Dell 2.3 manual Advanced Host Management Using vCenter

2.In the Time text box, type the time in HH:MM, and then click Finish.

NOTE: The time is the local timezone where your client is physically located. Invalid time values result in a blocked update.

Viewing Firmware Update Status for Clusters and Datacenters

For information to display on this page, run a firmware update for a cluster or a datacenter. This page only displays information about firmware updates for clusters and datacenters. See, Running the Update Firmware Wizard for Clusters and Datacenters.

On this page you can refresh, purge, or abort your firmware update jobs.

1.From the Dell Management Center, select Job Queue → Firmware Update Jobs.

2.To display the most recent information, click Refresh.

3.View the status in the datagrid. This grid offers the following information about firmware update jobs:

•Status

•Scheduled Time

•Name

•Description

•Collection Size

The collection size is the number of servers on this firmware inventory job.

•Progress Summary

The progress summary lists the progress details of this firmware update.

4.To see more details about a particular job, in the datagrid for a particular job, click Details. Here you can find the following details:

•Service Tag

•iDRAC IP

•Status

•Warnings

•Firmware Update Job Details

•Start Time

•End Time.

5.If you want to abort a scheduled firmware update that is not running, in the same line as the job you want to abort, click Abort.

6.If you want to purge scheduled firmware updates, click Purge Job Queue. You can only purge jobs that are completed or scheduled.

7.Select the Older than date and job Status, and click Apply. The selected jobs are then cleared from the queue.

Advanced Host Management Using vCenter

The advanced host management tasks are host system-based actions that let an administrator identify a physical server in the datacenter environment, launch server-based management tools, and display server warranty information. All of these actions are initiated from the OpenManage Integration tab in vCenter or by right-clicking the host in Host & Clusters view for an individual host system.

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