Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant 8.0 to Monitor SNMP Traps Generated by VMware ESX Server

This paper talks about configuring Dell™ OpenManage™ IT Assistant Version 8.0 to recognize and monitor SNMP traps generated by VMware™ ESX Server™ software. This is achieved by integrating VMware SNMP MIBs with IT Assistant. 

The VMware ESX Server software provides a set of MIBs which can be used to monitor alerts and can be integrated with different management software. Dell OpenManage IT Assistant is a management software for managing Dell enterprise products.

VMware ESX Server can be configured to send SNMP traps based on particular events, such as powering on and powering off a virtual machine. In IT Assistant Version 8.0, ESX Server hosts are discovered but alerts/events generated by the virtual machines are not recognized. By default, all alerts generated by ESX Servers are classified as Unknown. Consequently, the filter does not work and no notification is sent. This paper provides steps to configure IT Assistant to recognize the alerts generated by ESX Servers.