requirements B 1 Installation of RAID Controller Events With Tivoli Enterprise Console B 2 Installation of Dell HIP Events With Tivoli Enterprise Console B 3 ORVVDU QGH LJXUHV Figure 1 1 Example of a Dell OpenManage Network Configuration 1 5 Figure 1 2 Dell OpenManage Management...

Page 10: ...e 1 4 Dell PowerEdge System Out of Band Management Features for DRAC Version 2 0 Capable Systems 2300 6300 1 12 Table 2 1 Modem Switch Settings 2 18 Table 3 1 NNM SE Icons 3 3 Table 3 2 Server Console Icon 3 4 ...

Page 11: ...ers For Dell PowerEdge servers equipped with Dell Remote Assistant Cards DRAC Dell HIP supports out of band via dial up modem or network interface controller NIC status retrieval and management operations The HP online manual Using Network Node Manager Special Edition contains infor mation on installing setting up and troubleshooting the NNM SE software This manual with the filename nnmseug pdf ca...

Page 12: ... Management Server SMS used with the Windows NT server operating system On systems with SMS users can map one or more DMI groups to an SMS directory that can be viewed by the SMS administrator DRAC version 2 0 Allows management of the DRAC version 2 0 card equipped servers Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller Allows management of the disk subsystem s of servers installed with Dell PowerEdge E...

Page 13: ...s Examples of these background pro cesses include network discovery interprocess communications and event processing The management station is home to a local management console and is the user interface for displaying the network topology events and other manageable components It runs on the Windows NT Server operating system The management station provides the following features Dell OpenManage ...

Page 14: ...uration and Figure 1 2 shows the flow of data through the configuration All Dell servers that are managed with HP OpenView Network Node Manager must have the managed node component installed on them This component monitors var ious hardware systems on the server for information such as temperature readings redundant array of independent disks RAID status and so on Each managed node then sends its ...

Page 15: ...k telephone network telephone network telephone network Dell PowerEdge 4100 Dell OpenManage managed node with DRAC Dell PowerEdge 6100 Dell HIP 2 2 with Intel LANDesk Server Manager Intel SMM card Intel SMM card DRAC 9600 baud Dell PowerEdge 2300 Dell OpenManage managed node Dell SDS 100 disk pod DRAC 9600 baud NIC out of band management data Dell OpenManage management station Dell PowerEdge serve...

Page 16: ...P has the following features Support for the following operating systems on management consoles Microsoft Windows NT Server 3 51 and 4 0 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3 51 and 4 0 managed nodes management data in band management data out of band management data forwarded traps pages Dell OpenManage remote console Dell PowerEdge work group server Dell departmental server Dell OpenManage manageme...

Page 17: ...rd Comprehensive online help Management of integrated SCSI devices Alert subsystem Paging from the management station regarding alerts from any managed node or DRAC SNMP traps and DMI indications for warnings and failure conditions Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology SMART drive alert notification Ability to set warning thresholds for monitored parameters Ability to receive alerts from s...

Page 18: ...ts and installation see Appendix B Tivoli Enterprise Console Requirements and Installation Management of NIC using supplied instrumentation 6 VWHP 6SHFLILF HDWXUHV The following tables present the features of specific systems that use HP OpenView NNM SE with Dell OpenManage HIP with DRAC or DRAC comparable functionality 5 XQFWLRQDOLW Table 1 1 shows the in band management features and Table 1 2 sh...

Page 19: ...Nonvolatile BIOS POST logs Y N Y N Y Y Y N Nonvolatile event logs Y N Y N Y Y N N Power supply status N N N N Y Y Y Y Power utilization and redundancy N N N N Y Y Y Y Management of internal SCSI backplane N N N N Y Y Y Y Management of external PowerEdge SDS 100 disk pod backplane and PSPB Y N Y N Y Y Y Y ECC memory event notification N N Y N N Y N N Present only on systems equipped with power supp...

Page 20: ...ectivity using NIC and TCP IP N N N N N N N N Monitor system health Y N Y N Y Y Y N BIOS POST logs Y N Y N Y Y Y N Event logs Y N Y N Y Y Y N Remote console redirection N N N N N N Y N Remote system power on off cycle Y N Y N Y Y Y N Remote system reset Y N Y N Y Y Y N Remote OS shutdown N N N N N N Y N Battery backup N N N N N N Y N Alert notification using modem NIC to management station and con...

Page 21: ...ry OS watchdog Y Y Remote system reset Y Y Remote system power off cycle Y Y Nonvolatile BIOS POST logs Y Y Nonvolatile event logs Y Y Power supply status N N Power utilization and redundancy N N Management of internal SCSI backplane Y3 Y3 Management of external PowerEdge SDS 100 disk pod backplane and PSPB Y4 Y4 ECC memory event notification Y Y 1 Present only on systems equipped with power suppl...

Page 22: ...es a computer running Windows NT or Windows 95 and a CD ROM drive 7DEOH HOO 3RZHU GJH 6 VWHP 2XW RI DQG 0DQDJHPHQW HDWXUHV IRU 5 9HUVLRQ DSDEOH 6 VWHPV 2XW RI DQG 0DQDJHPHQW HDWXUHV LWK 5 YHUVLRQ LWKRXW 5 YHUVLRQ Connectivity using modem Y N Connectivity using NIC and TCP IP Y N Monitor system health Y N BIOS POST logs Y N Event logs Y N Remote console redirection Y N Remote system power on off cy...

Page 23: ...an error message see Messages in the online Dell NNM SE Tools Help and perform the corrective actions recommended If the problem persists see Contacting Dell in the online Dell NNM SE Tools Help for instructions on obtaining technical assistance ...

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Page 25: ...ode server NOTE If you are connecting a Dell PowerEdge Scalable Disk System 100 SDS 100 storage system perform the steps described in Connecting the SDS 100 to the Host Computer in Chapter 2 of the Dell PowerEdge SDS 100 Storage System Installation and Service Guide before continuing with this chapter You need the correct basic input output system BIOS version or embedded server management ESM fir...

Page 26: ...ster 28 8 or a compatible data fax external modem to sup port the Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant console application available on Dell PowerEdge 4100 and 4200 systems and Dell PowerEdge 2100 and 2200 sys tems with installed Dell Remote Assistant Cards DRACs This modem is attached to the ESM or DRAC card using the external connector on the managed node NOTE For information on configuring and usin...

Page 27: ...MB of free initial paging file space 800 x 600 monitor with super video graphics array SVGA graphics card Network adapter card 0RGHP 5HTXLUHPHQWV NOTE Multiple modems are required on a management station if you want to use certain features simultaneously such as monitoring server traps out of band while using the Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant A US Robotics 28 8 or a compatible data fax external...

Page 28: ...er This node is the Dell HIP which consists of services files and drivers to sup port management of Dell s servers and selected hardware Install Dell NNM SE Installs NNM SE along with Dell system compo nents on the management station which provide consoles and management capabilities for Dell systems Exit Exits setup 2 Click Install Managed Node The Welcome screen appears 3 Click Next The Dell End...

Page 29: ... for the changes to take effect NOTE For a Dell managed node to also act as a management station the SNMP set community name field must be assigned a value in the snmpd conf file Be sure to configure the set community name field on the NNM SE for a Windows NT operating system To do this you must modify ov_conf snmpagent snmpd conf Remove the comment near the bottom of the snmpd conf file and enter...

Page 30: ...ROM drive There is a short delay due to setup initialization On systems using the Windows NT 3 51 operating system run the setup exe file in the root directory of the CD The Dell OpenManage Software Installation window appears with three options Install Managed Node Installs a Dell managed node onto the Dell server This node is the Dell HIP which consists of services files and drivers to sup port ...

Page 31: ... system begins copying files to the directory you have chosen The following message appears Updating autoexec ncf completed successfully Restart the NLMs for changes to take effect 11 Click OK When your system finishes copying files the Setup Complete window appears 12 Click Next The Setup Complete window appears 13 Click Finish to complete the setup process 14 Reboot your system 8SJUDGLQJ D HOO 0...

Page 32: ...ponent NOTE For more information see Hardware Instrumentation Installation found later in this section When your system finishes copying files the hardware component s readme files window may appear depending on the hardware instrumentation compo nents you chose to install 4 Click Next The Setup Complete window appears 5 Check the box if you want to read hipread txt now or deselect it if you don t...

Page 33: ...LRQ QVWDOODWLRQ Instrumentation for a hardware vendor component has to be running on the managed server in order for the console application to be able to manage monitor it A check box is provided for the different instrumentation that can be installed as part of the Dell HIP node installation process To install a particular hardware component check the box corresponding to the hard ware installed...

Page 34: ...WWW server before installing the management station On Microsoft Windows NT Workstations the Microsoft Peer Web Services pro vide an Internet Service Manager ISM that configures the directories for the application On Microsoft Windows NT Server operating systems the Microsoft Internet Information Service IIS provides the necessary setup NOTE For further information refer to Adaptec Duralink Server...

Page 35: ...d in the ISM the installation was not successful Install the service again QVWDOOLQJ WKH 0DQDJHPHQW 6WDWLRQ NOTES The system chosen as the management station must be a Dell server If you are installing LDSM 2 52 with Dell HIP 2 2 on a Dell PowerEdge 6100 server refer to Installing LDSM Console With the HP OpenView NNM SE Management Sta tion found later in this chapter If you are upgrading a manage...

Page 36: ...sage appears If you want to support Dell HIP 3 0 PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller agents click Yes Otherwise click No 8 Click Yes to support Dell HIP agents otherwise click No When your system finishes with the HP OpenView portion the Dell Console Install window appears Your system begins copying files required for Dell com ponents of NNM SE The Setup Complete window appears 9 Check the box to...

Page 37: ... stop the installation process click No To continue the installation process click Yes Your system begins copying files The following message appears If you want to support Dell HIP 3 0 PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller agents click Yes Otherwise click No I HOO 110 6 V QVWDOOHG DQG RX DQW WR 8SJUDGH WR WKH XOO 9HUVLRQ RI 110 IRU LQGRZV 17 Install the HP OpenView NNM for Windows NT by running th...

Page 38: ...tion for more information The following steps must be implemented before installing the remote console 1 At the management station click the Start button and point to Programs 2 Using Windows Explorer open the ovwdb auth file under the installing directory conf directory If you have not previously associated an auth file with Notepad a dialog box appears and asks you which program to use to open t...

Page 39: ...ding on your operating system and then click Next The Start Copying Files window appears 7 Click Next Your system begins copying files The setup process continues with installation of Dell system components When your system finishes this portion of the setup process the Setup Com plete window appears 8 Check the box to read the hipread txt file If you do not want to read this file at this time des...

Page 40: ...Reboot your system 8QLQVWDOOLQJ D HOO 0DQDJHG 1RGH URP D LQGRZV 17 6HUYHU To uninstall a Dell managed node from a Windows NT Server operating system per form the following steps on the Windows NT Server operating system 1 Click the Uninstall Dell Managed Node icon A window appears with the following message Uninstall Dell Managed Node 2 Click OK A window appears displaying uninstall information Th...

Page 41: ...toexec ncf file before attempting to reinstall a Dell managed node to a NetWare Server RQILJXULQJ D 0RGHP A modem can be configured for a Dell Remote Assistant Card and for a Dell Remote Assistant Server service on a management station RU HOO 5HPRWH VVLVWDQW DUG Depending on whether your system is equipped with DRAC or DRAC version 2 0 use the following instructions to configure a modem 3RZHU GJH ...

Page 42: ...le 2 1 For Dell PowerEdge servers equipped with DRAC version 2 0 set up the dial out modem to correspond to the settings of the PC Card modem on your DRAC ver sion 2 0 Launch the Remote Assistant from the Tools Dell submenu RQVROH SSOLFDWLRQV QVWDOOHG LWK 3 2SHQ9LHZ 110 6 The following console applications are installed as part of the HP OpenView NNM SE management station installation process Dell...

Page 43: ...m the following tasks View the hardware configuration View the event and power on self test POST logs Configure actions on a server Browse the MIFs for DMI 2 0 managed node servers Configure security features Configure the DRAC version 2 0 card on the server Dell OpenManage Server Console can be launched on a management station by double clicking the icon in the expanded node submap HOO QVSHFWRU N...

Page 44: ...tem application double click the Adaptec CI O icon on the expanded node submap NOTE If the Adaptec CI O icon does not appear on the expanded managed node for NetWare servers the SNMP agent for CI O Array Based Management has not been loaded on the NetWare server At the NetWare server type load cio20 and press Enter to load the SNMP agent When you open the Adaptec CI O Console application on a mana...

Page 45: ...led on the managed servers To launch the PowerNet Console application double click the APC PowerNet icon on the expanded node submap NOTE For the application icon to appear on the expanded node submap the APC PowerNet SNMP agents have to be installed on the managed server from the CD that is shipped with the UPS 0RELOH KRLFH 3DJLQJ The MobileChoice Paging application allows the sending of pages on...

Page 46: ...t for SMS must be running on the server that you are going to set up as a Dell managed node To integrate SMS with NNM SE perform the following steps 1 Using the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition CD install the Node option on the server running the SMS client application 2 At the management station click the SMS Administrator icon 3 Select Sites at the top left and then select File P...

Page 47: ... LDSM HIP 2 2 agents on the PowerEdge 6100 server Console support is available only on supported manage ment station operating system platforms running Windows NT 3 51 or 4 0 Additional vendor support is provided by LDSM HIP 2 2 The LDSM HIP 2 2 CD is shipped with the SMM card supplied with PowerEdge 6100 systems If you need to use the SMM card for out of band management support you must install t...

Page 48: ...SE management station installation To install the LDSM Console refer to the Dell Hardware Instrumentation Package 2 2 for Intel LANDesk Server Manager 2 52 User s Guide and the LANDesk Server Manager documentation To install the LDSM Console component use the following procedure 1 Select only the Server Manager Console option from the LANDesk Server Manager Setup screen 2 Enter the directory locat...

Page 49: ...ke this modification to the environment variables in the System Properties Environment tab which is accessible through the Control Panel System option After making these changes reboot your system Refer to your LANDesk Server Manager documentation for instructions on using the LDSM Console and SMM cards ...

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Page 51: ...y of the MIB objects defined in that MIB schedule Obtain and set values for MIB objects Determine actions to be taken upon receiving an SNMP trap Identify network faults and performance problems from one location and diag nose problems This capability includes customizing and automating the monitoring of your network and the response of management stations to events Discover personal computers tha...

Page 52: ...tus bar 1DYLJDWLQJ 7KURXJK 110 6 6XEPDSV Navigation between submaps of an open map can be done in the following ways Explodable Symbol Double click an explodable symbol of the parent object of the submap to view the object s components Executable Symbol Double click an executable symbol to launch an application Submap List Select a submap off the open map by pulling down the Edit Find Submap List ...

Page 53: ...1 to represent the systems 7DEOH 110 6 FRQV FRQ HVFULSWLRQ Dell server Windows NT Dell desktop computer Windows NT Dell Net PC Windows NT Dell portable computer Windows NT Dell server NetWare Dell desktop computer Windows 95 Dell Net PC Windows 95 Dell portable computer Windows 95 Dell server unknown operating system Dell desktop computer unknown operat ing system ...

Page 54: ... of the icon An icon in its normal color usually green indicates a normal status A yellow icon indicates a warning condition such as a voltage current tempera ture or fan reading that has exceeded a warning threshold A red icon indicates a critical alarm the device has failed or has crossed a failure threshold and may fail A icon indicates an unknown state 7DEOH 6HUYHU RQVROH FRQ FRQ HVFULSWLRQ Sy...

Page 55: ...m the children of a Dell managed node that reside on the expanded node submap child submap of that node The Status Manager also integrates additional features into the OpenView menu bar There is a Dell menu option in the OpenView menu bar under the Tools menu At the Dell menu you will find the following options Rediscover Runs the discovery process against a selected node to determine if it is a D...

Page 56: ...vely Status can be viewed using ovstatus RZ WR 8VH 7UDS RUZDUGHU NOTE Traps must be configured to be forwarded from the managed node using the Trap Destination tab on the Microsoft SNMP Properties applet The Trap Forwarder user interface consists of a list of servers from which traps can be received and a list of traps for various enterprises A selection list displays the existing configuration fo...

Page 57: ...QILJXULQJ 3 HQHUDWHG OHUW FWLRQV The following subsections cover configuring alert actions through the HIP Baseboard Agent through SNMP traps for local server response and through the Remote Assistant RFDO 6HUYHU FWLRQV NOTE Actions cannot be configured for NetWare nodes For certain Hardware Instrumentation Package HIP generated alerts the Dell HIP also provides the capability to configure local s...

Page 58: ...source Remote Assistant events appear on the following two logs NNM SE event log Application log on the server with Dell Remote Assistant indicated as the source 8VLQJ WKH HOO 110 6 7RROV HOS Comprehensive online help in the form of a standard Windows NT help file is avail able to aid you in using the Dell NNM SE Tools components the icons messages menu options help screens and dialog boxes to mon...

Page 59: ...rowsers and other MIF browsers Why does a system that has been removed from the network continue to be dis played in the OpenView map OpenView retains objects in its database for a user configurable amount of time It does so to minimize the amount of network traffic that results from the normal day to day operation of turning machines off and on Objects can be manually deleted from the OpenView ma...

Page 60: ...y do some nodes in an OpenView map show up outside of NetWare and Windows NT segments OpenView discovery scans the network for nodes using the Internetwork Package Exchange IPX protocol and Internet Protocol IP Those nodes using IP will be grouped into segments represented by their IP segment symbol while those using IPX will be grouped into segments represented by the IPX segment symbol If the ne...

Page 61: ...led OVwinitsession error 17 permission denied Modify the ovw auth file in the conf directory under OpenView installation by adding next to the server name Why can t I enter values in the dialog box for Put UPS to Sleep functionality in the APC PowerNet application The Put UPS to Sleep function is available only for a Universal Power Supply UPS that has the SNMP adapter It is not available for a UP...

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Page 63: ...s of system health monitors such as temperature read ings voltage readings fan speeds power supply status and chassis intrusion These Windows NT event log messages are converted to Tivoli event classes with the appropriate slot values Event classes are defined hierarchically with child classes inheriting attribute value defaults from the parent The Dell event classes follow a sim ple hierarchy and...

Page 64: ...ws NT Adapter bin directory usually usr local tivoli bin w32 ix86 tme tec adapters bin the current directory 5 Issue the following command from the Windows NT Adapter bin directory nt_gencds etc tecad_nt fmt etc tecad_nt cds 6 Start the TECNTAdapter service by using the Windows NT Control Panel Perform the following steps on the host where the event server is located 1 Copy the dell_prc brc file f...

Page 65: ...Console if the Windows NT adapter registry entry for SpaceReplacement is changed from the default False to True the dell_hip fmt file must be modified All occurrences of Dell Baseboard Agent in the format strings must be replaced with Dell_Baseboard_Agent in the dell_hip fmt file 3 Append the dell_hip fmt file to the tecad_nt fmt file using the following command copy tecad_nt fmt DELL_HIP FMT teca...

Page 66: ...clude the classes from the tecad_nt baroc file 4 Import the Dell Event classes by using the following command wimprbclass DELL_HIP BRC My_rb 5 Compile the rule base by using the following command wcomprules My_rb 6 Stop the event server by using the following command wstopesvr 7 Load the new rule base by using the following command wloadrb My_rb 8 Restart the event server by using the following co...

Page 67: ... the system s hardware By using the BIOS the compatibility of these programs is enhanced block A typical unit of disk storage consisting of a small number of sectors This term usu ally refers to the fundamental unit of storage provided by an operating system See also block size and striping block size The size of a block See also block and striping bus A bus forms an information pathway be tween t...

Page 68: ...gram for which they were designed diagnostics See diskette based diagnostics directory Directories help keep related files orga nized on a disk in a hierarchical inverted tree structure Each disk has a root directory additional directories that branch off of the root directory are called subdirectories Subdirectories may con tain additional directories branching off of them diskette based diagnost...

Page 69: ...ll servers and track status information about Dell server components host adapter A host adapter implements communica tion between the computer s bus and the controller for a peripheral Hard disk drive controller subsystems include integrated host adapter circuitry To add a SCSI ex pansion bus to your system you must install the appropriate host adapter 6 Acronym for Internet Information Service I...

Page 70: ...C on the card The out of band path is used for remote management of a server or for ac cessing server information when the server or network is down parameter A value or option that you specify to a pro gram A parameter is sometimes called a switch or an argument PCI Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect peripheral device An internal or external device such as a printer a disk drive o...

Page 71: ...ber of physical drives in which a large number of simultaneous small write operations are being performed RAID 5 offers potentially higher perfor mance than RAID 4 RAID 4 and RAID 5 configurations are appropriate in high availability applications where performance is less critical or where high data capacity is required See also guarding RAID 10 RAID 10 is a mirroring technique in which data is du...

Page 72: ...indows operating sys tem Among other things the system ini file records which video mouse and key board drivers are installed for Windows Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the system ini file On other occasions you may need to change or add options to the system inifile manually with a text editor such as Notepad TCP IP Abbreviation for Transmission Control P...

Page 73: ...talling 2 5 uninstalling 2 17 Dell managed Windows NT node about 1 2 hardware installation 2 9 installing 2 3 uninstalling 2 16 Dell OpenManage Server Console installation 2 19 managed node 1 2 management station 1 3 Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Console 2 20 Dell Remote Assistant configuring alerts 3 8 Dell Remote Assistant Card configuring a modem 2 17 Dell Remote Assistant Server Service about...

Page 74: ...g 2 15 upgrading 2 1 using 3 1 icons list of 3 4 NNM SE 3 3 Server Console 3 4 installing NNM SE 2 1 0 managed node for NetWare 1 3 for Windows NT Server operating system 1 2 managed nodes overview 1 2 managed node servers operating system requirements 2 2 system requirements 2 2 management station installing 2 10 2 11 modem requirements 2 3 operating system requirements 2 3 overview 1 3 system re...

Page 75: ...uirements 2 3 overview 1 4 system requirements 2 3 6 Server Monitor Module 2 2 Dell PowerEdge 6100 servers 2 23 servers system requirements 2 2 SMS integrating with NNM SE 2 22 Status Manager 3 5 7 Tivoli TME 10 Management suite integration 1 8 Trap Forwarder 3 6 troubleshooting the HIP 1 1 typographical conventions vii 8 uninstalling NNM SE 2 15 upgrading NNM SE 2 1 warnings vii ...

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