Dell PowerEdge System Management Manual

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10 Systems Management Guide• Baseboard Management Utilities User's Guide:support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smbmcmu• VMware Infrastructure Remote Command Line Interface (RCLI):www.vmware.com/download/vi/drivers_tools.html• VMware Infrastructure Client: www.vmware.com/support/pubs• VMware VirtualCenter Server: www.vmware.com/support/pubsESXi Software ConfigurationESXi must be configured to enable monitoring of the server using SNMP. Toconfigure SNMP in ESXi:1 Configure the SNMP settings in ESX Server by using VMware RCLI. Thefollowing commands must be executed from the server where VMwareRCLI is installed:a Configure the SNMP setting using the following command:vicfg-snmp --server --usernameroot --password -c -t @162/b Enable SNMP using the following command:vicfg-snmp --server --usernameroot --password -Ec To view the SNMP configuration, execute the following command:vicfg-snmp --server --usernameroot --password -s2 Perform discovery and inventory of the server using IT Assistant.a Perform discovery and inventory of the ESX server system interfaceusing SNMPb Perform discovery and inventory of the DRAC interface using IPMI.For more information, refer to the IT Assistant User Guide atwww.support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smitasst/.Once discovered, the ESX server is ready to be monitored using ITAssistant. SNMP traps from the ESX server can be received in IT Assistant.