Common Third-Party Management PacksIn this section, we focus on some of the more commonly used third-party management packs that are available to IT administrators to better manage their environments. For each management pack, we'll provide an overview, the installation procedure for the management pack, and a breakdown of the components, scripts, and tasks that are associated with that management pack. Dell OpenManage Management PackDell has partnered with Microsoft to strongly compete against HP and IBM in the systems management arena. Dell's OpenManage is the solution for systems management with Dell hardware. OpenManage consists of several products, one of which is a management pack for MOM called the OpenManage management pack. The OpenManage management pack can be obtained on Dell's web site (http://www.support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&releaseid=R98393&SystemID=PWE_FOS_XEO_2650&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=5934&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=4&formatcnt=1&fileid=127527). Dell's OpenManage management pack provides the following capabilities:
InstallationAfter you download DOMMP2.exe from Dell's support site, go ahead and run the executable; you will be prompted for the location to extract the management pack's files to. The Dell OpenManage management pack consists of the following files:
As of this writing, the latest version of the OpenManage management pack is 2.0. The next step is to import the management pack; see Chapter 8 for more information on importing management packs. After importing the management pack, check the version number against the version number stated in the Management Pack and Product Connector Catalog. ComponentsThe following table describes the components included with the Dell OpenManage Management Pack.
ScriptsThe following table describes the scripts included with the Dell OpenManage Management Pack.
HP Proliant and Integrity Management PacksHP provides two management packs. One pack targets the Proliant Server line and the other targets the Integrity Server line. These management packs provide integrated alert processing, state monitoring, and hardware resource lifecycle management. These management packs can be obtained via HP's web site (http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/mom2005/). HP's Proliant and Integrity management packs provide the following capabilities:
HP Proliant Management Pack InstallationAfter you download HPPROMOM05.zip from HP's web site, go ahead and extract the Zip file's content. The HP Proliant management pack consists of the following files:
As of this writing, the latest version number for this management pack is 1.0. After importing the management pack, check the version number against the version number stated in the Management Pack and Product Connector Catalog. ComponentsThe following table describes the components included with the HP Proliant and Integrity Management Packs.
HP Integrity Management Pack InstallationAfter you download HPINTMOM05.zip from HP's site, go ahead and extract the Zip file's content. The HP Integrity management pack consists of the following files:
As of this writing, the latest version number for this management pack is 1.0. After importing the management pack, check the version number against the version number stated in the Management Pack and Product Connector Catalog. ComponentsThe following table describes the components included with the HP Integrity Management Pack.
IBM Director v5.10 Upward Integration Module Management PackIBM provides the Director Upward Integration Module (UIM) Management Pack to augment MOM with richer, more granular hardware management information from IBM Director. The Director UIM management pack can be obtained via IBM's web site (http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-61783&velxr-layout=print). The IBM Director UIM management pack provides the following capabilities:
InstallationAfter you download dir5.10_uim_mom.exe from IBM's site, go ahead and run the executable. You are prompted for the location to extract the management pack's files to. The IBM Director UIM management pack consists of the following files:
As of this writing, the latest version number of this management pack is 5.10. After importing the management pack, check the version number against the version number stated in the Management Pack and Product Connector Catalog. ComponentsThe following table describes the components included with the IBM Director v5.10 Upward Integration Module Management Pack. ScriptsThe following table describes the scripts included with the IBM Director v5.10 Upward Integration Module Management Pack.
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