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Foglight Experience Monitor 5.8.1 - Installation and Administration Guide

Installing and configuring Multi-appliance clusters Configuring the appliance Specifying monitored web traffic Transforming monitored URLs Managing applications Foglight components and the appliance Using the console program Troubleshooting the appliance Appendix: Third party software Appendix: Dell PowerEdge system appliance

Dell PowerEdge R720

 
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IMPORTANT: The Dell PowerEdge R720 is no longer being issued with new versions of the Foglight Experience Monitor. The following information is for existing customers who have this appliance implemented as part of their monitoring solution.

For Dell PowerEdge R720 series, the appliance back panel is similar to the following diagram. The six monitoring ports are located on the dual-port add-in NIC, and are configured for use with either fiber-based networks or copper-based networks (copper NIC ports shown in the following diagram).

 
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NOTE: Additional monitoring ports can be added to your default configuration, if necessary. Foglight Experience Monitor currently supports up to eight monitoring NIC ports.
Figure 127. Dell PowerEdge R720 back panel

 
 

1 – System Status Indicator

2 – System Identification Button

3 – System Status Indicator Connector

4 – Dell Remote Access Controller Port

5 – Serial Port

6 – Video Port

7 – USB Ports

8 – Control Port (eth0)

9 – Auxiliary Port (eth1)

10 – Monitoring NICs (eth2)

11 – Monitoring NICs (eth3)

12 – Power Supply

13 – Redundant Power Supply

14 – Monitoring NICs (eth4)

15 – Monitoring NICs (eth5)

16 – Monitoring NICs (eth6)

17 – Monitoring NICs (eth7)

 

Dell PowerEdge R730

For Dell PowerEdge R730 series, the appliance back panel is similar to the following diagram. The six monitoring ports are located on the dual-port add-in NIC, and are configured for use with either fiber-based networks or copper-based networks (copper NIC ports shown in the following diagram).

 
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NOTE: Additional monitoring ports can be added to your default configuration, if necessary. Foglight Experience Monitor currently supports up to eight monitoring NIC ports.

The Dell PowerEdge R730 back panel is similar to the R720 back panel (see Figure 127).

Updating the Dell system firmware on the appliance

You can update the firmware on your appliance by downloading ISO images from the Support web site. There are two ISO images that you need to download, Dell System Management Tools and Documentation and Dell Server Updates images. After you have downloaded the images to your system, you can create DVDs that are used to update the appliance’s firmware.

 
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IMPORTANT: The Support web site (www.quest.com) is maintained regularly. Updates to the site may differ from the steps in the following procedure, however the process is similar.

For more information, see these topics:

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Accessing the drivers and downloads
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Downloading the ISO images
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Updating the firmware on the appliance

Accessing the drivers and downloads

To access the drivers and downloads:
1
Log in to the Quest web site at www.quest.com.
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Under Support, click the Drivers & Downloads link.
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From the Drivers & Downloads page, select the Choose a Model option.
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Select your product from the list (for example, for a Dell R710 appliance, click Servers, Storage, Networking > PowerEdge Server > R710), then click Confirm.
The information for your appliance displays.
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Expand the System Management section.
6
Navigate to the Dell System Management Tools and Documentation and Dell Server Updates iso image section.
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