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Hardware Management
End-To-End Hardware Management
Viewing Or Editing Hypervisor Profiles
Console Administration
Configuring Network Settings
Troubleshooting
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OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
Key Features
Inventory
Dell platforms
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Features
Data Integrity
Security Roles and Permissions
Dell Operation Role
Access Control Authentication, Authorization, And Roles
Dell Infrastructure Deployment Role
Dell.Inventory
Dell.Deploy
Understanding Privileges
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Configuration Tasks Using the Configuration Wizard
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Home
Configuration Wizard Welcome
Creating a New Connection Profile Wizard
Configuring Events And Alarms Wizard
Scheduling Inventory Jobs Wizard
Setting Up a Proxy Server Wizard
Enter the Proxy Port number
Configuring the Deployment Credentials Wizard
Running a Warranty Retrieval Job Wizard
Enabling The Omsa Link Wizard
Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository Wizard
Settings Overview
Configuring NFS Shares
General Settings Overview
Enable or Disable Server Warranty Expiration Notification
Enabling The Omsa Link Outside the Configuration Wizard
Creating a New Connection Profile
To create a new connection profile
Configuring Events And Alarms
Setting Up a Proxy Server
About Proxy Configuration
Using The Http Proxy For Retrieving Web Based Data
Running a Warranty Retrieval Job
Dell Management Center, select Settings → Warranty Schedule
Running Inventory Jobs
Viewing or Editing Deployment Credentials
Setting Up The Firmware Repository
Dell Online Shared Network Folder
Click Begin Test
Enabling a Deployable Server White List
Server Security Settings For Deployment
Adding Deployable Servers To a White List
Running The Fix Non-Compliant vSphere Hosts Wizard
About Host, Bare Metal, and iDRAC Compliance Issues
Deleting Deployable Servers From a White List
Related Information
Running The Fix Non-Compliant Bare Metal Server Wizard
IDRAC License Compliance
Downloading An ISO For Manual Firmware Updates
Re-checking Bare Metal Server Compliance
About OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Licensing
Upgrading OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
Upgrading From a Trial Version To a Full Product Version
Configure Snmp Omsa trap destinations, if needed
Understanding Events And Alarms
Monitoring the Datacenter And Host System
Event Description
Deploying the Omsa Agent onto an ESX System
Understanding Omsa For 11th Generation Dell PowerEdge Hosts
Click Apply Changes
Deploying The Omsa Agent Onto An ESXi System
Viewing Events
VSphere Client Host Overview
Host Information
Host Actions
Dell Online Services
Management Consoles
Under Host Actions, select iDRAC Reset
Resetting iDRAC
About Inventory Schedule
Modifying An Inventory Job Schedule
Displaying The Inventory For a Single Host System in vCenter
To update the Details of Last Inventory Job, click Refresh
Inventory And Licensing
Viewing Storage Inventory
Viewing Host Power Monitoring
Managing Connection Profiles
Viewing Or Editing An Existing Connection Profile
Deleting a Connection Profile
Testing a Connection Profile
Refreshing a Connection Profile
Understanding System Event Logs In vSphere Client Host View
Displaying Logs in Dell Management Center
Displaying The Event Logs For An Individual Host
About Firmware Updates
Dell ftp.dell.com
Shared Network
Select Update from repository
Running The Firmware Update Wizard
Firmware Versions After October 14
Firmware Versions Older than July 29
Apply updates on next reboot
Enter maintenance mode, apply updates, and restart
Updating Older Firmware Versions
Click Update Firmware
Viewing Firmware Update Status for Clusters and Datacenters
Advanced Host Management Using vCenter
Warranty Retrieval
Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Light
Under Host Actions, select Blink Indicator Light
Server Based Management Tools
Viewing Server Warranty Information For a Single Host
Prerequisites
Hardware Management
Understanding Deployment Job Times
Provisioning Overview
Server States Within The Deployment Sequence
Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images
Understanding How To Configure a Hardware Profile
Creating a New Hardware Profile
Configuration
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Enabling Csior On a Reference Server
Cloning a Hardware Profile
Locally
Remotely
Viewing Or Editing a Hardware Profile
About Managing Hardware Profiles
Duplicating a Hardware Profile
Renaming a Hardware Profile
Creating a New Hypervisor Profile
Refreshing An Updated Hardware Profile
Vlan Support
Managing Hypervisor Profiles
Duplicating a Hypervisor Profiles
Viewing Or Editing Hypervisor Profiles
Renaming Hypervisor Profile
Building a New Deployment Template
Deleting a Hypervisor Profile
Refreshing Hypervisor Profiles
Duplicating Deployment Templates
Running The Deployment Wizard
Deleting a Deployment Template
Renaming a Deployment Template
Deployment Wizard Select Servers
Deployment Wizard Global Settings
Deployment Wizard Deployment Templates
Deployment Wizard Server Identification
Deployment Wizard Scheduling Jobs
Deployment Wizard Connection Profile
Understanding Job Queue
Click Schedule servers for deployment
Adding a Server Manually
Managing Deployment Jobs Using The Deployment Job Queue
On the Select Server tab, click Add Server
On the Select Servers tab, click Remove Servers
Removing a Bare Metal Server
Click Remove Selected Servers
Managing vCenter Server Connections
Web-based Administration Console
Registering a vCenter Server
Click Register
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Requirements
Versions of ESXi that should be supported on hosts managed
VCenter sSupport
Updating The SSL Certificates For Registered vCenter Servers
Modifying The vCenter Administrator Login
Restarting The Virtual Appliance
Virtual Appliance Management
Updating a Repository Location And Virtual Appliance
Setting Up The Http Proxy
Downloading the Troubleshooting Bundle
Setting Up the NTP Servers
Updating the Virtual Appliance Software Version
Click Restore Default Certificate for Https Certificates
Restoring the Default Https Certificate
Generating a Certificate Signing Request
Uploading an Https Certificate
Managing Backup And Restore
Setting up Global Alerts
Configuring Backup And Restore
Performing An Immediate Backup
Scheduling Automatic Backups
Restoring The Database From a Backup
Click Backup Now
Changing The Virtual Appliance Password
Configuring Network Settings
Enter the Current Admin Password and press Enter
Understanding the vSphere Client Console
Rebooting Virtual Appliance
Setting The Local Time Zone
Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings
Refreshing the Console View
Migration Path to migrate from 1.6/1.7 to
Power on the OpenManage Integration version 2.3 appliance
Frequently Asked Questions FAQ
Troubleshooting
Version Affected All
Firmware link communication error
FTP TCP
Rmcp UDP/TCP
Select Temperatures under Main System Chassis
Select the Enable Platform Event Filter Alerts check box
When I tried to use lockdown mode, it failed
How Do I Force Removal of the Virtual Appliance?
Set UserVars.CIMoemProviderEnabled to
Go to https//vcenterserverIPAddress/mob
My vCenter Registration Failed. What Can I Do?
My Firmware Update Failed. What Do I Do?
Hardware Configuration Failure
Bare Metal Deployment Issues
Enabling Auto-Discovery On a Newly Purchased System
Auto-Discovery and Handshake Prerequisites
Contacting Dell
Event Name Description Severity
Virtualization-related Events For Dell PowerEdge Servers
No action Dell Memory Device
Dell Processor sensor Error
Threshold value
Independent error condition Dell Storage Controller
Dell Storage Array disk Array disk warning
Dell Watchdog Power Watchdog Power cycle Error
Module information Information Dell Integrated Dual SD
Auto-Discovery Prerequisites
Understanding Auto-Discovery
You must have the iDRAC and host IP addresses
Log in to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller GUI
Enter the iDRAC IP address into a browser
You must have the iDRAC and host IP addresses