Host Actions, Management Consoles, Dell Online Services

–Remote Access Card - IP address information and RAC type and Web interface URL.

See, About Inventory Jobs.

•Storage

The host system storage provides a graphical and detailed view of the capacity and type of physical and logical storage for storage connected to a host-based storage controller, including:

–Host system total storage, unconfigured, configured, and both global and dedicated hot spare disks capacity

–List of how many of each storage component is present in the system component data table that contains detailed information on that component

•Firmware

Run the Firmware Update Wizard or view your firmware version. See, Firmware Updates.

•Power Monitoring

The host system power monitoring provides general power information, energy statistics, and reserve power information, including:

–Current power budget, profile, warning and failure thresholds

–Energy consumption, system peak power, and amperage statistics

–Reserve power and peak reserve capacity

NOTE: Not all power supplies support this feature and blade enclosure power supplies are not supported.

•Warranty

Warranty retrieval provides the following information for Dell servers:

–Updated service warranty information, while only transmitting the host service tag

–Warranty information updated at scheduled intervals

–Secure transmission using a proxy server and credentials

–Information through a tested, secure connection

See, Warranty Retrieval.

Host Actions

The Host actions are commands you performed on the current host server, such as:

•Use the Blink Indicator Light to blink the LCD front indicator light. See, Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Lights.

•Use the Run Firmware Update Wizard to display the Firmware Update wizard and update the host server firmware. See, Running the Firmware Update Wizard.

•Use the iDRAC Reset to reset iDRAC without rebooting the host. See, Resetting iDRAC.

Management Consoles

The management consoles are used to launch external system management consoles, such as:

•Click Remote Access Console to launch the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Web user interface.

•Click OMSA Console to launch the OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) user interface if it has been configured. See, Enabling The OMSA Link

•Click Blade Chassis Console to launch the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Web user interface.