Dell 2.3 manual Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Light, Server Based Management Tools

Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Light

To assist in locating a physical server in a large datacenter environment, you can set the front indicator light to blink for a set time period.

To set up a physical server's front indicator light:

1.In vSphere Client, under the Inventory heading, select Hosts and Clusters.

2.From Hosts and Clusters, select the host system in the tree view and select the OpenManage Integration tab.

3.Under Host Actions, select Blink Indicator Light.

4.Choose one of the following:

•To turn the blink on and set the time period, in the Indicator Light dialog box, click Blink On, and use the Timeout drop-down list to select the timeout increment, and then click OK.

•To turn the blink off, in the Indicator Light dialog box, click Blink Off, and then click OK.

Server Based Management Tools

There are two server-based management tools, iDRAC and OMSA, that can be launched from the vSphere Client → OpenManage Integration tab. Under the Management Consoles link in the left pane you can access:

•Launch Remote Access.

Use this option to launch the iDRAC user interface

•Launch OMSA

Use this option to launch the OpenManage Server Administrator user interface URL that was entered into the management center either during the initial Configuration Wizard or using Settings → General. You must install the URL for the server administrator Web server on a Windows-based management station.

•If you are on a blade system, launch the CMC to launch the Chassis Management Controller user interface. If you are not on a blade system, this does not display.

Warranty Retrieval

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

NOTE: Dell does not store transmitted service tag information.

Related Tasks:

•Running A Warranty Retrieval Job

•Viewing Server Warranty Information For A Single Host

•Viewing Warranty Information For An Entire Data Center

Viewing Server Warranty Information For An Entire Data Center

Once the warranty job completes, you can view server warranty information in vSphere Client, on the Datacenter View page.

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