< p>These servers are various Dell PowerEdge models. The built-in provider of Windows is reporting RAID volumes and logical partitions, but I cannot find any way to report what the actual physical drives are installed in the server (probably because Windows can only see To the volume presented by the RAID controller, and there is no information about what is happening below that layer)
Can I install a Dell RAID WMI provider for this, or what can I do to collect these statistics?
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/5.3/en/snmp/html/snmpc23.htm#wp1052197
I am using WMI to collect statistics on certain servers, and I am trying to get the details of the physical disks installed in each server.
These servers are various Dell PowerEdge models. The built-in provider of Windows is reporting RAID volumes and logical partitions, but I can’t find any way to report what is the actual physical drive installed in the server (probably because Windows can only see the volume presented by the RAID controller, and nothing about Information on what is happening below this layer)
Can I install a Dell RAID WMI provider for this, or can I do something to collect these statistics?
You should be able to use OpenManage to expose information about physical disks via SNMP:
http://support.dell. com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/5.3/en/snmp/html/snmpc23.htm#wp1052197