As far as I can see, the "SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health" does not include channels for Storage, only Chassis.

Is there a way of monitoring the Storage "node" in OMSA?

I am aware that there is a sensor for physical disk, but I would rather monitor the overall Storage status or virtual disk status than a sensor for every physical disk. We are small enough that we do not have a problem with manually checking OpenManage on the server with Storage warning to see what is going on and physical disk monitoring will take up many sensor licenses.

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Hello Tore,
thank you for your KB-Post.

Yes, it should be possible to monitor any OID from the StorageManagement-MIB, as long as you know what you're looking for.

If you're looking for an overall enclosure state I believe that this is what you're looking for:

enclosureState
1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10893.1.20.130.3.1.4
The current condition of the enclosure (which includes any devices connected to it.) Possible states: 0: Unknown 1: Ready 2: Failed 3: Online 4: Offline 6: Degraded
ready(1), failed(2), online(3), offline(4), degraded(6)

Source: circitor.fr

There are many alternatives you could use to monitor the above, including:

Here's a guide if you decide to go with the SNMP Library sensor:

And here's the set-up guide for lookups, which need to be used to translate the values (16) to the corresponding text and states:

Best Regards,
Luciano Lingnau [Paessler Support]


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