Dell 2.3 manual OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, Key Features, Inventory, Dell platforms

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Overview

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

VMware vCenter is the primary console used by IT administrators to manage and monitor VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi hosts. In a standard virtualized environment, VMware alerts and monitoring are used to prompt an administrator to launch a separate console to resolve hardware issues. Today, using the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, administrators have new capabilities to manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized environment, such as:

•Alerting and environment monitoring

•Single server monitoring and reporting

•Firmware updates

•Enhanced deployment options

Key Features

Dell customers can use the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter to perform:

Inventory	Inventory key assets, perform configuration tasks, and provide cluster and datacenter views of
	Dell platforms.
Monitoring and	Detect key hardware faults and perform virtualization-aware actions (for example, migrate
Alerting	workloads or place host in maintenance mode).
Firmware	Update Dell hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and firmware.
Updates
Deployment and	Create hardware profiles, hypervisor profiles, and deploy any combination of the two on bare-
Provisioning	metal Dell PowerEdge servers, remotely and without PXE using vCenter.
Service	Retrieve warranty information from Dell online.
Information

How Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Help With vCenter Administration

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter provides additional virtualization functionality that supplements the current vCenter administration functions:

•Compresses tasks and adds management processes, such as firmware updates and bare-metal deployment, to the vCenter Server Administration Console.

•Organizes deployment of multiple bare-metal servers without requiring Preboot Execution Environment (PXE).

•Provides additional intelligence (inventory, events, alarms) to diagnose server problems.

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