Dell OpenManage SNMP Configuration

This page includes notes and references for setting up a Dell PowerEdge server to be monitored by CSCF's nagios system via OpenManage SNMP.

Ubuntu Configuration

1. Install SNMP Daemon

   sudo apt-get install snmpd

2. Install the CSCF SNMP configuration files

   sudo wget https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/infrastructure/setups/services/snmp/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf -O /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
   sudo wget https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/infrastructure/setups/services/snmp/etc/default/snmpd -O /etc/default/snmpd

3. Add Dell's OpenManage repository

   sudo echo "deb http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/ubuntu `lsb_release -s -c` openmanage" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux.dell.com.sources.list

4. Verify OMSA packages, add repository key

   sudo gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 1285491434D8786F
   gpg -a --export 1285491434D8786F | sudo apt-key add - 

5. Make apt aware of our changes

   sudo apt-get update

6. Install OMSA:

   sudo apt-get install srvadmin-base srvadmin-deng-snmp

7. Start the dataeng service (this will automatically happen on reboot already but it doesn't start initially)

   sudo service dataeng start

8. Add OMSA capability to SNMP: "

   sudo echo "# Add DELL OMSA capability to SNMP" >> /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf && echo "smuxpeer .1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.1" >> /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

9. Re enable SNMP smux capability by editing /etc/default/snmpd. Replace

   SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -g snmp -I -smux -p /var/run/snmpd.pid'

   with

   SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -g snmp -p /var/run/snmpd.pid'

10. Restart SNMP

    sudo service snmpd restart

ESXi Configuration

1. Ensure that the host has SSH enabled and is in maintenance mode
2. Download OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-7.1.0-5304.VIB-ESX50i_A00.zip from http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?DriverId=Y0WHR
3. Copy the file (using SCP or SFTP) to /tmp on the target host
4. Install the VIB file

   esxcli software vib install –d /tmp/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-7.1.0-5304.VIB-ESX50i_A00.zip

5. Reboot the host, remove it from maintenance mode

Nagios Configuration

The check_openmanage plugin is installed on nagios.cscf and can be located at /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_openmanage. To have a host monitored for Dell OpenManage, add the "Dell PowerEdge OpenManage" service in E&I.

To check your setup configuration, you can run the following on nagios.cscf (replacing HOSTNAME with the machine's hostname or IP address and COMMUNITY with what is set as the community string in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf of the target machine):

/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_openmanage -H HOSTNAME -C COMMUNITY -d

      System:      PowerEdge R415 II        OMSA version:    7.4.0-1
   ServiceTag:  -redacted-                 Plugin version:  3.7.12
   BIOS/date:   2.2.1 09/16/2013         Checking mode:   SNMPv2c UDP/IPv4
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Storage Components
=============================================================================
  STATE  |    ID    |  MESSAGE TEXT
---------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------
 UNKNOWN |          | Storage Error! No controllers found
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Chassis Components
=============================================================================
  STATE  |  ID  |  MESSAGE TEXT
---------+------+------------------------------------------------------------
      OK |    0 | Memory module 0 [DIMM_A1, 16384 MB] is Ok
      OK |    1 | Memory module 1 [DIMM_A2, 16384 MB] is Ok
      OK |    2 | Memory module 2 [DIMM_B1, 16384 MB] is Ok
      OK |    3 | Memory module 3 [DIMM_B2, 16384 MB] is Ok
      OK |    0 | Chassis fan 0 [System Board FAN MOD 1A RPM] reading: 4440 RPM
      OK |    1 | Chassis fan 1 [System Board FAN MOD 1B RPM] reading: 3120 RPM
      OK |    2 | Chassis fan 2 [System Board FAN MOD 2A RPM] reading: 4440 RPM
      OK |    3 | Chassis fan 3 [System Board FAN MOD 2B RPM] reading: 3120 RPM
      OK |    4 | Chassis fan 4 [System Board FAN MOD 3A RPM] reading: 4440 RPM
      OK |    5 | Chassis fan 5 [System Board FAN MOD 3B RPM] reading: 3120 RPM
      OK |    6 | Chassis fan 6 [System Board FAN MOD 4A RPM] reading: 4440 RPM
      OK |    7 | Chassis fan 7 [System Board FAN MOD 4B RPM] reading: 3240 RPM
      OK |    8 | Chassis fan 8 [System Board FAN MOD 5A RPM] reading: 4560 RPM
      OK |    9 | Chassis fan 9 [System Board FAN MOD 5B RPM] reading: 3120 RPM
      OK |   10 | Chassis fan 10 [System Board FAN MOD 6A RPM] reading: 4560 RPM
      OK |   11 | Chassis fan 11 [System Board FAN MOD 6B RPM] reading: 3120 RPM
      OK |    0 | Power Supply 0 [AC]: Presence detected
      OK |    1 | Power Supply 1 [AC]: Presence detected
      OK |    0 | Temperature Probe 0 [Ambient Temp] reads 22 C (min=8/3, max=42/47)
      OK |    0 | Processor 0 [AMD Opteron 4376 HE] is Present
      OK |    1 | Processor 1 [AMD Opteron 4376 HE] is Present
      OK |    0 | Voltage sensor 0 [CPU1 VCORE] is Good
      OK |    1 | Voltage sensor 1 [CPU2 VCORE] is Good
      OK |    2 | Voltage sensor 2 [CPU1 2.5V VDDA PG] is Good
      OK |    3 | Voltage sensor 3 [CPU1 1.2V VDDR PG] is Good
      OK |    4 | Voltage sensor 4 [CPU2 2.5V VDDA PG] is Good
      OK |    5 | Voltage sensor 5 [CPU2 1.2V VDDR PG] is Good
      OK |    6 | Voltage sensor 6 [System Board 1.2V LOM PG] is Good
      OK |    7 | Voltage sensor 7 [System Board 1.2V AUX PG] is Good
      OK |    8 | Voltage sensor 8 [System Board PSU PG] is Good
      OK |    9 | Voltage sensor 9 [System Board 1.2V VM PG] is Good
      OK |   10 | Voltage sensor 10 [System Board 3.3V AUX PG] is Good
      OK |   11 | Voltage sensor 11 [System Board 1.8V AUX PG] is Good
      OK |   12 | Voltage sensor 12 [System Board 1.8V IOB PG] is Good
      OK |   13 | Voltage sensor 13 [System Board 1.1V IOB PG] is Good
      OK |   14 | Voltage sensor 14 [1.5V MEM PG] is Good
      OK |   15 | Voltage sensor 15 [1.5V MEM PG] is Good
      OK |   16 | Voltage sensor 16 [PS 1 Voltage 1] reads 210 V
      OK |   17 | Voltage sensor 17 [PS 2 Voltage 2] reads 0 V
      OK |    0 | Battery probe 0 [System Board CMOS Battery] is Presence Detected
      OK |    0 | Amperage probe 0 [PS 1 Current 1] reads 0.2 A
      OK |    1 | Amperage probe 1 [PS 2 Current 2] reads 0.002 A
      OK |    2 | Amperage probe 2 [System Board System Level] reads 80 W
      OK |    0 | Chassis intrusion 0 detection: Ok (Not Breached)
      OK |    0 | SD Card 0 [VFlash Media] is Absent
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Other messages
=============================================================================
  STATE  |  MESSAGE TEXT
---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
      OK | ESM log health is Ok (less than 80% full)
      OK | Chassis Service Tag is sane