<%NUMBERING1%>.<%NUMBERING2%>.<%NUMBERING3%> PRTG Manual: SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk Sensor

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator or iDRAC 7

This sensor needs the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) tool to be installed on the target device to monitor it. Make sure that you enable SNMP in the OMSA.

For details, see the Knowledge Base: What do I need to monitor Dell servers?

You can also monitor Dell PowerEdge servers with this sensor via iDRAC 7.

Disk

Select the physical disks that you want to monitor. PRTG creates one sensor for each physical disk that you select.

Enable check boxes in front of the respective lines to select the items. Use the check box in the table header to select all items or to cancel the selection. In large tables, use the search function in the upper-right corner.

Sensor Name

Enter a name to identify the sensor.

Parent Tags

Shows tags that the sensor inherits from its parent device, parent group, and parent probe.

This setting is for your information only. You cannot change it.

Tags

Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.

It is not possible to enter tags with a leading plus (+) or minus (-) sign, nor tags with parentheses (()) or angle brackets (<>).

For performance reasons, it can take some minutes until you can filter for new tags that you added.

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

• snmpdellphysicaldisksensor
• physicaldisk
• snmpdell
• dell

Priority

Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority () to the highest priority ().

Disk

Shows the physical disk that this sensor monitors.

PRTG shows this value for reference purposes only. If you need to change this value, add the sensor anew.

Data Source

Shows the interface that PRTG uses to get monitoring data. This is either Dell OMSA or iDRAC.

PRTG shows this value for reference purposes only. If you need to change this value, add the sensor anew.

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how different channels are shown for this sensor:

• Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
• Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
  You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you enable Stack channels on top of each other as Graph Type. Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Component Status

The component status

• Up status: Ok
• Warning status: Non Critical
• Down status: Critical, Non Recoverable, Other, Unknown

Disk State

The disk state

• Up status: Non-Raid, Online, Ready
• Warning status: Foreign
• Down status: Blocked, Critical, Failed, Non Recoverable, Other, Removed, Unknown

This channel is the primary channel by default.

Downtime

In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status in percent.

Roll Up Status

The roll up status

• Up status: Ok
• Warning status: Non Critical
• Down status: Critical, Non Recoverable, Other, Unknown

S.M.A.R.T. Warning

The Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) status warning

• Up status: No
• Down status: Yes