Dell Openmanage support DSS

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10-29-2011, 02:58 PM
tomtom901

Dell Openmanage support DSS

Hi all,

I'm currently testing DSS (Open-E) on a Dell server which has a PERC H700 RAID controller on which I've configured a RAID-10 RAID-set. However, I would like to view the status of the disk drives in this array.

On non shared storage servers (virtualization nodes with local storage) we can use the Dell OpenManage software to check the status of our disk drives.

Open-E however does not support this (I think). It is really important for us and other Dell users to have some kind of alert (email or SNMP, either way) in case a drive fails. I do not know if it is possible to go into the Open-E OS shell and integrate it ourselves, I found a SSH option but that was not what I'm looking for.

Anyone got an idea about this?
10-29-2011, 09:44 PM
To-M

The DELL controller is an OEM of LSI and our email function will send alerts with the LSI controllers also you should be able to use the MegaRAID storage manager from LSI to view controller and drive information but we dont have this controller in our labs as DELL does not provide us there hardware like all the other manufactures for obvious reasons :).
10-30-2011, 04:20 PM
tomtom901

Quote:

Originally Posted by To-M

The DELL controller is an OEM of LSI and our email function will send alerts with the LSI controllers also you should be able to use the MegaRAID storage manager from LSI to view controller and drive information but we dont have this controller in our labs as DELL does not provide us there hardware like all the other manufactures for obvious reasons :).

Todd,

Where can this function be found? I think I'm overlooking something here. Could you perhaps provide a screenshot?

Tom
10-30-2011, 04:23 PM
Gr-R

Email notifications can be set up in SETUP-->administration.(for DSS notifies)
You can download the MegaRAID storage manager from LSI website, and configure email notifications on the controller this way, as well as see the disks and array info.
10-30-2011, 04:28 PM
tomtom901

How can I use the MegaRAID storage manager together with DSS? Is there some kind of knowledgebase article about this?
10-30-2011, 04:31 PM
Gr-R

The MSM from LSI is its own application you can install on your desktop.
It can access the DSS server via IP.
10-30-2011, 04:37 PM
tomtom901

Hi Gr-R,

Got a link to the right one? I'll give it a go then. I'm using Windows 7 and a PERC H700 card. I see a lot of different versions. Found the e-mail option, thanks!
10-30-2011, 04:50 PM
Gr-R

Give this a try: (works with most all LSI SAS controllers)
http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/...indows_MSM.zip
10-31-2011, 01:55 PM
tomtom901

Hi Gr-R,

It works but is incredibly slow. Isn't it possible for the Open-E Support Team to install it on my box? It's nothing more then a few commands and it gives me many many more options to maintain this storage unit.

Thanks again!
10-31-2011, 03:42 PM
Gr-R

the Dell openmanage software is not compatible with DSS to be installed, there is no Debian/Ubuntu version.
10-31-2011, 06:17 PM
tomtom901

Gr-R,

Could you perhaps in PM expain which version of Ubuntu / Debian you use as core? I'll give Dell ProSupport a call tomorrow (we buy a lot of Dell hardware) so I'll see what I can do about that.

Thanks.
11-01-2011, 02:09 AM
adamvh

Dell will probably tell you something along the lines of run the Centos livecd and you can run OpenManage locally or remotely.

http://linux.dell.com/files/openmana.../omsa-65-live/
11-01-2011, 12:20 PM
tomtom901

Adam,

I've sent you a PM regarding some questions I've got. I've also called ProSupport and I've managed to get some Debian packages.
11-01-2011, 08:36 PM
Oer2001

http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/deb/latest/

works like a charm on Ubuntu 10.4.3

Regards
11-01-2011, 08:45 PM
Gr-R

tomotom901:
please submit a formal request through the proper support channel, incuding the links you provided.
I will check into it for you.
11-02-2011, 12:17 AM
adamvh

yeah i would totally be onboard if open-e could create a small update .upd package to add Dell Open Manager functionality!

huge +1 to that
11-02-2011, 12:31 AM
Gr-R

adamvh:

got your support request.
I will look into it.

thanks.

//G
11-02-2011, 12:35 AM
adamvh

falconstor nss has this built into the base image, and i've always considered it really handy feature. especially when dell want to collect dset logs etc from the server.

the only option with dss was to to put the dell osma live cd in the server.
and reboot dss to run the livecd and collect the diagnostic data and then reboot back into dss. which seemed like a really backwards way to do something so trivial.

the small update would be a solution to that.
11-02-2011, 05:06 PM
tomtom901

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gr-R

adamvh:

got your support request.
I will look into it.

thanks.

//G

Do I also need to submit again?
11-02-2011, 05:08 PM
Gr-R

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomtom901

Do I also need to submit again?

Nope, if a small update can be done, i will get it to you also.
11-03-2011, 11:03 PM
Gr-R

Can you find the debien sources ?
the .deb packages will not work, as we need to compile from source.
11-03-2011, 11:53 PM
cyberpunker

Screenshots always help
11-03-2011, 11:59 PM
Gr-R

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyberpunker

Screenshots always help

not in this thread!
04-02-2012, 04:07 PM
gharding

Anyone know if Dell openmanage works with DSSV6 now