PRTG Manual: SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk Sensor
The SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk sensor monitors a physical disk in a Dell PowerEdge server via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
- Dutch: SNMP-Dell PowerEdge Fysieke Schijf
- French: Dell PowerEdge disque physique (SNMP)
- German: SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physikalischer Datenträger
- Japanese: SNMP Dell PowerEdge 物理ディスク
- Portuguese: Disco físico Dell PowerEdge (SNMP)
- Russian: Физический диск Dell PowerEdge по SNMP
- Simplified Chinese: SNMP Dell PowerEdge 物理磁盘
- Spanish: Disco físico Dell PowerEdge (SNMP)
- This sensor requires Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 7 or the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) on the target system.
- This sensor supports IPv6.
- This sensor has a low performance impact.
- This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.
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Requirement |
Description |
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This sensor requires the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) tool to be installed on the target system. Make sure that you enable SNMP in the OMSA. For more information, 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. |
Setting |
Description |
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Sensor Name |
Enter a name to identify the sensor. By default, PRTG shows this name in the device tree, as well as in alarms, logs, notifications, reports, maps, libraries, and tickets. If the name contains angle brackets (<>), PRTG replaces them with braces ({}) for security reasons. For more information, see the Knowledge Base: What security features does PRTG include? |
Parent Tags |
The 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:
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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 (). |
Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk Settings
Setting |
Description |
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Disk |
The physical disk that this sensor monitors. |
Data Source |
The interface that PRTG uses to get monitoring data. This is either Dell OMSA or iDRAC. |
Setting |
Description |
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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:
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Stack Unit |
This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. 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. |
By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Scanning Interval.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
You cannot interrupt the inheritance for schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. The corresponding settings from the parent objects are always active. However, you can define additional schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. They are active at the same time as the parent objects' settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window (default).
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Access Rights.
Which channel units are available depends on the sensor type and the available parameters. If no configurable channels are available, this field shows No configurable channels.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Channel Unit Configuration.
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel |
Description |
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Component Status |
The component status
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Disk State |
The disk status
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 |
Roll Up Status |
The roll up status
This channel requires that Dell OMSA is installed on the target system. |
S.M.A.R.T. Warning |
The S.M.A.R.T. warning status
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