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Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 2.0 User's Manual

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2. cccseccsesssssesesesesesesesescseseseseusceeecaeecaeasaescsesaeecaeecacseacaeenseseeeseses 49 11 About Firmware Updates csssssssesssssssssssssssscsssssscsesssscsesscsssssacsesssecsesstessesansseesacseeanes Setting Up the Firmware Update Repository sccsccseseesseesesseeseeeeeses Running The Firmware Update Wizard for a Single Host Running the Update Firmware Wizard for a CIUStel scccscseessesseessesceeeceeeceescsesceseeecaeecaceeaceeseaeeeseseeeceeesatesaeaes 12 Understanding Events And Alarms usnnssneennnennennennnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnen 55 Configuring Events And Alarm S araara ar at a araa aaa aa raaa paraa aa a aeaa eaaa radan a araa Aaaaoi 56 Viewing Events ioiii dia didan iada didai ataa dnd adidas 57 Viewing the Alarm and Event SettingS ccccsccssesssssessssssesceescseeceescseseeesceecacecacseacaeseeeceseceeesaeesacaeacseeeseeecaeeas 57 Viewing the Data Retrieval Schedules for Inventory and Warranty ccccsscsscssecseeseessesceeeceeecsescaeseeeseeeeateeaeeres 57 13 Monitoring a Single Host a Viewing Host Summary Details cccccsccssssseccseecseecsesccceeeseecseeescseacsesesesesecesecaeecacasaescseseeecseeeaeaeacaeseeeseaeseeesaeetes Launching Management Consoles scssssssssssssescsescseecseecsescsesceeseeecseecacseaceeseseseueceeecaeesaeasaeaeeeeies Launching the Remote Access Console iDRAC Setting Up Physical Server Blink Indicato
3. Edit Devices and enter the correct gateway and FODN fully qualified domain name Enter the DNS server name under Edit DNS Config u NOTE Make sure that the virtual appliance can resolve the DNS server you entered Performance during Connection Profile Test Credentials is extremely slow or unresponsive The iDRAC on a server has only one user for example only rood and the user is in a disabled state or all users are in a disabled state Communicating to a server in a disabled state causes delays To fix this issue you can either fix the disable state of the server or resetiDRAC on the server to re enable the root user to default setting To fix a server in a disabled state 1 Open the Chassis Management Controller console and select the disabled server 2 To automatically open the iDRAC console click Launch iDRAC GUI 3 Navigate to the user list iniDRAC console and choose one of the following iDRAC6 Select iDRAC settings Network Security tab Users tab iDRAC 7 Select User authentication 4 To edit the settings in the User ID column click the link for the admin root user 5 Click Configure User and then click Next 6 Inthe User Configuration page for the selected user select the check box next to Enable user and then and click Apply Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support the VMware vCenter Server appliance Yes the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter v2 0 supports the
4. View the Dell Host Health portlet Dell Host Health Component health is a graphical representation of the status of all major host server components main system chassis power supply temperature fans voltage processors batteries intrusion hardware log power management and memory Options include Healthy green check mark component operating normally Warning yellow triangle with exclamation point component has a non critical error Critical red X component has a critical failure Unknown question mark status is unknown for the component Launching Management Consoles There are two management consoles you can launch from the Dell Server Management Portlet These include Remote Access Console iDRAC Console Launch the Remote Access Console to access the iDRAC user interface OMSA Console Launch the OMSA Console to launch the OpenManage Server Administrator user interface URL that was entered into the Configuration Wizard You must install the URL for the server administrator Web server ona Windows based management station 61 Launching the Remote Access Console iDRAC You can launch the iDRAC user interface from the Dell Server Management Portlet 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator area under Inventory Lists click Hosts 2 On the Object tab double click the host you want 3 On the Summary tab scroll down to the Dell Server Management portlet 4 Cli
5. Click on Run Firmware Wizard The Firmware Update screen is displayed Click Next the Select Update Source screen is displayed with the firmware update bundle for the given host is displayed a Inthe screen select the firmware update bundle from the Select an Update Bundle drop down list Click Next The Select Components screen is displayed which lists the firmware details for the components Select the desired firmware updates and click Next Components that are either a downgrade or currently scheduled for update are not selectable If you select the Allow Firmware downgrade check box select the options that are listed as Downgrade Selecting this option is only recommended to advanced users who understand the implications of downgrading firmware 9 Click Next The Schedule Firmware Update screen is displayed Enter the job name in the Firmware Update Job Name field and description in the Firmware Update Description field This field entry is optional Select Update Now will start the firmware update job immediately Schedule Update button select this radio button to run the firmware update job later and click on Next You can schedule the firmware update job after 30 minutes from the current time Inthe Calendar box select the month and day Inthe Time text box type the time in HH MM and then click Next The time is the local time zone where your client is physically located Invalid time values result in a block
6. No No What are the Minimum requirements for successful installation and operation of the virtual appliance The following settings outline the minimum appliance requirements e Physical RAM 3 GB e Reserved Memory 1 GB u NOTE For optimal performance Dell recommends 3 GB e Disk 32 5 GB e CPU 2 virtual CPUs How Do I Find the Expected Translations for Renewing Warranty When you click on the Renew Warranty button the Web page may display in English or in the local language where the server is physically located The tables below illustrate the expected translations Table 5 Expected translations Client location Service Tag location Does OpenManage Can OpenManage OpenManage Integration for Integration for Integration for VMware vCenter VMware vCenter VMware vCenter support client show pages in client shows pages in locale locale language default English 1 Location A Location A Yes Yes No 2 Location A Location B No No Yes 3 Location A Location B Yes No Yes 4 Location A Location B Yes No Yes 5 Location A Location A No No Yes Use this following example Table 6 Example Client location Service Tag location Does OpenManage Can OpenManage OpenManage Integration for Integration for Integration for VMware vCenter VMware vCenter VMware vCenter support client show pages in client shows pages in locale locale language default English 1 France France Yes Yes No 2 Brazil China No No Yes 3 Germany Chi
7. DRAC has two user interfaces both are reached using the IP address of the iDRAC you want to set up On successful Auto Discovery of bare metal servers the new administrator account is created or an existing account is enabled with the credentials returned by the handshake service All the other administrative accounts that were disabled prior to Auto Discovery will not be enabled You must re enable these administrator accounts after a successful Auto Discovery See Enabling or Disabling Administrative Accounts on iDRAC 144 u NOTE If for some reason the Auto Discovery did not complete successfully there is no way to connect to the DRAC remotely Remote connection would require that you have enabled a non admin account on the iDRAC If there is no enabled account present on the DRAC then the only way to access the iDRAC is to login to the box locally and enabling the account on the DRAC 1 Enter the iDRAC IP address into a browser Log in to the iDRAC Enterprise GUI 3 Inthe Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 Enterprise System Summary tab in the Virtual Console Preview click Launch 4 Inthe Warning Security dialog click Yes 5 Inthe iDRAC Utility Console press F12 once or twice to bring up the Authentication Required dialog box 6 Inthe Authentication Required dialog box the name displays press Enter 7 Enter your Password 8 Press Enter 9 When the Shutdown Restart dialog box appears press
8. On trying a firmware update with an invalid DUP the hardware update job status on the vCenter console neither fails nor times out for hours though the job status in LC says FAILED Why is this happening When the invalid DUP is picked for firmware update the status of the task in the vCenter console window remains In Progress but the message is changed to the reason of failure This is a known VMWare defect and will be fixed in the future releases of VMWare vCenter Resolution The task has to be cancelled manually Version Affected All Administration Portal is still showing the unreachable Update Repository location If the user provided a unreachable Update Repository path the error message Failed Error while connecting to the URL is displayed on the top of the Appliance Update view however the Update Repository Path is not cleared out to the value before update Resolution Move out of this page to another page and make sure the page is refreshed Version Affected All Why do see Task cannot be scheduled for the time in the past error in inventory schedule Warranty schedule page of Initial Configuration Wizard In the Web Client if the user picks All registered vCenters in the Initial Configuration wizard and if there are some vCenters with no hosts or vCenters where some have Inventory or Warranty task already scheduled and some with no Inventory or Warranty schedule set yet then the user will so
9. Storage Fan failure Dell Storage Battery warning Dell Storage Virtual disk degraded warning Dell Storage Virtual disk degraded failure Dell Storage Temperature probe information Dell Storage Array disk warning Dell Storage Array disk information Dell Storage Power supply warning A portion of the physical disk is damaged A portion of the physical disk is damaged Channel failure Enclosure hardware information Enclosure hardware warning Enclosure hardware error Array disk failure EMM failure Power supply failure Physical disk temperature probe warning too cold or too hot Physical disk temperature probe error too cold or too hot Fan failure Battery warning Virtual disk degraded warning Virtual disk degraded failure Temperature probe information Array disk warning Array disk information Power supply warning Warning Error Error Info Warning Error Error Error Error Warning Error Error Warning Warning Error Info Warning Info Warning No action Put the system into maintenance mode Put the system into maintenance mode No action No action Put the system into maintenance mode Put the system into maintenance mode Put the system into maintenance mode Put the system into maintenance mode No action Put the system into maintenance mode Put the system into
10. and support for SNMP traps ccccsccseccsessececeseseseseeescseseseseseseseceeecaeeceessacacueseeesaeecanseaeeeseeeteaeseeesaeesanaseseeeees 123 What vCenters in linked mode are managed by OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 123 Does OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support vCenter in linked mode nnneee 123 What are the Required Port Settings for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 123 What are the Minimum requirements for successful installation and operation of the virtual appliance 125 How Do Find the Expected Translations for Renewing Warranty scccscsssssssesssescseecsesseeseseeestseeeaeeees 125 How come do not see my new iDRAC version details listed on the vCenter Hosts amp Clusters page 125 How Do Test Event Settings by Using OMSA to Simulate a Temperature Hardware Fault 126 Have the OMSA Agent Installed on a Dell Host System But Still Get an Error Message That OMSA is Not Installed What Should D0 ccecsssssssssesescseeeeseeeceeeceeecaeeceessaeaceeceeecaeecanseaeeeeaeseeeseeesaeesanasaeeeeees 126 Can the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Support ESX ESXI with Lockdown Mode TA O RADA 126 Inventory is Failing on Hosts ESXi 4 0 Update2 and ESXi Update 3 in Lockdown Mode after a Reboot 127 When I tried to use lockdown mode it failed eccescessesessessessecseeseeeceseceesecseseesecsecsessecsevensens
11. 127 Why are My Hypervisor Deployments Failing on my Dell PowerEdge R210 II Machines A timeout issue on Dell PowerEdge R210 II systems produces a hypervisor deployment failure error due to the failure of the BIOS to boot from the attached ISO To resolve this issue manually install hypervisor on the machine Why Do See Auto discovered Systems Without Model Information in the Deployment Wizard This usually indicates that the firmware version installed on the system does not meet recommended minimum requirements In some cases a firmware update may not have registered on the system Cold booting the system or reseating the blade fixes this problem The newly enabled account on the iDRAC must be disabled and auto discovery reinitiated to provide model information and NIC information to the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter The NFS Share is Set Up With the ESX ESXI ISO but Deployment Fails with Errors Mounting the Share Location To find the solution 1 Make sure the iDRAC is able to ping the appliance 2 Make sure your network is not running too slow How Do Force Removal of the Virtual Appliance 1 Go to https lt vcenter_serverlPAddress gt mob 2 Click Content 3 Click ExtensionManager 4 Click UnregisterExtension 5 Enter the extension key to unregister com dell plugin OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter then click Invoke method 6 Inthe vSphere Web client power off the OpenManage Integration f
12. and attempts to update them to required minimum versions Once iDRAC Lifecycle Controller and BIOS firmware versions meet minimum requirements the Firmware Update wizard allows updates for all firmware including DRAC Lifecycle Controller RAID NIC LOM Power Supply BIOS and so on NOTE For 9th and 10th generation servers BIOS BMC DRAC firmware versions are viewable only at the Cluster View level in vCenter or on the Overview page of the individual host view Firmware version information is not active in the individual host view under Firmware and that page appears grayed out and remote firmware updates are not available Firmware Versions After October 14 2010 For Firmware updated on or after October 14th 2010 the Firmware Update Wizard runs Firmware Versions Newer Than July 29 2009 and Prior to October 14th If your firmware was updated on or after July 29 2009 and prior to October 14 2010 you still will not see the Firmware Update Wizard but you are delivered an ISO bundle to update your firmware After this update you may not have the latest firmware After you run the bundle it is recommended that you run the update again Firmware Versions Older than July 29 2009 If your firmware is older than July 29 2009 you may have to download and run the ISO file to update your machines After you run the ISO it is recommended that you run the Firmware Update Wizard again Related Information Setting Up The Firmware Re
13. click Dell Hosts Viewing Host Summary Details Viewing Hardware FRU Details for a Single Host Viewing Hardware Processor Details for a Single Host Viewing Hardware Power Supply Details for a Single Host Viewing Hardware Memory Details for a Single Host Viewing Hardware NICs Details for a Single Host Viewing Hardware PCI Slot Details for a Single Host Viewing Hardware Remote Access Card Details for a Single Host Viewing Storage Details for a Single Host Viewing Storage Virtual Disk Details for a Single Host Viewing Storage Physical Disk Details for a Single Host Viewing Storage Controller Details for a Single Host Viewing Storage Enclosure Details for a Single Host Viewing Firmware Details for a Single Host Viewing Power Monitoring for a Single Host Viewing Warranty Status for a Single Host Quickly Viewing Only Dell Hosts Viewing Host Summary Details View the host summary details for an individual host on the Host Summary page This page displays various portlets Two apply to the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter specially and you can drag and drop the portlets to the position you want 1 2 3 4 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts In the Objects tab select the specific host you want to review Click the Summary tab View the host summary details 59 5 60 Summary Informa
14. e Dell Configuration Firmware Update Perform firmware update Load firmware repository and DUP file information on the firmware update wizard page 141 Query firmware inventory Configure firmware repository settings Configure staging folder and perform update using the staging feature Test the network and repository connections e Dell Deploy Provisioning Create Template Create display delete and edit deployment templates e Dell Configuration Perform Host Related Tasks Blink LED Clear LED Configure OMSA URL from the Dell Server Management tab Launch OMSA Console Launch iDRAC Console Display and clear SEL log e Dell Inventory Configure Inventory Display system inventory in the Dell Server Management tab Get storage details Get power monitoring details Create display edit delete and test connection profiles on the connection profiles page Schedule update and delete inventory schedule Run inventory on hosts 142 Understanding Auto Discovery Auto Discovery is the process of adding a Dell PowerEdge 11th or 12th Generation bare metal server into a pool of available servers for use by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Once a server is discovered use it for hypervisor and hardware deployment This appendix provides sufficient information about Auto Discovery to help you with system configuration Auto Discovery is a Lifecycle Controller feature for setting up
15. servers this will be fixed by running the Inventory on these hosts For all 11G or lower generation hosts that were earlier complaint this IP change will show up as non complaint and will require configuring OMSA For more information see the section Running the Fix Non Compliant vSphere hosts Wizard to fix the host compliance in the this guide How to recover if have unregistered the older plugin after the backup If you have unregistered the plug ins after taking backup of the database of the older version perform the following steps before proceeding with the migration u NOTE Unregistering the plug in has removed allthe customizing that was done on the registered alarms by the plug in The following steps will not be able to restore the customizing however it will re register the alarms in the default state 1 Perform the steps 3 5 in the section Migration Path to migrate from 1 6 1 7 to 2 0 in this chapter Register the plug in to the same vCenters that you had registered earlier in the older plug in Proceed with step 6 through step 9 in the section Migration Path to migrate from 1 6 1 7 to 2 0 in this chapter to complete the migration For more information see the section Migration Path to migrate from 1 6 1 7 to 2 0 in OpenManage Integration Version 2 0 Quick Install Guide 41 42 About Logs You can view user actions on the Monitor Log tab of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter You can sort the conten
16. 443 WSMAN TCP 128 bit In Out iDRAC OMSA No communication 4433 HTTPS TCP 128 bit In Auto Discovery No 123 Port Number 2049 4001 4004 11620 Protocols NFS NFS SNMP Agent Table 4 Managed Nodes Port Number 162 11620 443 4433 2049 4001 4004 443 8080 50 51 5353 631 69 111 68 124 Protocols SNMP WSMAN HTTPS NFS NFS HTTPS HTTP RMCP IMP mDNS IPP TFTP NFS BOOTP Port Type UDP UDP UDP Port Type UDP TCP TCP UDP UDP TCP TCP UDP TCP UDP TCP UDP TCP UDP TCP UDP UDP TCP UDP Max Encryption Level None None None Max Encryption Level None 128 bit 128 bit None None 128 bit 128 bit N A None 128 bit 128 bit None Direction All All Om Direction Out In Out All All In Out N A All Out All In Out Usage Public Share Public Share SNMP Agent server Usage Hardware events DRAC OMSA communication Auto Discovery Public Share Public Share HTTPS server HTTP server downloads the OMSA VIB and fixes non compliant vSphere hosts Remote Mail Check Protocol IMP Logical Address Maintenance Multicast DNS Internet Printing Protocol IPP Trivial File Transfer SUN Remote Procedure Call Portmap Bootstrap Protocol Client Configurable No No No Configurable No No No No No No No No No No No
17. Dell Fan enclosure removed from system for an extended amount of time Dell Fan enclosure sensor detected a non recoverable value Dell AC power has been restored Dell AC power has been lost warning Dell An AC power cord has lost its power Dell Processor sensor returned to a normal value Dell Processor sensor detected a warning value Dell Processor sensor detected a failure value 132 A power supply sensor in the specified system detected an error from which it cannot recover A memory device correction rate exceeded an acceptable value A memory device correction rate exceeded an acceptable value a memory spare bank was activated or a multibit ECC error occurred Sensor returned to normal value A fan enclosure has been removed from the specified system A fan enclosure has been removed from the specified system for a user definable length of time A fan enclosure sensor in the specified system detected an error from which it cannot recover Sensor Returned to Normal Value An AC power cord has lost its power but there is sufficient redundancy to classify this as a warning An AC power cord has lost its power and lack of redundancy requires this to be classified as an error Sensor Returned to Normal Value A processor sensor in the specified system is ina throttled state A processor sensor in the specified system is disabled has a Error Warning
18. Error Info Warning Error Error Info Warning Error Info Warning Error No action No action Put the system into maintenance mode No action No action No action No action No action No action No action No action No action No action Dell Processor sensor detected a non recoverable value Dell Device configuration error Dell Battery sensor returned to a normal value Dell Battery sensor detected a warning value Dell Battery sensor detected a failure value Dell Battery sensor detected a nonrecoverable value Dell Thermal shutdown protection has been initiated Dell Temperature sensor returned to a normal value Dell Temperature sensor detected a warning value configuration error or experienced a thermal trip A processor sensor in the Error specified system has failed A configuration error was Error detected for a pluggable device in the specified system Sensor Returned to Normal Info Value A battery sensor in the Warning specified system detected that a battery is in a predictive failure state A battery sensor in the Error specified system detected that a battery has failed A battery sensor in the Error specified system detected that a battery has failed This message is generated Error when a system is configured for thermal shutdown due to an error event If a temperature sensor reading exceeds the error thres
19. F11 10 The host restarts and the screen shows information about loading memory then RAID then when it shows iDRAC and says to press CTRL E Now immediately press CTRL E If you see this dialog box your action worked If not go to the Power menu and Power Off and Power On again and repeat this step D idrac PowerEdge R810 Userroot 31 7fps aoa Virtual Media File View Macros Tools Power Help iDRAC6 Configuration Utility ight 2011 Dell Inc All Rights Reserved 1 60 iDRAC6 Firmware Revision 1 90 02 Lifecycle Controller version 1 5 5 2 Primary Backplane Firmware Revision 1 07 ae Oe eee ee oe ee ee oe On IPMI Over LAN On LAN Parameters if lt ENTER gt Virtual Media Configura T lt ENTER gt Smart Card Logon te lt ENTER gt System Services lt ENTER gt LCD Configuration oe lt ENTER gt LAN User Configura lt ENTER gt Reset To Default lt ENTER gt System Event Log Menu 2 4 es a aa a ij lt ENTER gt Up Down Arrow to select SPACE to change ESC to exit Figure 3 Press CTRL Eto activate this screen 11 In the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility use the arrow keys to select LAN Parameters 12 Press Enter 13 If this host is a blade to configure NIC use the space bar to toggle the options to Enabled 14 If you are using DHCP use the arrow keys to select Domain Name from DHCP 15 Usethe space barto toggle the option
20. No Remote Access Controller was found or Inventory is not supported on this host Inventory is supposed to work for a host in lockdown mode right If you put the host in lockdown mode or remove a host from lockdown mode you must wait 30 minutes before performing the next operation on the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter What Setting Should Use For UserVars CIMoeMProviderEnable With ESXi 4 1 U1 Set UserVars CIMoemProviderEnabled to 1 Am Using A Reference Server to Create a Hardware Profile But it Failed What Should Do Check to make sure that minimum recommended versions of iDRAC firmware Lifecycle Controller firmware and BIOS are installed To make sure that the data retrieved from the reference server is current enable Collect System Inventory On Restart CSIOR and restart the reference server prior to extraction of data Am Attempting to Deploy ESX ESXi on a Blade Server and it Failed What Should Do 1 Make sure the ISO location NFS path and staging folder paths are accurate Make sure the NIC selected during assignment of server identity is on the same network as the virtual appliance If using static IP address make sure the network information provided including subnet mask and default gateway is accurate In addition make sure the IPaddress is not already assigned on the network 4 Make sure at least one Virtual Disk is seen by the system ESXi also installs to an internal RIPS SD card
21. Slots sub tab view the following PCI Slots Displays the Used Total and Available PCI slots Slot Displays the slot Manufacturer Displays the manufacturer name of the PCI slot Description Displays the description of the PCI device Type Displays the PCI slot type Width Displays the data bus width if available 75 76 21 Viewing Hardware Remote Access Card Details for a Single Host View the Remote Access Card details for a single host on the Dell Host nformation tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Objects tab select the specific host for which you want to view Hardware Remote Access Card details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Hardware Remote Access Card sub tab view the following IP Address Display the IP address for the remote access card MAC Address Displays the MAC address for the remote access card RAC Type Displays the type of the remote access card URL Displays the live URL for the iDRAC associated with this host 11 18 22 Viewing Storage Details for a Single Host View the storage details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page run an inventory job See Running an Inventory Jo
22. VMware vCenter Server appliance Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support the vSphere Web Client Yes the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter supports the VMware vSphere Web client Bare Metal Deployment Issues This section deals with issues found during the deployment process The v 2 0 does not support deployment from the web client but is available only using the vSphere Net client 129 Auto Discovery and Handshake Prerequisites e Prior to running auto discovery and handshake make sure that iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller firmware and BIOS versions meet the minimum recommendations e CSIOR must have run at least once on the system or iDRAC Hardware Configuration Failure e Before initiating a deployment task make sure the system has completed CSIOR and is not in the process of rebooting e Itis highly recommended that BIOS configuration be run in Clone mode so that the reference server is an identical system e Some controllers do not allow creation of a RAID 0 array with one drive This feature is supported only on high end controllers and the application of such a hardware profile can cause failures Contacting Dell u NOTE If you do not have an active Internet connection you can find contact information on your purchase invoice packing slip bill or Dell product catalog Dell provides several online and telephone based support and service options Availability varies by country and product
23. XML file For licensing quires send an e mail with original order number to download_software dell com 2 Inthe Dell web page purchase your license and save the file to a known location 3 Ina web browser type the Administration Console URL Use the format https lt AppliancelPAddress gt In the Administration Console login window type the password and click Login Click Upload license Inthe Upload License window to navigate to the license file click Browse E E 2 Select the license file and then click Upload About OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Licensing The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenterhas two types of licenses Evaluation The trial version contains a evaluation license for five hosts servers that are managed by the license OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter This is applicable only for 11G and later generations This is a default license and is for a 90 days trial period only Standard license The full product version contains a standard license for up to ten vCenters and you can purchase any number of host connections that are managed by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter When you upgrade from a evaluation license to a full standard license a new license XML file is sent to you by e mail Save the file to your local system and upload the new license file using the Administration Console Licensing presents the following information e Maximum vCenter Connection Licenses u
24. accomplish appliance and vCenter server tasks including firmware updates hardware inventory restarting a host placing a hostin maintenance mode or creating a vCenter Server task This role contains the following privilege groups Privilege Group Dell Configuration Privilege Group Dell Inventory Privilege Group Dell Monitoring Privilege Group Dell Reporting Not used Perform Host Related Tasks Perform vCenter Related Tasks Configure SelLog Configure ConnectionProfile Configure ClearLed Firmware Update Configure Inventory Configure Warranty Retrieval Configure ReadOnly Configure Monitoring Monitor Create a Report Run a Report 139 Dell Infrastructure Deployment Role This role contains the privileges specifically related to the hypervisor deployment features The privileges this role provides are Create Template Configure HW Configuration Profile Configure Hypervisor Deployment Profile Configure Connection Profile Assign Identity and Deploy Privilege Group Create Template Configure HW Configuration Profile Configure Hypervisor Deployment Dell Deploy Profile Configure Connection Profile Assign Identity Deploy Provisioning 140 Understanding Privileges Every action performed by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is associated with a privilege The following sections list the available actions and the associated privileges e Dell Configuration Perform vCenter Related T
25. and Credentials page enter the Connection Profile Name and an optional Connection Profile Description 3 Inthe Name and Credentials page under Credentials do one of the following NOTE The iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware applying hardware profiles and deploying hypervisor For iDRACs already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory select the Use Active Directory check box otherwise skip down to configure the iDRAC credentials In the Active Directory User Name text box type the user name Type the username in one of these formats domain username or username domain The user name is limited to 256 characters Refer to Microsoft Active Directory documentation for user name restrictions In the Active Directory Password text box type the password The password is limited to 127 characters In the Verify Password text box type the password again In the Certificate Check box select one of the following e To download and store the DRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enabled e To perform no check and not store the certificate do not select the Enable Certificate Check check box e For iDRACs already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory select the Use Active Directory check box otherwise skip down to configure the iDRAC credentials To c
26. and some services may not be available in your area To contact Dell for sales technical support or customer service issues 1 Visit dell com support 2 Select your support category 3 Verify your country or region in the Choose a Country Region drop down menu at the top of page 4 Select the appropriate service or support link based on your need Where To Get Additional Help For This Software View or download Dell virtualization documentation http support dell com support edocs software eslvmwre Dell vCenter Plug In Frequently Asked Questions http i dell com sites content business solutions virtualization en Docu ments dell management plugin vmware vcenter faq pdf OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Related Information e View or download Dell server documentation for PowerEdge Servers at http www dell com poweredgemanuals e Dell OpenManage System Administrator documents http www dell com support Manuals e Dell Lifecycle Controller documentation http www dell com esmmanuals 130 Virtualization Related Events The following table contains the virtualization related critical and warning events including event name description and severity level Event Name Dell Current sensor detected a warning value Dell Current sensor detected a failure value Dell Current sensor detected a non recoverable value Dell Redundancy regained Dell Redundancy degraded Dell Redundancy lost Del
27. assigned DNS settings are replaced by values from DHCP This can happen when DHCP is used to obtain IP settings and DNS values are assigned statically When the DHCP lease is renewed or the appliance is restarted the statically assigned DNS settings are removed Resolution Statically assign IP settings when the DNS server settings will be different from DHCP Version Affected All Using OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter to update an Intel Network card with the firmware version of 13 5 2 is not supported There is a known issue with Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers and some Intel Network cards with the firmware version of 13 5 2 Updating some models of Intel network cards at this version of firmware fails when the firmware update is applied using the Lifecycle Controller Customers with this version of firmware must update the network driver software using an operating system If the Intel Network card has a version of firmware other than 13 5 2 you can update using OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter For more information see http en community dell com techcenter b techcenter archive 2013 03 20 intel network controller card with v13 5 2 firmware cannot be upgraded using lifecycle controller to v13 5 6 aspx NOTE Note When using the one to many firmware update avoid selecting Intel network adapters that are at version 13 5 2 as the update will fail and stop the update task from updating remaining servers 119
28. be entered and used across all vCenter instances Using the Administration Console From the vCenter Registration window in the Administration Console you can register a vCenter server and upload or buy a license If you are using a demo license a Buy Software link displays from which you can purchase a full version license for managing multiple hosts In this section you can also modify update and unregister a server Related Tasks e Registering a vCenter Server Modifying the Administrator vCenter Login Updating the SSL Certificates for Registered vCenters Uninstalling OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter from vCenter e Uploading a OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter License Registering a vCenter Server You can register vCenter servers with the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter after the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is installed OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses the admin user account for vCenter operations 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console 2 Inthe Login dialog box type your password 3 To register a new server in the left pane click VCENTER REGISTRATION and then click Register New vCenter Server 4 In the Register a New vCenter dialog box under vCenter Name do the following a Inthe vCenter Server IP or Hostname text box enter the vCenter IP address or a hostnam
29. it cannot recover Sensor Returned to Normal Info Value Fan Sensor reading in the Warning host lt x gt exceeded a warning threshold value A fan sensor in the Error specified system detected the failure of one or more fans A fan sensor detected an Error error from which it cannot recover Sensor Returned to Normal Info Value A voltage sensor in the Warning specified system exceeded its warning threshold A voltage sensor in the Error specified system exceeded its failure threshold A voltage sensor in the Error specified system detected an error from which it cannot recover Sensor Returned to Normal Info Value Storage management has Error detected a device independent error condition Put the system into maintenance mode No action No action No Action Put the system into maintenance mode No action No action No action Put the system into maintenance mode No action No action Put the system into maintenance mode Dell Storage Controller warning Dell Storage Controller failure Dell Storage Channel Failure Dell Storage Enclosure hardware information Dell Storage Enclosure hardware warning Dell Storage Enclosure hardware failure Dell Storage Array disk failure Dell Storage EMM failure Dell Storage power supply failure Dell Storage temperature probe warning Dell Storage temperature probe failure Dell
30. located Displays the capacity of the virtual disk Displays the layout type of the virtual storage This means the type of RAID that was configured for this virtual disk Displays either SSD or HDD Displays the controller ID Displays the device ID The stripe size refers to the amount of space that each stripe consumes on a single disk 79 Bus Protocol This displays the technology that the physical disks included in the virtual disk are using Possible values are SCSI SAS SATA Default Read Policy The default read policy supported by the controller Options include Read Ahead No Read Ahead Adaptive Read Ahead Read Cache Enabled Read Cache Disabled Default Write Policy The default write policy supported by the controller Options include Write Back Force Write Back Write Back Enabled Write Through Write Cache Enabled Protected Write Cache Disabled Cache Policy Displays if cache policy is enabled Viewing Storage Physical Disk Details for a Single Host The storage options on the Host Storage page depend on what you select from the View drop down list When you select this option the Filter drop down list displays You can filter your physical disks on the following options 80 All Physical Disks Global Hot Spares Dedicated Hot Spares The last option displays custom named virtual disks If you selected Physical Disks from the View drop down list view
31. only 254 character limit The first and last characters for domain must be alphanu meric Password Type your password The following characters are not allowed for the password forward slash 8 backslash period quotation mark Verified password Type your password again 23 Enable Certificate Check The default is a cleared check box To download and store the DRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enable Certificate Check or clear the Enable Certificate Check check box to perform no certificate check and not store the certificate u NOTE You need to select Enable if you are using Active Directory d Under Host Root do the following Select the Use Active Directory check box to access all the consoles associated with the active directory Username The default usertname is root and cannot be modified If the Use Active Directory is selected you can use any active directory user name Password Type your password The following characters are not allowed for the password forward slash 8 backslash period quotation mark Verified password Type your password again Enable Certificate Check The default is a cleared check box To download and store the DRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enable Certificate Check or clear the Enable Certificate Check check box to perform no certificate check and not store t
32. page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter 2 Click Datacenters or Clusters 3 Onthe Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view firmware details 4 Onthe Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on the Firmware sub tab view the following Host Displays the name of the host Service Tag Displays the Service Tag Name Displays the name of all the firmware on this host Version Displays the version of all the firmware on this host 113 114 39 Viewing Warranty Summary Details for Datacenters and Clusters You must have run a warranty job to view a warranty summary See Running a Warranty Job Now View the warranty summary details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid The Warranty Summary page lets you monitor the warranty expiration date Warranty settings control when server warranty information is retrieved from Dell online by enabling or disabling the warranty schedule and then setting the Minimum Days Threshold alert See War
33. sort the data in the grid click a column header To sort using categories or time blocks use the drop down lists above the grid To page between pages of log items use the Previous and Next buttons Exporting Log Files The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses a comma separated values CSV file format for exporting information from data tables 44 an PS NS In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter click the Monitor tab On the Log tab view the user actions for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter To export a CSV formatted log file in the lower right hand corner of the screen click the Export All button In the Select location for download dialog box browse to the location to save the log information In the File name text box either acceptthe default name ExportList csv or type your own file name Click Save Settings The Settings tab is used to do the following e Editing the OMSA Link e Viewing Warranty Expiration Notification Settings e Configuring Warranty Expiration Notification e Setting Up The Firmware Update Repository e Viewing the Alarm and Event Settings e Configuring and Managing Events and Alarms e Viewing the Data Retrieval Schedules for Inventory and Warranty Editing the OMSA Link This procedure assumes that you have already installed an OMSA Web Server and that you have previously configured this link using the Configuration Wizard See the De OpenManag
34. these options Name Displays the name of the physical disk Device FODD Displays the device FODD Capacity Displays the physical disk capacity Disk Status Displays physical disk status Options include ONLINE READY DEGRADED FAILED OFFLINE Configured Hot Spare Type Virtual Disk Bus Protocol Controller ID Connector ID Enclosure ID Device ID Model Part Number Serial Number Vendor REBUILDING INCOMPATIBLE REMOVED CLEARED SMART ALERT DETECTED UNKNOWN FOREIGN UNSUPPORTED Displays whether the disk is configured Shows the hot spare type Options include No No means there is no hot spare Global A global hot spare is an unused backup disk that is part of the disk group Dedicated A dedicated hot spare is an unused backup disk that is assigned to a single virtual disk When a physical disk in the virtual disk fails the hot spare is activated to replace the failed physical disk without interrupting the system or requiring your intervention Displays the name of the virtual disk Displays the bus protocol Displays the controller ID Displays the connector ID Displays the enclosure ID Displays the device ID Displays the model number of the physical storage disk Displays the storage part number Displays the storage serial number Displays the storage vendor name Viewing Storage Controller Details for a Single Host The storage options on the Host Storage pa
35. to On 16 If you are using DHCP use the arrow keys to navigate to the IPv4 settings and select DNS Servers from DHCP 17 Use the spacebar to toggle the option to On 145 18 To Exit on your keyboard press ESC 19 Usethe arrow keys to select LAN User Configuration 20 Use the arrow Keys to select Provisioning Server 21 Press Enter 22 Enter the IP address of the host 23 Press ESC 24 Use arrow keys to select Account Access 25 Use the space bar to toggle the option to Disable 26 Use the arrow keys to select Auto Discovery 27 Use the space bar to toggle the option to Enabled 28 From your keyboard press ESC 29 Press ESC again Manually Configuring a PowerEdge 12th Generation Server for Auto Discovery You must have the iDRAC and host IP addresses If you have not ordered your bare metal appliance to use Auto Discovery from the factory you can set it up manually iDRAC has two user interfaces both are reached using the IP address of the iDRAC you want to set up On successful Auto Discovery of bare metal servers the new administrator account is created or an existing account is enabled with the credentials returned by the handshake service All the other administrative accounts that were disabled prior to Auto Discovery are not enabled Re enable these administrator accounts after a successful Auto Discovery See Enabling or Disabling Administrative Accounts on iDRAC u NOTE If for some reason the Auto
36. under License Management has links to e Product Licensing Portal Digital Locker e iDRAC Licensing Portal e Administration Console In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Licensing tab view the following Licensing Host Licenses F Licenses Available Displays the number of available licenses Licenses In Use Displays the number of licenses in use vCenter Licenses Licenses Available Displays the number of available licenses Licenses In Use Displays the number of licenses in use Opening Online Help You can open the online help from the Help and Support tab You can search the document for help on understanding a topic or for a procedure Online Help contains most of the product User s Guide 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Do one of the following Inthe Help and Support under Product Help click OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Online Help 2 Use the left pane table of contents or search to find the topic of your choice 3 When finished with Help in the upper right hand corner click the red X Finding Help and Support To provide you with the information you need about your product OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter offers the Help and Support tab On this tab you can find the following information Product Help Provides the following links e OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Help Provides a link to the product help which is loc
37. Components screen is displayed This screen displays the details of components such as model name host name service tag component and so on for the selected host Select at least one component from the list and click Next to proceed You can filter the content of the component data grid using the Filter field or drag and drop columns within the component data grid If you select the Allow Firmware downgrade check box the existing firmware version will roll back to the previous available version Click Next the Schedule Firmware Update screen is displayed a Enter the firmware update job name in the Firmware Update Job Name field This value is mandatory b Enter the firmware update description in the Firmware Update Description field This value is optional Select an option from the following a Update Now select this radio button to run the firmware update job now and click on Next b Schedule Update button select this radio button to run the firmware update job later and click on Next You can schedule the firmware update job after 30 minutes from the current time c Inthe Calendar box select the month and day d Inthe Time text box type the time in HH MM and then click Next The time is the local timezone where your client is physically located Invalid time values result in a blocked update The Summary screen is displayed with all the firmware update details Click Finish and a message The firmware update job has been cre
38. Datacenters and ClusterS ccenconccnonononece 109 37 Viewing Storage Virtual Disk Details for Datacenters and Clusters 111 38 Viewing Firmware Details for Datacenters and Clustelrs s sssseseesesesessesess 113 39 Viewing Warranty Summary Details for Datacenters and Clusters ccenconccnec 115 40 Viewing Power Monitoring for Datacenters and CIUSt PS ssssssssessseseeseeseeseeseens 117 41 Troubleshooing anni 119 Frequently O dintssicactNegsaaaueaitederi cintteaenvarsauawascncuaent 119 Settings page fails to load if we navigate away and go back to Settings page 119 Why is the DNS configuration settings restored to original settings after appliance reboot if using DHCP for appliance IP and DNS settings OVerWritteN scssecscessssceseseseseeseeseeeeeeceeeceeecaeasseseeeeetenaeetaceeaees 119 Using OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter to update an Intel Network card with the firmware version of 13 5 2 is not SUPpOltOO cciccnonococononinnncnonnonnconnnrnnnnn cono cono coronan enn rra 119 On trying a firmware update with an invalid DUP the hardware update job status on the vCenter console neither fails nor times out for hours though the job status in LC says FAILED Why is this Warranty and Inventory schedule for all Vcenters is not applying when selected under Dell Home gt Monitor gt Job Queue gt Warranty Inventory History gt Schedule
39. Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Hardware Remote Access Card details 4 Onthe Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on the Hardware Remote Access Card sub tab view the following Host Displays the host name Service Tag Displays the Service Tag IP Address Display the IP address for the remote access card Mac Address Displays the Mac address for the remote access card RAC Type Displays the type of the remote access card URL Displays the live URL for the iDRAC associated with this host 107 108 36 Viewing Storage Physical Disks for Datacenters and Clusters View the physical storage details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid See Running an Inventory Job Now u NOTE Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC 1 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Storage Physical Disk details 4 Onthe Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on the Storage Physical Disk sub tab view the fo
40. Discovery did not complete successfully there is no way to connect to the iDRAC remotely Remote connection would require that you have enabled a nonadmin account on the iDRAC If there is no enabled account present on the iDRAC then the only way to access the iDRAC is to login to the box locally and enabling the account on the iDRAC 1 Enter the iDRAC IP address into a browser 2 Log in to the iDRAC Enterprise GUI 3 Inthe Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 Enterprise System Summary tab in the Virtual Console Preview click Launch 4 Inthe Warning Security dialog click Yes 5 Inthe iDRAC Utility Console press F12 once or twice to bring up the Authentication Required dialog box 6 Inthe Authentication Required dialog box the Name displays press Enter 7 Enter your Password 8 Press Enter 9 When the Shutdown Restart dialog box appears press F11 10 The host restarts and the screen shows information about loading memory then RAID then when it shows a Dell screen where it says to press F2 immediately press F2 Wait until the Dell System Setup screen displays The Dell System Setup takes a few minutes to display 11 In the Dell System Setup screen use the arrow keys to select iDRAC Settings 12 Use the arrow keys to select Remote Enablement 13 To enable Auto Discovery click Enable 14 Press ESC 146 15 Press ESC 16 Inthe Warning Screen to confirm Exit click Yes 147
41. Generation Server for Auto Discovery s sssssessesssessseesseeeeeeees 144 Manually Configuring a PowerEdge 12th Generation Server for Auto DiSCOVETY scsssseceseseseeeseeeseeeeeeeees 146 Introduction 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 you to launch a separate console to resolve hardware issues OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is a product that lets you manage VMware vCenter servers from within the VMware Web client freeing you from being tied to a Windows system Using OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter you have capabilities to manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized environment such as e Alerts and environmental monitoring Detect key hardware faults and perform virtualization aware actions for example migrate workloads or place host in maintenance mode Single server monitoring and reporting Monitoring and reporting capabilities of servers e Firmware updates Update Dell hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and firmware e Enhanced deployment options Create hardware profiles hypervisor profiles and deploy any combination of the two on bare metal Dell PowerEdge servers remotely and without PXE using vCenter OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Features You can use the OpenManage Integration f
42. M slot Size Displays the memory size Type Displays the memory type 71 72 19 View Hardware NICs Details for a Single Host View the Network Interface Card NIC details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and DRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Objects tab select the specific host for which you want to view Hardware NICs details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Hardware NICs sub tab view the following Total Displays the total count of available network interface cards Name Displays the NIC name Manufacturer Displays only the manufacturer name MAC Address Displays the NIC MAC address 13 74 20 Viewing Hardware PCI Slots for a Single Host View the PCI slot details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Objects tab select the specific host for which you want to view Hardware PCI Slot details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Hardware PCI
43. Next For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card the DRAC test connection result states Not Applicable for this system Scheduling Inventory Jobs Wizard The inventory schedule configuration is similar between the Configuration Wizard and from the OpenManage Integration under Manage section Settings option 13 NOTE To make sure thatthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter continues to display updated information it is recommended that you schedule a periodic inventory job The inventory job consumes minimal resources and will not degrade host performance To schedule an inventory job 1 In the Configuration Wizard in the Inventory Schedule window do one of the following The Enable Inventory Data Retrieval check box is selected by default to enable you to schedule the inventory 2 Under Inventory Data Retrieval Schedule do the following a Select the check box next to each day of the week that you want to run the inventory By default all the days are selected b Inthe text box enter the time in HH MM format The time you enter is your local time Calculate the time difference you need to run the inventory collection at the proper time 3 To apply the changes and continue click Next to proceed with the warranty schedule settings Running A Warranty Retrieval Job Wizard The warranty retrieval job configuration is similar between the wizard and from the Dell OpenManage Integ
44. OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter User s Guide Version 2 0 Notes Cautions and Warnings u NOTE A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer CAUTION A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem IN WARNING A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage personal injury or death 2013 Dell Inc Trademarks used in this text Dell the Dell logo Dell Boomi Dell Precision OptiPlex Latitude PowerEdge PowerVault PowerConnect OpenManage EqualLogic Compellent KACE FlexAddress Force10 and Vostro are trademarks of Dell Inc Intel Pentium Xeon Core and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries AMD is a registered trademark and AMD Opteron AMD Phenom and AMD Sempron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft Windows Windows Server Internet Explorer MS DOS Windows Vista and Active Directory are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and or other countries Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries Oracle is a registered trademark of Or
45. P Select Alert Actions and make sure that any events to be monitored have the Broadcast Message option set so thatthe events are sent out At the top of the tab select the Platform Events option Click the grey Configure Destinations button and click the Destination link Select the Enable Destination check box Enter the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter appliance IP address in the Destination IP Address field Click Apply Changes Repeat step 1 to step 8 to configure additional events 47 48 10 Viewing Warranty Expiration Notification Settings 1 Inthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Settings tab under Appliance Settings click Warranty Expiration Notification 2 Under Warranty Expiration Notification you can view the following Whether the setting is enabled or disabled The number of days for the first Warning setting The number of days for the Critical warning setting 3 To configure Warranty Expiration Notification see Configuring Warranty Expiration Notifications Configuring Warranty Expiration Notification You can configure warranty expiration thresholds to warn about warranty expiration 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Settings tab under Appliance Settings to the right side of Warranty Expiration Notification click the Edit icon 2 Inthe Warranty Expiration Notification dialog box do the following a Ifyou
46. Warranty History e Changing a Warranty Job Schedule Running a Warranty Job Now Viewing Warranty History A warranty job is a scheduled task to get warranty information from support dell com on all systems Columns are sortable in ascending and descending order 1 Inthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter click the Monitor tab 2 Click Job Queue Warranty History 3 View your warranty job history information Modify Schedule button Click to edit a warranty job schedule Run Now button Click to run a warranty job vCenter History vCenters Displays lists of vCenters Hosts Passed Displays the number of vCenter Hosts that passed Last Warranty Displays the last warranty job that was run Next Warranty Displays the next warranty job that will run Hosts History Host Displays the host address Status Displays the status Options include Successful Failed In Progress Scheduled Duration MM SS Displays the duration of the warranty job in MM SS Start Date and Time Displays the date and time when the warranty job started End Date and Time Displays the time the warranty job ended 29 Modifying a Warranty Job Schedule Hardware warranty information is retrieved from Dell Online and displayed by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Server s Service Tag is used to gather warranty information about the server Warranty jobs are originally configured in the Initial Configuration Wizard La
47. a new server and registering it using a console The advantages of using this capability include removing the need to do cumbersome manual local configuration of a new server and enabling an automated way for a console to discover a new server that was connected to the network and plugged into power Auto Discovery is sometimes referred to as Discovery and Handshake after the process it performs When a new server with the Auto Discovery feature enabled is plugged in to AC power and connected to the network the Dell server s Lifecycle Controller attempts to discovera deployment console that was integrated with the Dell provisioning server Auto Discovery then initiates a handshake between the provisioning server and the Lifecycle Controller OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is a deployment console with an integrated provisioning server The location of the provisioning server is provided to the iDRAC using different methods The IP address or host name for the provisioning server location is set to the IP address or host name of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter appliance virtual machine NOTE A new server configured for Auto Discovery attempts to resolve the location of the provisioning server every 90 seconds over a period of 24 hours after which you can manually reinitiate Auto Discovery When the Auto Discovery request is received by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter for VMware vCenter it validates the SSL certif
48. acenter or cluster Virtual Disk Capacity This link takes you to the Virtual Disk page for this datacenter or cluster Warranty Displays the warranty status for the selected host Status options include Summa e Expired warranty Active warranty Unknown warranty The link takes you to the Warranty Summary page Host Displays the host name Service Tag Displays the host Service Tag Model Displays the Dell PowerEdge model 93 94 Asset Tag Chassis Service Tag OS Version Location iDRAC IP Service Console IP CMC URL CPUs Memory Power State Last Inventory Connection Profile Remote Access Card Version BIOS Firmware Version Displays the Asset Tag if configured Displays the chassis Service Tag if applicable Displays the ESXi or ESX OS version Blades only Location displays the slot location Otherwise Location displays Not Applicable Displays the iDRAC IP address Displays the Service Console IP Blades only The CMC URL is the Chassis URL Otherwise it displays Not Applicable Displays the number of CPUs Displays the host memory Displays if the host has power Displays the day date and time of last inventory job Displays the name of the connection profile Displays the remote access card version Displays the BIOS firmware version 29 Viewing Hardware FRUs for Datacenters or Clusters View the Field Replaceable Unit FRU details for a datac
49. acle Corporation and or its affiliates Citrix Xen XenServer and XenMotion are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems Inc in the United States and or other countries VMware vMotion vCenter vCenter SRM and vSphere are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware Inc in the United States or other countries IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2010 13 Rev A00 Contents 1 Introduction nds OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Features 2 Understanding How to Configure or Editthe OpenManage Integration for VMware VE ptes lisas Configuration Wizard Welcome Page sscssssssessssssssssssescsescsesceescseseseseeesaceeacseacseseeeseseceecaeesaeasaeaeesaeecaeeeataeanes vCenter Selection Creating A New Connection Profile using the Initial Configuration Wizard Scheduling Inventory Jobs Wizard csscssecccescsescseceesseseseeesesescsescseseseseuecesecaeesacasaeseseseecaeecacaeacasseaeeesesetesaeetes Running A Warranty Retrieval Job Wizard cccssccscssessseseseseseeeseseseseseseceeceeecaeecaeasaeaeseseeeaeeeacaeaeeeeeaeseeseeecaes Configuring Events And Alarms Wizard ccscssssssssscssesesesesescsescseseseceeeceeecaeesaescseaceesaeecaeesacaeacaeeaeseesetesaeasacats 3 About VMware vCenter Web Client Navigation sssssssssssssssssssssssssssessessesseeneeaesseess 17 Navigating to the OpenManage Integration f
50. ad HTTPS certificates Restarting the Virtual Appliance Restarting the virtual appliance logs you out from the Administration Console and the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is unavailable until the virtual appliance and its services are active 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console 2 Inthe Login dialog box type your password 3 Inthe left pane click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT 4 To restart the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter click Restart the Virtual Appliance 5 On the Restart Virtual Appliance dialog box to restart the virtual appliance click Apply or click Cancel to cancel Updating a Repository Location and Virtual Appliance Perform a backup prior to an update of the virtual appliance to make sure all data is protected See Managing Backup and Restore 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console 2 Inthe Login dialog box type your password 3 Inthe left pane click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT 4 Next to Appliance Update click Edit 5 In the Appliance Update window enter the Repository Location URL and then click Apply NOTE If the update location is on an external network such as the Dell FTP site then a proxy must be entered below in the HTTP Proxy area 33 Updating the Virtual Appliance Software Version To prevent data loss perform an
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52. and on the Hardware Memory sub tab view the following Host Displays the host name Service Tag Displays the Service Tag Slot Displays the DIMM slot Size Displays the memory size Type Displays the memory type 101 102 33 Viewing Hardware NICs Details for Datacenters and Clusters View the Network Interface Card NIC details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 2 3 4 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Hardware NICs details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Clusters Information tab and on the Hardware NICs sub tab view the following Host Displays the host name Service Tag Displays the Service Tag Name Displays the NIC name Manufacturer Displays only the manufacturer name Mac Address Displays the NIC mac address 103 104 34 Viewing Hardware PCI Slot Details for Datacenters and Clusters View the PCI slot details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to ap
53. and the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter registration OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Console tab in VMware vCenter uses security procedures to avoid improper requests while the keys are transferred back and forth from the Administration Console and back end services This type of security causes cross site request forgeries to fail A secure Administration Console session has a five minute idle timeout and the session is only valid in the current browser window and or tab If the user tries to open the session in a new window or tab a security error is created that asks for a valid session This action also prevents the user from clicking any malicious URL that could try to attack the Administration Console session The Web request authorization failed click OK to log out and retry with a new session Figure 2 Error Message 137 Access Control Authentication Authorization and Roles The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses the web Client s current user session and the stored administration credentials for the OpenManage Integration to perform vCenter operations The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses the vCenter server s built in roles and privileges model to authorize user actions with the OpenManage Integration and the vCenter managed objects hosts and clusters Access Roles on the VMware vCenter Home page 138 A Dell Operation Role Contains the privileges groups to
54. and time when the host stopped to consume power End Date System Peak Power Displays the host peak power System Peak Power Displays the date and time when the host peak power began Start Date System Peak Power Displays the date and time when the host peak power ended End Date 117 System Peak Amps Displays the hosts peak Amps System Peak Amps Displays the beginning date and time of the host peak amps Start Date System Peak Amps End Displays the end date and time of the host peak amps Date 118 41 Troubleshooting Use this section to find answers to troubleshooting questions This section includes e Frequently asked questions FAQ e Bare metal deployment issues Contacting Dell e Related product information Frequently Asked Questions FAQ This section contains some common questions and solutions Settings page fails to load if we navigate away and go back to Settings page In the Web Client if you navigate away and go back to the Settings page sometimes the page fails to load and the spinner continues to show This is a refresh issue and the page is not getting refreshed correctly Resolution Click the global refresh and the screen will refresh correctly Versions Affected 2 0 Why is the DNS configuration settings restored to original settings after appliance reboot if using DHCP for appliance IP and DNS settings overwritten There is a known defect where statically
55. anually to hosts prior to installing the Dell Management Plug in Details on manually installing the agents are at http support dell com support edocs software esivmwre sysman sysman htm Open the guide for the appropriate version of ESX ESXi software and look for the nsta ling the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator chapter To deploy the OMSA agent tar gz on an ESX system with the required remote enablement setting c option 1 Run the OMSA agent installation script srvadmin install sh x c Start OMSA services srvadmin services sh start If the OMSA agent is already installed make sure that it has remote enablement configuration c option or theOpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter installation will not complete successfully Reinstall it with the c option and restart the service srvadmin install sh c srvadmin services sh restart Setting Up An OMSA Trap Destination This task is only for host systems using OMSA for event generation instead of iDRAC6 There is no additional configuration required for iDRAC6 Es 1 46 NOTE OMSA is only required on Dell servers earlier than version Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers Either use the link to the OMSA user interface found in the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Manage gt Settings tab or navigate to the OMSA agent from a Web browser https lt HostIP gt 1311 Log in to the interface and select the Alert Management tab 2 9 an S
56. appliance backup prior to beginning the software update 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click Appliance Maintenance To update the virtual appliance to the software version listed under Appliance Update click Update Virtual Appliance In the Update Appliance dialog box the current and available versions are listed To begin the update click Update The system is locked down and put into maintenance mode When the update is complete the Appliance page displays showing the newly installed version Downloading the Troubleshooting Bundle Use this information to assist in troubleshooting issues or send to Technical Support 1 Launch a browser window and enter the Administration Console URL displayed in the vSphere vCenter Console tab for the virtual machine you want to configure or use the link from Dell Management Console Settings page The URL uses the following format and is case insensitive https lt AppliancelPAddress gt 2 Inthe left pane click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT 3 To display the troubleshooting bundle dialog box click Generate Troubleshooting Bundle 4 To either open or save a zip file that contains the virtual appliance logging information click the Download Troubleshooting Bundle link 5 To exit click Close Setting Up The HTTP Proxy You can set u
57. asks Exit and enter maintenance mode Getthe vCenter user group to query the permissions Register and configure alerts for example enable disable alerts on the event settings page Post events alerts to vCenter Configure event settings on the event settings page Restore default alerts on the event settings page Check DRS status on clusters while configuring alerts events settings Reboot host after performing update or any other configuration action Monitor vCenter tasks status progress Create vCenter tasks for example firmware update task host configuration task and inventory task Update vCenter task status progress Get host profiles Add host to data center Add host to cluster Apply profile to host Get CIM credentials Configure hosts for compliance Getthe compliance tasks status e Dell Inventory Configure ReadOnly Get all vCenter hosts to construct the vCenter tree while configuring connection profiles Check if the host is a Dell server when the tab is selected Get the vCenter s Address IP Get host IP Address Get the current vCenter session user based on the vSphere client session ID Get the vCenter inventory tree to display the vCenter inventory in a tree structure e Dell Monitoring Monitor Get host name for posting the event Perform the event log operations for example get the event count or change the event log settings Register unregister and configure events alerts Receive SNMP traps and post events
58. ate process You can only schedule or run one firmware update task at a time If you want to export from the wizard use the Export to CSV button Search is available for locating a specific cluster datacenter host or any topic item from the datagrid except for Date Applied u NOTE Always update firmware together as part of the repository bundle BIOS DRAC and Lifecycle Controller u NOTE For information on changing the default timeout setting see the Troubleshooting section ofthe User s Guide You can view the status and manage Firmware update jobs from the Job Queue page See Viewing Firmware Details for Datacenters and Clusters 1 Click on OpenManage Integration icon click on Clusters hat is displayed in the left pane The list of clusters are displayed Click on a cluster from the displayed list The main menu is displayed with different options Click on Monitor gt Dell Cluster Information gt Firmware The Run Firmware Wizard screen is displayed Click on Run Firmware Wizard link The Welcome Page is dislayed ap OD Click Next The Select Update Source screen is displayed where you can select the bundles The Repository location is also displayed 6 Select host from the displayed list in the Select Bundles area You should select at least one bundle for firmware update Each host has a drop down list next to the host name from which you can select the required bundle 53 11 54 Click Next The Select
59. ated for successful firmware update is displayed 12 Understanding Events And Alarms You can edit events and alarms from the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter within Manage Settings tab From here you can select the Event Posting Level enable Alarms for Dell Hosts or Restore Default Alarms You can configure events and alarms for each vCenter or all at once for all registered vCenters u NOTE To receive Dell events you must enable both alarms and events There are four event posting levels Table 2 Event Posting Level Descriptions Event Description Do not post any Events Do not have the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter forward any events or alerts into related vCenters Post all Events Post all events including informal events that the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter receives from managed Dell hosts into related vCenters Post only Critical and Warning Events Posts only events with either Critical or Warning criticality into related vCenters Post only Virtualization Related Critical and Warning Post Virtualization related events received from hosts into Events related vCenters Virtualization related events are those that Dell has selected to be most critical to hosts running virtual machines When you configure your events and alarms you can enable them When enabled critical hardware alarms can trigger the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter to put the host system into a maintenance
60. ated inside the product Use the table of contents or search to find the help you need e About This link brings up the Version Information dialog box You can find the product version here Dell Manuals Provides live links to e Server Manuals e OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Manuals Administration Provides a link to the Administration Console Console Additional Help and Provides live links to Support ae e iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Manuals e Dell VMware Documentation 19 e OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Product Page Dell Help and Support Home e Dell TechCenter Support Call Tips Offers tips on how to contact Dell Support and route your calls correctly Troubleshooting Download a troubleshooting bundle Provide or refer to this bundle when you contact Bundle technical support For more information see Download a Troubleshooting Bundle Dell Recommends Dell recommends Dell Repository Manager and you can find a link to it here Use Dell Repository Manager to find and download all firmware updates available for your system iDRAC Reset Provides a Reset iDRAC button to use when iDRAC is not responsive This reset performs a normal iDRAC reboot See Resetting iDRAC 1 Inthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter click the Help and Support tab 2 View the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support information on this tab 20 Connection Profiles The Connection Profiles tab let
61. b Now This page displays different options depending on what is selected from the View drop down list If you select Physical Disks another drop down list appears This new drop down list called Filter lets you filter your physical disk options u NOTE Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts 2 Onthe Objects tab selectthe specific Host for which you want to view Storage Physical Disk details 3 Onthe Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Storage sub tab view the following Storage View Displays the counts of Virtual Disks Controllers Enclosures and associated Physical Disks with its Global Hot Spare and Dedicated Hot Spare counts When you selected from the View drop down list the option is highlighted here Displays the page options you want to view for this host Virtual Disks Physical Disks Controllers Enclosures Viewing Storage Virtual Disk Details for a Single Host The storage options on the Host Storage page depend on what you select from the View drop down list If you selected Virtual Disks from the View drop down list view these options Name Device FODD Physical Disk Capacity Layout Media Type Controller ID Device ID Stripe Size Displays the name of the virtual disk Displays the FODD Displays on which physical disk the virtual disk is
62. characters In the Verify Password text box type the password again In the Certificate Check box select one of the following e To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enabled e To perform no check and not store the Host certificate select Disabled To configure Host Credentials without Active Directory do the following Inthe User Name text box the user name is root This is the default username and you cannot change the username but if the Activate directory is set you can choose any Active directory user not just root In the Password text box type the password The password is limited to 127 characters u NOTE The OMSA credentials are the same credentials used for ESX and ESXi hosts In the Verify Password text box type the password again In the Certificate Check check box select one of the following e To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enabled e To perform no check and not store the Host certificate do not select the Enable Certificate Check check box Click Next In the Associated Hosts page select the hosts for the connection profile and click OK To test the connection profile select one or more hosts and select the Test Connection button This step is optional This is used to check whether the Host and iDRAC credentials are correct or not 8 To complete the profile click
63. ck Management Consoles Remote Access Console iDRAC Setting Up Physical Server Blink 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 1 Inthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator area under Inventory Lists click Hosts 2 On the Object tab double click the host you want 3 On the Summary tab scroll down to the Dell Server Management portlet 4 Under Host Actions select Blink Indicator Light 5 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 62 14 Buying and Uploading a Software License You are running a trial license until you upgrade to a full product version Use a Buy License link from the product to navigate to the Dell website and buy a license Once you buy it upload it using the Administration Console This option only appears if you are using a trial license 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Do one of the following Onthe Licensing tab next to Software License click Buy License Onthe Getting Started tab under Basic Tasks click Buy License u NOTE The license will be sent by e mail as an
64. complete click Apply Running The Firmware Update Wizard for a Single Host This functionality is only available for 11th and 12th generation Dell servers that have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card When your firmware was installed on or after October 14th 2010 you can automatically update your firmware versions using the Firmware Update Wizard Es Eu Eu NOTE To safeguard against browser timeout issues change the default timeout to 30 seconds For information on changing the default timeout setting see How Come see an Error Message Displayed After Clicking the Firmware Update Link in the Troubleshooting section ofthe User s Guide NOTE Right click on Host gt All OpenManage Integration Actions gt Firmware Update to access the firmware wizard Or Click on Host gt Actions gt All OpenManage Integration Actions gt Firmware Update to access the firmware wizard Or Click on Host gt Summary gt Dell Host Information gt Firmware Update to access the firmware wizard NOTE To run the Firmware Update Wizard 1 52 In the vSphere Web Client click on Hosts The list of available hosts are displayed Select a host from the displayed list Ifthere is only one host then only one host is displayed In the main menu click on Monitor and then select the Dell Host Information tab The inventory information of the Dell Hosts are displayed Click on Firmware the available firmwares with the details are displayed
65. dmin services sh restart For an ESXi host you must install OMSA VIB using the VMware Remote CLI tool and reboot the system Can the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Support ESX ESXI with Lockdown Mode Enabled Yes Lockdown Mode is supported in this release on hosts ESXi 4 1 and above 126 Inventory is Failing on Hosts ESXi 4 0 Update2 and ESXi Update 3 in Lockdown Mode after a Reboot Lockdown Mode requires ESXi 4 1 or later If you are using an earlier ESXi version when a host is rebooted for any reason during Lockdown Mode inventory continues failing unless you perform the following steps on host after a reboot The workaround steps for ESXi 4 0 Update2 and Update3 are 1 In vSphere Web Client select Hosts and Clusters then in the left pane select the host and then click the Configuration tab 2 In the left pane under Software click Security Profile 3 Scroll down to Lockdown Mode and then click Edit 4 In the Lockdown Mode dialog box to disable Lockdown Mode clear the Enable check box and then click OK 5 Log in to the host console and select Restart Management Agents press lt ENTER gt and to confirm press lt F11 gt 6 To enable Lockdown Mode repeat steps 1 through 4 except this time select the Enable check box and then click OK When tried to use lockdown mode it failed When added a host to the connection profile in lockdown mode the inventory kicked off but failed stating that
66. e b Inthe Description text box enter an optional description 5 Under Admin User Account do the following a Inthe Admin User Name text box enter the administrator s user name b Inthe Password text box enter the password c Inthe Verify Password text box enter the password again 31 6 Click Register Modifying The vCenter Administrator Login 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click VCENTER REGISTRATION The registered vCenters are displayed in a table To display the Modify Admin Acct window under Credentials click Modify Enter the vCenter Administrator User Name Password and Verify Password the passwords must match To change the password click Apply or to cancel the change click Cancel Updating The SSL Certificates For Registered vCenter Servers If the SSL certificate is changed on a vCenter server then use the following steps to import the new certificate for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses this certificate to make sure the vCenter server it is talking to is the correct vCenter server and not an impersonator OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses the openssl API to create the Certificate Signing Request CSR using the RSA encryption standard with a 2048 bit key length The CSR generated b
67. e Details Viewing Power Monitoring Viewing Warranty Summary Details 91 92 28 Viewing Overview Details for Datacenters and Clusters View the host details for datacenters or clusters on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page run an inventory job The data you view may vary depending on which view you are accessing the data Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now NOTE Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid 1 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab selectthe specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view host details PF oO nN On the Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information Overview tab and view the details u NOTE To display the full list of details select a specific host from the data grid Datacenter Cluster Displays the following Information Datacenter cluster name The number of Dell managed hosts Total Energy Consumption This link takes you to the Power Monitoring page for this datacenter or cluster Hardware Displays the following Resources Total Processors This link takes you to the Processor Details page Total Memory This link takes you to the Memory Details page for this dat
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69. e Server Administrator Installation Guide for the version of OMSA in use and for instructions on how to install and configure the Web Server If you have not provided a link while running the Configuration Wizard you can edit this link in OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Manage Settings tab u NOTE OMSA is only required on Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers or earlier 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Settings tab under vCenter Settings and to the right side of the OMSA Web Server URL click Edit 2 Inthe OMSA Web Server URL dialog box type the URL You must include the full URL including the HTTPS 3 Select Apply these settings to all vCenters check box to apply the OMSA URL to all vCenters If you do not select this check box the OMSA URL is applied only to only one vCenter 4 Verify that the link works by navigating to the host Summary tab for this host Verify that the OMSA Console link is live within the Dell Host Information Understanding Using OMSA with 11th Generation Servers On servers earlier than Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers you must install OMSA to work with the Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter You can install OMSA automatically on Dell PowerEdge 11th generation hosts during deployment or if you want to install it manually you may still do so To configure OMSA on Dell PowerEdge 11th generation hosts choose from the following e Depl
70. e views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and DRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Objects tab select the specific host for which you want to view Hardware Power Supply details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Hardware Power Supply sub tab view the following Type Displays the type of power supply Power supply types include UNKNOWN LINEAR SWITCHING BATTERY UPS CONVERTER REGULATOR AC DC VRM Location Displays the location of the power supply such as Slot 1 Output Watts Displays the power in Watts 69 70 18 Viewing Hardware Memory Details for a Single Host View the memory details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Objects tab select the specific host for which you want to view Hardware Memory details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Hardware Memory sub tab view the following Memory Slots Displays the Used Total and Available memory count Memory Capacity Displays the Installed Memory Total Memory Capacity and Available Memory Slot Displays the DIM
71. ed update Apply updates on next reboot To avoid a service interruption it is recommended that the host enters maintenance mode before the reboot Apply updates and force reboot without entering maintenance mode The update is applied and a reboot occurs even if the host is not in maintenance mode This method is not recommended 10 Click Next The Summary page is displayed that provides details about all components after firmware update 11 Click Finish 12 To verify that the update was successful in Monitor tab select Job Queue Firmware Updates and review the OpenManage Integration Overview page to see the new versions Running the Update Firmware Wizard for a Cluster This functionality is only available for 11th and 12th generation Dell servers that have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card If your firmware was installed on or after October 14th 2010 you can automatically update your firmware versions using the Firmware Update Wizard This wizard only updates hosts that are part of a connection profile and compliant in terms of firmware CSIOR status hypervisor and OMSA status 11th generation servers only Select a cluster that is listed in the Clusters view and use the Firmware Update Wizard It typically takes from 30 to 60 minutes to update firmware components for each cluster Enable DRS on a cluster so that virtual machines can be migrated when a host enters exits maintenance mode during the firmware upd
72. egration for VMware vCenter License to the Administration Console 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click VCENTER REGISTRATION The registered vCenters are displayed in a table To display the upload license dialog box click Upload License 4 To navigate to the license file click the Browse button to navigate to the license file and then click Upload 32 u NOTE If the license file is modified or edited in any way the appliance views it as corrupted and the file will not work You can add licenses if you need to add more hosts Follow the process mentioned above to add more licenses u NOTE If the number of successfully inventoried 11G and 12G servers equals the number of purchased licenses you will be blocked from adding 9G or 10G servers to new or existing connection profiles Edit existing connection profiles by removing few 11G 12G servers and add 10G 9G instead of them Create a new connection profile for the removed 11G 12G servers Virtual Appliance Management Virtual appliance management contains the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter network version NTP and HTTPS information and lets you e Restart the virtual appliance e Update the virtual appliance and configure an update repository location e Download a troubleshooting bundle e Setup NTP servers e Uplo
73. ends running an inventory once a week Inventories do not impact host performance You can change a inventory job schedule on the Monitor Job Queue Inventory History page or from the Manage Settings page 1 4 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Monitor Job Queue tab click Inventory History Select a vCenter and then click the Change Schedule icon In the Inventory Data Retrieval dialog box do the following a Under Inventory Data select the Enable Inventory Data Retrieval check box b Under Inventory Data Retrieval Schedule select the days of the week for your job c Inthe Inventory Data Retrieval Time text boxes type the local time for this job You may need to calculate the time difference required to run this job at the proper time Click Apply to save the settings Clear to reset the settings and Cancel to abort the operation Running an Inventory Job Now Run an inventory job at least once a week 1 28 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Monitor Job Queue tab click Inventory History Click the Run Now button In the Success dialog box click Close An inventory job is now in queue Note that you cannot run an inventory for a single host An inventory job starts it for all hosts 6 Warranty History Warranty jobs are set up using the Configuration Wizard View your warranty job history on this tab Tasks you can do on this tab include e Viewing
74. enter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offer filter search functionality on the data grid The data you view may vary depending on which view you are accessing the data Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and DRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 2 3 4 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Object tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Hardware FRU details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on the Hardware FRU sub tab view the following Host Service Tag Part Name Part Number Manufacturer Serial Number Manufacture Date Displays the host name Displays the Service Tag Displays the FRU part name Displays the FRU part number Displays the manufacturer s name Displays the Manufacturer s serial number Displays the manufacture date 95 96 30 Viewing Hardware Processor Details for Datacenters or Clusters View the processor details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionalit
75. entory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CVS file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 Pae So N In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view power monitoring details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information Host tab and on the Power Monitoring sub tab view the following u NOTE To display the full list of details select a specific host from the data grid Host Displays the name of the host Service Tag Displays the Service Tag Current Profile Displays power profile to maximize your system s performance and conserve energy Energy Consumption Displays the energy consumption of the host Peak Reserve Capacity Displays the peak power reserve capacity Power Budget Displays the power cap for this host Warning Threshold Displays your system s configure maximum value for temperature probe warning threshold Failure Threshold Displays your system s configure maximum value for temperature probe failure threshold Instant Reserve Displays the host instantaneous headroom capacity Capacity Energy Consumption Displays the date and time when the host began to consume power Start Date Energy Consumption Displays the date
76. erefore there is nothing to display e The number of host licenses is exceeded and you must have additional licenses available for the inventory task to complete The server does not have the correct iDRAC license required for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers and you must purchase the correct iDRAC licence 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter click the Monitor tab Click Job Queue Inventory History To view the server information on a selected vCenter select a vCenter to display all associated host details P oD Review the Inventory History information vCenter Details Change Schedule button Click to edit an inventory schedule Run Now button Click to run an inventory vCenter Displays vCenter Address Hosts Passed Displays any hosts which have passed Next Inventory Displays the next inventory schedule that will run Last Inventory Displays the last inventory schedule that was run Hosts Host Displays the host address Status Displays the status Options include 27 Successful Failed In Progress Scheduled Duration MM SS Displays the duration of the job in minutes and seconds Start Date and Time Displays the date and time when the inventory schedule started End Date and Time Displays the time the inventory schedule ended Changing Inventory Job Schedules To make sure there is up to date server information you must run periodic inventories on Dell servers Dell recomm
77. ername domain The user name is limited to 256 characters Refer to Microsoft Active Directory documentation for user name restrictions In the Active Directory Password text box type the password The password is limited to 127 characters In the Verify Password text box type the password again In the Certificate Check box select one of the following To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enabled To perform no check and not store the certificate do not select the Enable Certificate Check check box d In the Hosts Root page do the following For hosts already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory select the Use Active Directory check box otherwise skip down to configure your Host Credentials In the Active Directory User Name text box type the user name Type the username in one of these formats domain username or username domain The user name is limited to 256 characters Refer to Microsoft Active Directory documentation for user name restrictions In the Active Directory Password text box type the password The password is limited to 127 characters In the Verify Password text box type the password again In the Certificate Check box select one of the following To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enabled To perform no check and not store the Ho
78. ernet Explorer initiates this timeout For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 10 the default Receive Time out value is set to 10 seconds Fix this issue by using the following steps Y A Web server communication error occurred A Web server communication error occurred wat a few moments for the communication to automatically reset If the communication does not reset check the appliance P address setting to make sure amp is on the network If the appliance is on the network perform a reboot If the error stl occurs contact Technical Support Hide Detais Figure 1 Firmware link communication error 1 Open Microsoft Registry Editor Regedit N Navigate to the following location KHEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Internet Settings Add a DWORD value for ReceiveTimeout Set the value to 30 seconds 30000 This value may need to be a higher value in your environment Exit Regedit Restart Internet Explorer eo Pw 122 u NOTE Just opening a new Internet Explorer window is not enough Restart the Internet Explorer browser What generation of Dell servers does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter configure and support for SNMP traps OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter supports OMSA SNMP traps on pre 12th generation servers and iDRAC traps on 12th generation servers What vCenters in linked mode are managed by OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter OpenManage Inte
79. ersion Affected 2 0 121 get an exception whenever click finish after editing a connection profile through Web Client Why This happens when the vCenter server is registered to the appliance through IP instead of FODN The connection profile can be edited through the net client Re registering the vCenter server to the same appliance will not solve this A new setup registered with FODN is required am unable to see the connection profiles to which a host belongs to when create edit a connection profile in web GUI Why This happens when the vCenter server is registered to the appliance through IP instead of FODN Re registering the vCenter server to the same appliance will not solve this A new setup registered with FQDN is required On editing a Connection profile the select host window in the Web UI is blank Why This happens when the vCenter server is registered to the appliance through IP instead of FODN Re registering the vCenter server to the same appliance will not solve this A new setup registered with FODN is required How Come See An Error Message Displayed After Clicking The Firmware Link If you have a slow network speed 9600BPS you may get a Communication Error Message This error message may display when you click the Firmware link in the vSphere Client for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter It happens when the connection times out while trying to obtain the Software Inventory list Microsoft Int
80. essage check box and select Apply Changes To cause the temperature warning event from the tree view on the left select Main System Chassis 5 nm Oe Select Temperatures under Main System Chassis 10 Selectthe System Board Ambient Temp link and selectthe Setto Values option button 11 Setthe Maximum Warning Threshold to below the current listed reading for example ifthe current reading is 27 setthe threshold to 25 12 Select Apply Changes and the temperature warning event is generated To cause another event restore the original settings using the same Set to Values option Events are generated as warnings and then to a normal state If everything is working properly navigate to the vCenter Tasks amp Events view a temperature probe warning event should be displayed NOTE There is a filter for duplicate events if you try to trigger the same event too many times in a row you will only receive one event Allow at least 30 seconds between events to see all events Have the OMSA Agent Installed on a Dell Host System But I Still Get an Error Message That OMSA is Not Installed What Should Do To resolve this issue on an 11th generation server 1 Install OMSA with the Remote Enablement component on the host system 2 Ifyou are using the command line to install OMSA make sure to specify the c option If OMSA is already installed reinstall it with the c option and restart the service srvadmin install sh c srva
81. eusesensensesseeesaes 127 What Setting Should Use For UserVars CIMoeMProviderEnable With ESXi 4 1 U1 cesecseeceeeseeees 127 Am Using A Reference Server to Create a Hardware Profile But it Failed What Should Do 127 Am Attempting to Deploy ESX ESXi on a Blade Server and it Failed What Should Do 127 Why are My Hypervisor Deployments Failing on my Dell PowerEdge R210 II Machines ccssseseeeee 128 Why Do See Auto discovered Systems Without Model Information in the Deployment Wizard 128 The NFS Share is Set Up With the ESX ESXI ISO but Deployment Fails with Errors Mounting the Share LOC ation iii A dd daci n 128 How Do Force Removal of the Virtual Appliance ccsccsecssssesssesssecsesceeecseeceessseeeeeeeecaeesacaeacaenaeseeeeeees 128 Entering a Password in the Backup Now Screen Receives an Error Message 128 In the vSphere Web Client Clicking the Dell Server Management Portlet Or the Dell Icon Returns A 404 Error My Firmware Update Failed What Do D0 cccsccsescscssseeeeseseseseeescsescseseseseseceseceeeseessaceeseaeeecaeesaneeaeaeaees 129 My vCenter Registration Failed What Can D0 csscssssssscsssseseseseseseseseseeseeeceeeceeecaeesaeseseaeeeceeetanseaseeaees 129 Performance during Connection Profile Test Credentials is extremely slow or unresponsive s s s 129 Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter su
82. evel Es Eu 56 NOTE On hosts prior to Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers this feature requires that the virtual appliance is configured as a trap destination in OMSA to display host events in vCenter For more information on OMSA see Setting Up An OMSA Trap Destination NOTE To receive Dell events you must enable both alarms and events In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Manage Settings tab nextto vCenter Settings use the drop down list to select the vCenter server or All vCenter Servers to included with this setting If you selected All Registered Servers the options may display blank This lets you configure the settings for all the registered vCenters at once Ifthe vCenters had the same settings they will appear To the right side of Events and Alarms click the Edit icon To enable all hardware alarms and events select the Enable Alarms for all Dell Hosts check box NOTE Dell hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering maintenance mode and you can modify the alarm as needed To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers click Restore Default Alarms lt may take up to a minute before the change takes effect Under Event Posting Level select one of the following Do not post any events This options blocks hardware events Post All Events This option posts all hardware events Post only Critical and Warning Events This opt
83. ge depend on what you selected from the View drop down list If you selected Controllers from the View drop down list view these options Controller ID Name Device FODD Displays the controller ID Displays the name of the controller Displays the FODD of the device 81 Firmware Version Minimum Required Firmware Driver Version Patrol Read State Cache Size Displays the firmware version Displays the minimum required firmware Displays the driver version Displays the Patrol Read State Displays the cache size Viewing Storage Enclosure Details for a Single Host The storage options on the Host Storage page depend on what you selected from the View drop down list 82 If you selected Enclosures from the View drop down list view these options Controller ID Connector ID Enclosure ID Name Device FODD Service Tag Displays the controller ID Displays the connector ID Displays the enclosure ID Displays the name of the enclosure Displays the device FODD Displays the Service Tag 23 Viewing Firmware Details for a Single Host View the firmware details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page run an inventory job Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now This host page lets you use the search filter and export a CSV file of firmware information 1 In OpenManage Integration f
84. gning Request Generating a new Certificate Signing Request prevents certificates that are created with the previously generated CSR from being uploaded to the appliance 1 6 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT Click Generate Certificate Signing Request for HTTPS Certificates A message displays stating that if a new request is generated then certificates created using the previous CSR can no longer be uploaded to the appliance To continue with the request click Continue or Cancel to cancel Enter the Common Name Organizational Name Organizational Unit Locality State Name Country and Email for the request Click Continue Click Download and then save the resulting HTTPS certificate to an accessible location Uploading an HTTPS Certificate You can use HTTPS Certificates for secure communication between the virtual appliance and host systems To set up this type of secure communication a certificate signing request must be sent to a certificate authority and then the resulting certificate is uploaded using the Administration Console There is also a default certificate that is self signed and can be used for secure communication this certificate is unique to every installation u NOTE You can use either Microsoft Internet Explorer or Firefox to upload cert
85. gration for VMware vCenter manages only registered vCenters in linked mode Does OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support vCenter in linked mode Yes OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter supports up to 10 vCenters in linked mode For more information on how OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter working in linked mode see the white paper OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter for VMware vCenter Working in Linked Mode on www Dell com What are the Required Port Settings for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter NOTE When deploying the OMSA agent using the Fix non complient vSphere hosts link available from the Compliance window in the Dell Management Center the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter starts the httpClient service and enables port 8080 on releases after ESXI 5 0 to download OMSA VIB and install it Once the OMSA installation is completed the service automatically stops and the port is closed Use these port settings for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Table 3 Virtual Appliance Ports Port Number Protocols Port Type Max Direction Usage Configurable Encryption Level 21 FTP TCP None Out FTP command No client 53 DNS TCP None Out DNS client No 30 HTTP TCP None Out Dell Online No Data Access 80 HTTP TCP None In Administration No Console 162 SNMP Agent UDP None In SNMP Agent No server 11620 SNMP Agent UDP None In SNMP Agent No server 443 HTTPS TCP 128 bit In HTTPS server No
86. hat check box PUN 6 Enter a Backup Location User Name Password and Encryption Password The encryption password can contain alpha numeric characters and the following special characters There is no length restriction 7 Click Backup Restoring the Database from a Backup u NOTE The restore operation causes the virtual appliance to reboot after it has completed 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click BACKUP AND RESTORE and the current backup and restore settings are displayed Click Restore Now In the Restore Now dialog box enter a File Location CIFS NFS Format Enter the User Name Password and Encryption Password for the backup file The encryption password can contain alpha numeric characters and the following special characters I There is no length restriction To save your changes click Apply The appliance reboots or restarts once Apply is clicked Understanding the vSphere Client Console The Console is found within the vSphere Web Client on a virtual machine The Console works hand and hand with the Administration Console The Console provides the ability to e Configure network settings e Change the virtual appliance password e Setthe local timezone e Reboot the virtual appliance e Reset the virtual appliance to factory sett
87. he Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on the Hardware Power Supply sub tab view the following Host Displays the name of the host Service Tag Displays the Service Tag Type Displays the type of power supply Power supply types include UNKNOWN LINEAR SWITCHING BATTERY UPS CONVERTER REGULATOR AC DC VRM Location Displays the location of the power supply such as Slot 1 Output Watts Displays the power in Watts Status Displays the status of the power supply The status options include OTHER UNKNOWN OK CRITICAL NOT CRITICAL RECOVERABLE 99 NOT RECOVERABLE HIGH LOW 100 32 Viewing Hardware Memory Details for Datacenters and Clusters View the memory details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and DRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter 2 Click Datacenters or Clusters 3 Onthe Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Hardware Memory details 4 On the Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab
88. he Welcome screen 2 Select one vCenter or all vCenters from the vCenters drop down list Select an individual vCenter for those not configured yet or if you have added a new vCenter to your environment The vCenter selection page allows you to select one or more vCenters to configure settings 3 Click Next to proceed to the Connection Profile description page 11 Creating A New Connection Profile using the Initial Configuration Wizard A connection profile stores the credentials that the virtual appliance uses to communicate with Dell servers Each Dell server must be associated with a connection profile to be managed by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter You may assign multiple servers to a single connection profile Creating the Connection Profile is similar between the Configuration Wizard and from the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Settings option Prior to using the Active Directory credentials with a connection profile the Active Directory user account must exist in Active Directory and this account must already be enabled in iDRAC This wizard is not for creating Active Directory accounts or enabling Active Directory on iDRAC NOTE You are not allowed to create a connection profile ifthe number of hosts added exceeds the license limit for Creating a Connection Profile To create a new connection profile using the wizard 1 From the Connection Profile Description page Click Next to proceed 2 Inthe Name
89. he certificate u NOTE You need to select Enable if you are using Active Directory u NOTE The OMSA credentials are the same credentials as those used for ESX and ESXi hosts NOTE For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card the iDRAC test connection result states Vot Applicable for this system Click Next In the Select Hosts dialog box select the hosts for this connection profile Click OK The Associated Host tab lets you test the DRAC and Host Credentials on the selected servers Do one of the following nn To begin the test select the hosts to check and then click the Test Connection icon The other options are inactive When the test is done click Finish To stop the tests click Abort All Tests In the Abort Tests dialog box click OK and then click Finish Refreshing A Connection Profile In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Connection Profiles tab up in the VMware vSphere Web Client title bar click the Refresh icon u NOTE After removing the host from vCenter when you navigate to connection profile page you will be prompted to remove the host from connection profile Upon confirmation the host will be removed from Connection Profile Deleting A Connection Profile 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Connection Profiles tab select the profiles to delete 2 Click the Delete icon 24 3 Onthe Delete Confir
90. hold for which the system is configured the operating system shuts down and the system powers off This event may also be initiated on certain systems when a fan enclosure is removed from the system for an extended period of time Sensor Returned to Normal Info Value A temperature sensor on Warning the backplane board system board CPU or drive carrier in the specified system exceeded its warning threshold No action No action No action No action No action No Action No action No action No action 133 Dell Temperature sensor detected a failure value Dell Temperature sensor detected a non recoverable value Dell Fan sensor returned to a normal value Dell Fan sensor detected a warning value Dell Fan sensor detected a failure value Dell Fan sensor detected a nonrecoverable value Dell Voltage sensor returned to a normal value Dell Voltage sensor detected a warning value Dell Voltage sensor detected a failure value Dell Voltage sensor detected a nonrecoverable value Dell Current sensor returned to a normal value Dell Storage storage management error 134 A temperature sensor on Error the backplane board system board or drive carrier in the specified system exceeded its failure threshold value A temperature sensor on Error the backplane board system board or drive carrier in the specified system detected an error from which
91. hysical disk in the virtual disk fails the hot spare is activated to replace the failed physical disk without interrupting the system or requiring your intervention Displays the storage part number Displays the storage serial number Displays the storage vendor name 3 Viewing Storage Virtual Disk Details for Datacenters and Clusters View the virtual storage details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job The data you view may vary depending on which view you are accessing the data Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and DRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid 1 2 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Storage Virtual Disk details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on the Storage Virtual Disk sub tab view the following u NOTE To display the full list of details select a specific host from the data grid Host Service Tag Name Physical Disk Capacity Layout Host Name Last Inventory Controller ID Device ID Media Type Bus Protocol Displays the name of the host Displays the Se
92. icate and then initiates any optionally configured security procedures such as client side security certificates and validation against a white list A second validation request from the new server returns temporary username password credentials to be configured on the iDRAC Subsequent calls are initiated by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter for VMware vCenter which gathers information about the server remove the temporary credentials and configure more permanent user defined credentials for administrative access If Auto Discovery was successful the deployment credentials provided in the Settings gt Deployment Credentials page at the time of discovery are created on the target iDRAC Then the Auto Discovery feature is turned off The server should now appear in the pool of available bare metal servers under Deployment in the Dell Management Center Auto Discovery can be currently done through the vSphere Net client Auto Discovery Prerequisites Before attempting to discover Dell PowerEdge 11th or 12th Generation bare metal servers install the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Only Dell PowerEdge 11th Generation or later servers with DRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise can be discovered into the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter s pool of bare metal servers Network connectivity from the Dell bare metal server s iDRAC to the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter virtual machine is required NOTE Hosts with e
93. ificates 1 SN eo a P amp S nm In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT Click Upload Certificate for HTTPS Certificates In the Upload Certificates dialog box click OK To select the certificate to upload click Browse and then click Upload If you want to abort the upload click Cancel u NOTE The certificate must use PEM format 35 Restoring the Default HTTPS Certificate 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console 2 Inthe Login dialog box type your password 3 Inthe left pane click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT 4 Click Restore Default Certificate for HTTPS Certificates 5 Inthe restore default certificate dialog box click Apply Setting up Global Alerts Alert management lets you enter global settings for how alerts are stored for all vCenter instances 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click ALERT MANAGEMENT To enter new vCenter alert settings click Edit Enter numeric values for the following items Maximum number of alerts Number of days to retain alerts Timeout for duplicate alerts seconds 5 To save your setti
94. in OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter and in the Navigator you can select Dell Hosts 1 In VMware vCenter home page click the OpenManage Integration icon In the Navigator under OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter click Dell Hosts On the Dell Host tab view the following information Host Name vCenter Cluster Connection Profile Displays a link using the IP address for each Dell host Click a specific host link to view the Dell host information Displays the vCenter IP address for this Dell host If this Dell host is in a cluster the cluster name displays here Displays the name of the connection profile 89 90 21 Monitoring Hosts on Clusters and Datacenters The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter lets you view detailed information for all hosts included in a datacenter or cluster These pages let you sort data by clicking the data grid row header Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid Details include Viewing Host Overview Details Viewing Hardware FRUs Viewing Hardware Processor Details Viewing Hardware Power Supply Details Viewing Hardware Memory Details Viewing Hardware NICs Viewing Hardware PCI Slot Details Viewing Hardware Remote Access Card Details Viewing Storage Physical Disk Details Viewing Storage Virtual Disk Details Viewing Firmwar
95. in Password and press lt ENTER gt Admin passwords include one special character one number one uppercase one lowercase and at least 8 letters Enter a new password for Enter new Admin Password and press lt ENTER gt Type the new password again in Please Confirm Admin Password text box and then press lt ENTER gt Setting The Local Time Zone To set the local time zone 1 In vSphere Web Client in the Navigator select vCenter In the Navigator selectthe Virtual Machine that you want to manage Do one of the following Onthe Object tab select Action Open Console Right click the virtual machine that you selected and select Open Console Use the arrow keys to select Set Time Zone and press lt ENTER gt In the Timezone Selection window select the desired time zone and click OK To cancel changes click Cancel The time zone is updated Rebooting Virtual Appliance To reboot the virtual appliance 1 6 In vSphere Web Client in the Navigator select vCenter In the Navigator select the Virtual Machine that you want to manage Do one of the following Onthe Object tab select Action Open Console Right click the virtual machine that you selected and select Open Console Use the arrow keys to select Reboot this Virtual Appliance and press lt ENTER gt The following message is displayed If there are any processes running on this appliance they will be terminated by this action Are
96. ings e Refresh Console Use the arrow keys to navigate up or down Once you have selected the option you want press lt ENTER gt Once you access the console screen VMware vSphere Clienttakes control of your cursor To escape from that control press lt CTRL gt lt ALT gt Configuring Network Settings Changes to the network settings are done in the vSphere Web Client on the Console 1 In vSphere Web Client in the Navigator select vCenter In the Navigator selectthe Virtual Machine that you want to manage Do one of the following Onthe Object tab select Action Open Console Right click the virtual machine that you selected and select Open Console In the Console window select Configure Network then press lt ENTER gt Enter the desired network settings under Edit Devices or under Edit DNS configuration then click Save amp Quit To abort any changes click Quit Changing the Virtual Appliance Password The virtual appliance password is changed in the vSphere Web Client using the Console 1 38 In vSphere Web Client in the Navigator select vCenter In the Navigator select the Virtual Machine that you want to manage Do one of the following Onthe Object tab select Action Open Console Right click the virtual machine that you selected and select Open Console On the Console use the arrow keys to select Change Admin Password and press lt ENTER gt Enter the Current Adm
97. ion posts only critical or warning level hardware events Post only Virtualization Related Critical and Warning Events This option posts only virtualization related critical and warning events This is the default event posting level If you want to apply these settings to all vCenters select the Apply these settings to all vCenters check box u NOTE Selecting this option overrides the existing settings for all vCenters This option is grayed out if you already selected All Registered vCenters from the drop down list on the Setting page To save click Apply Viewing Events Configure events before you can view them in the Events tab see Configuring Events and Alarms View the events for a host cluster or datacenter on the Events tab 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts Datacenter or Clusters 2 Onthe Objects tab select the specific host datacenter or cluster for which you want to view events 3 On the Monitor tab click Events 4 To view more event details select a specific event Viewing the Alarm and Event Settings Once alarms and events are configured you can view if the vCenter alarms for hosts are enabled and which event posting level is selected on the Settings tab 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenterManage Settings tab under vCenter Settings expand Events and Alarms 2 Under Events and Alarms you can view the following Center Alarms fo
98. is the Installation date showing up as 12 31 1969 for some of the firmware on the firmware page In the Web Client the installation date is showing up as 12 31 1969 for some firmware items on the firmware page for a host If the firmware installation date is not available then this very old date is shown Resolution If you see this old date for any firmware component consider that the installation date is not available for it Versions Affected 2 0 Why is successive Global refresh cause exception to be thrown in Recent Task window If a customer tries to press the refresh button repeatedly the VMware UI may throw an exception Resolution User should dismiss this error and can continue on Version Affected 2 0 Why is the Web client UI distorted for few of the Dell screens in IE 10 In some cases when a popup dialog is presented the data in the background may turn completely white and be distorted Resolution Close the dialog the screen will return back to normal Version Affected 2 0 Even if my repository has bundles for selected 11G system why is firmware update showing that have no bundles for Firmware Update When added a host to the connection profile in lockdown mode the inventory kicked off but failed stating that No Remote Access Controller was found or Inventory is not supported on this host Inventory is supposed to work for a host in lockdown mode right If you put the host in lockdown mode or remove a h
99. l Power supply returned to normal Dell Power supply detected a warning Dell Power supply detected a failure Description A current sensor in the specified system exceeded its warning threshold A current sensor in the specified system exceeded its failure threshold A current sensor in the specified system detected an error from which it cannot recover Sensor Returned to Normal Value A redundancy sensor in the specified system detected that one of the components of the redundancy unit has failed but the unit is still redundant A redundancy sensor in the specified system detected that one of the components in the redundant unit has been disconnected has failed or is not present Sensor Returned to Normal Value A power supply sensor reading in the specified system exceeded a user definable warning threshold A power supply has been disconnected or has failed Warning Error Error Info Warning Error Info Warning Error Severity 42 Recommended Action No action Put the system into maintenance mode No action No action No action Put the system into maintenance mode No action No action Put the system into maintenance mode 131 Dell Power supply sensor detected a non recoverable value Dell Memory Device Status warning Dell Memory Device error Dell Fan enclosure inserted into system Dell Fan enclosure removed from system
100. led or disabled Check Date Created Displays the create date Date Modified Displays the Modify date Last Modified By Displays who last modify this profile Creating A Connection Profile You may assign multiple servers to a single connection profile Create a Connection Profile using the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenterManage Connection Profiles tab and click the Plus sign to proceed 21 u NOTE The vCenter hosts that display during this procedure have authenticated using the same Single Sign On SSO If you do not see a vCenter host it may be on a different SSO or you may be using a VMware vCenter version less than version 5 1 22 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Connection Profiles tab click the Create New icon In the Connection Profile Description page click Next In the Name and Credentials page do the following a Under Profile type the Profile Name and optional Description b Under vCenter select the host or hosts on which you want to associate with this connection profile This option lets you create one connection profile for many vCenter hosts c Under Name and Credentials page do the following The iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware applying hardware profiles and deploying hypervisor In the Active Directory User Name text box type the user name Type the username in one ofthese formats domain username or us
101. llowing u NOTE To display the full list of details select a specific host from the data grid Host Displays the name of the host Service Tag Displays the Service Tag Capacity Displays the physical disk capacity Disk Status Displays physical disk status Options include ONLINE READY DEGRADED FAILED OFFLINE REBUILDING INCOMPATIBLE REMOVED CLEARED SMART ALERT DETECTED UNKNOWN FOREIGN UNSUPPORTED u NOTE For more information about the meaning of these alerts see the De OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User s Guide located at http support dell com support edocs software svradmin 5 1 en omss_ug html adprin html Model Number Displays the model number of the physical storage disk 109 110 Host Last Inventory Status Controller ID Connector ID Enclosure ID Device ID Bus Protocol Hot Spare Type Part Number Serial Number Vendor Name Displays the host name Displays the day month and time of the last inventory that was run Displays the host status Displays the controller ID Displays the connector ID Displays the enclosure ID Displays the device ID Displays the bus protocol Shows the hot spare type Options include No No means there is no hot spare Global A global hot spare is an unused backup disk that is part of the disk group Dedicated A dedicated hot spare is an unused backup disk that is assigned to a single virtual disk When a p
102. maintenance mode No action No action Put the system into maintenance mode No action No action No action No action 135 A Security Roles and Permissions The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter stores user credentials in an encrypted format It does not provide any passwords to client applications to avoid any improper requests that could lead to issues The database back ups are fully encrypted using custom security phrases and therefore the data cannot be misused By default users in the Administrators group have all the privileges Administrators can use all the functions of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter within VMware vCenter If you want a nonadmin user to manage the product then create a role including both the Dell roles and then assign permission on the root top node in the inventory and propagate permissions as needed on the child nodes to which you want to give access to the user For example if you want a user to manage only Cluster A then keep the permissions on Cluster A and remove permissions from other clusters 136 A Data Integrity Communication between the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Administration Console and vCenter is accomplished using SSL HTTPS The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter generates an SSL certificate used for trusted communication between vCenter and the appliance It also verifies and trusts the vCenter server s certificate before communication
103. mation message to remove the profile click Yes or click No to cancel the delete action Testing a Connection Profile 1 Inthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Connection Profiles tab select a connection profile to test This action may take several minutes to complete In the Test Connection Profile dialog select the hosts you want to test and then click the Test Connection icon To abort all selected tests and cancel the testing click Abort All Tests In the Abort Tests dialog box click OK To exit click Cancel 25 26 5 Inventory History Inventory Jobs are set up using the Settings tab or the Initial Configuration wizard Use the Inventory History tab to view your inventory jobs Tasks you can do from this tab include e Viewing Inventory History e Changing Inventory Job Schedules Running an Inventory Job Now Viewing Inventory History A successful completed inventory is required to gather the data Once the inventory is complete you can view the inventory results for the entire datacenter or for an individual host system See Running an Inventory Job Now Columns are sortable in ascending and descending order If server data cannot be retrieved and displayed there are several possible causes e The server is not associated with a connection profile and therefore you cannot run an inventory job e An inventory job has not been run on the server to collect the data and th
104. me as the admin Migration Path to migrate from 1 6 1 7 to 2 0 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter version 2 0 is an OVF release only There is no RPM update path from the older versions to this version You can migrate from older version 1 6 or 1 7 to the version 2 0 release using the Backup and Restore path Also the migration path is only supported from version 1 6 and 1 7 If you are at a lower version than 1 6 you will have to upgrade your appliance to the supported version before you perform the migration to OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter version 2 0 Do the following to migrate from older version to the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 2 0 version 1 Take a Backup of the database for the older release For more information See the section Managing Backup and Restore in this guide 2 Power off the older appliance from the vCenter u NOTE Do not unregister the Plug in from the vCenter Unregistering the plug in from the vCenter will remove allthe Alarms registered on the vCenter by the plug in and remove all the customizing performed on the alarms like actions and so on on the vCenter For more information see the section How to recover if have unregistered the older plugin after the backup in this guide if you have already unregistered the Plug ins after the backup 3 Deploy the new OpenManage Integration version 2 0 OVF For more information see the section Deploying the OpenManage Integration fo
105. metimes see an error Task cannot be scheduled for the time in the past Resolution If you have situations where there are some vCenters with no hosts or vCenters where some have Inventory or Warranty task already scheduled and some with no Inventory or Warranty schedule set yet run the setting of Inventory and Warranty schedule separately again from the Settings page for those vCenters Versions Affected 2 0 Why did my system not enter maintenance mode when performed a one to many firmware update Some firmware updates do not require rebooting the host In that case the firmware update is performed without putting the host into maintenance mode Warranty and Inventory schedule for all Vcenters is not applying when selected under Dell Home gt Monitor gt Job Queue gt Warranty Inventory History gt Schedule A customer navigates to the job queue page selects a vCenter and selects the modify schedule button When the dialog comes up they see a checkbox that says apply this new setting to all registered vCenters When they select this and press Apply it only applies the setting to the particular vCenter they initially selected and not all vCenters The Apply to All Registered vCenters is not applicable when Warranty or Inventory schedule is modified from the Job Queue page Resolution Use the modify Warranty or Inventory schedule from the Job Queue only to modify the selected vCenter Versions Affected 2 0 120 Why
106. mode and in certain cases migrate the virtual machines to another host system The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter forwards events received from managed Dell hosts and creates alarms for those events Use these alarms to trigger actions from vCenter like a reboot maintenance mode or migrate For example when a dual power supply fails and an alarm is created the resulting action is to migrate the virtual machine on that machine to a new one A host enters or leaves maintenance mode only as when you request it If the host is in a cluster when it enters maintenance mode you are given the option to evacuate powered off virtual machines If this option is selected each powered off virtual machine is migrated to another host unless there is no compatible host available for the virtual machine in the cluster While in maintenance mode the host does not allow deployment or power on of a virtual machine Virtual machines that are running on a host entering maintenance mode need to be either migrated to another host or shut down either manually or automatically by VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling DRS Any hosts outside of clusters or in clusters without VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling DRS enabled could see virtual machines being shut down due to a critical event DRS continuously monitors usage across a resource pool and intelligently allocates available resources among virtual machines according to business needs Use cluster
107. n Provider Description Status Start Date End Date Days Left Last Updated Use this button to renew your warranty See Renewing Host Warranty Displays the name of the provider for the warranty Displays a description Displays the warranty status of the host Status options include Active The host is under warranty and has not exceeded any threshold Warning The host is Active but exceeded the warning threshold Critical Same as warning but for a critical threshold Expired The warranty has expired for this host Unknown OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter cannot get warranty status because the warranty job has not run an error has occurred getting the data or the system does not have a warranty Displays the start date of the warranty Displays the end date of the warranty Displays the days left on the warranty The last time the warranty was updated 87 Renewing Host Warranty Renew Host Warranty from the Host Warranty Details page 1 88 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Objects tab select the specific host for which you want to renew host warranty On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on Warranty sub tab click Renew Warranty This takes you to a web page where you can renew your warranty 26 Quickly Viewing Only Dell Hosts When you want to quickly view only Dell hosts you can do this from with
108. na Yes No Yes 4 China Brazil Yes No Yes 5 India India No No Yes How come do not see my new iDRAC version details listed on the vCenter Hosts amp Clusters page After the successful completion of a firmware update task in the vSphere Web client s recent tasks pane refresh the Firmware Update page and verify the firmware versions If the page shows the old versions then go to Host Compliance page in Dell Management Center and check the CISOR status of that host If CISOR is not enabled then enable CISOR 125 and reboot host If the CISOR was already enabled then login to the DRAC console reset iDRAC wait for few minutes and then refresh the Firmware Update page in vSphere Web client NOTE The host compliance is not available in the web client and you would have to use the host compliance feature from the vSphere Net client How Do Test Event Settings by Using OMSA to Simulate a Temperature Hardware Fault To make sure that events are functioning correctly 1 Inthe OMSA user interface navigate to Alert Management Platform Events Select the Enable Platform Event Filter Alerts check box Scroll down to the bottom and click Apply Changes Po N To make sure that a specific event is enabled such as temperature warning from the tree on the left select Main System Chassis Under Main System Chassis select Temperatures Selectthe Alert Management tab and select Temperature Probe Warning Selectthe Broadcast a M
109. ng and Failure thresholds in Watts Displays the Instant and Peak reserve power capacity in Watts Energy Statistics Displays the energy statistics type Displays the date and time when the host began to consume power Displays the date and time when the host stopped to consume power This instantaneous value is the average value of readings over a one minute time period Displays the energy statistics type Displays the date and time when the host peak power began Displays the date and time of the host peak amps The System Peak Power statistic is the peak power consumed by the system in Watts 85 86 25 Viewing Warranty Status for a Single Host You must have run a warranty job to view a warranty status See Running a Warranty Job Now View the warranty status details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab The Warranty Status page lets you monitor the warranty expiration date Warranty settings control when server warranty information is retrieved from Dell online by enabling or disabling the warranty schedule and then setting the Minimum Days Threshold alert See Warranty History 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click or Hosts 2 Onthe Objects tab select the specific host for which you want to view warranty summary details 3 On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on Warranty Summary sub tab view the following Renew Warranty butto
110. ngs click Apply or click Cancel to cancel Managing Backup And Restore Managing backup and restore is accomplished from the Administrative Console Tasks on this page include e Configuring Backup And Restore e Scheduling Atomatic Backups e Performing An Immediate Backup e Restoring The Database From Backup Configuring Backup And Restore The backup and restore function backs up the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenterdatabase to a remote location from which it can be restored at a later date Profiles templates and host information are included in the backup It is recommended that you schedule automatic backups to guard against data loss After this procedure you must configure a backup schedule 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click BACKUP AND RESTORE To edit the current backup and restore settings click Edit go POD In the Settings and Details page do the following a Inthe Backup Location text box type the path to the backup files b Inthe User Name text box type the user name 36 c In the Password text box type the password d Under Enter the password used to encrypt backups type the encrypted password in the text box The encryption password can contain alpha numeric characters and the following special characters I There is
111. no length restriction e Inthe Verify Password text box retype the encrypted password To save these settings click Apply Configure the backup schedule For more information see Scheduling Automatic Backups Scheduling Automatic Backups This is the second part of configuring backup and restore For detailed information on configuring the backup location and credentials see Configuring Backup And Restore To schedule an automatic backup 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click BACKUP AND RESTORE To edit the backup and restore settings click Edit Automatic Scheduled Backup this makes fields active To enable the backups click Enabled Selectthe check boxes for the days of the week for which you want to run the backup Na Pw DM In the Time for Backup 24 Hour Time Format HH mm text box enter the time in HH mm format The Next Backup populates with the date and time of the next scheduled backup 8 Click Apply Performing An Immediate Backup 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click BACKUP AND RESTORE Click Backup Now To use location and encryption password from the Backup settings in the Backup Now dialog box select t
112. onfigure iDRAC credentials without Active Directory do the following Inthe User Name text box type the user name The user name is limited to 16 characters Refer to the DRAC documentation for information about user name restrictions for your version of iDRAC u NOTE The local iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware applying hardware profiles and deploying hypervisor In the Password text box type the password The password is limited to 20 characters In the Verify Password text box type the password again In the Certificate Check box select one of the following e To download and store the DRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enabled e To perform no check and not store the iDRAC certificate do not select the Enable Certificate Check check box 4 In the Host Root area do one of the following For hosts already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory select the Use Active Directory check box otherwise skip down to configure your Host Credentials In the Active Directory User Name text box type the user name Type the username in one of these formats domain username or username domain The user name is limited to 256 characters Refer to Microsoft Active Directory documentation for user name restrictions In the Active Directory Password text box type the password The password is limited to 127
113. or VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Objects tab select the specific host for which you want to view firmware details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Firmware sub tab view the following Name Displays the name of all the firmware on this host Type Displays the type of firmware Version Displays the version of all the firmware on this host Installation Date Displays the installation date 83 84 24 Viewing Power Monitoring for a Single Host View the power monitoring details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page run an inventory job Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and DRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now u NOTE Host time as used here means the local time where the host is located 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Objects tab select the specific Host for which you want to view power monitoring details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information Host tab and on the Power Monitoring sub tab view the following General Information Threshold Reserve Power Capacity Type Measurement Start Time Host Time Measurement Finish Time Host Time Reading Type Measurement Start Time Host Time Peak Time Host Time Peak Reading Displays the Power Budget and Current Profile name Displays the Warni
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115. or VMware vCenter and delete it The key to unregsiter must be for the Web Client Entering a Password in the Backup Now Screen Receives an Error Message If you are using a low resolution monitor the Encryption Password field is not visible from the BACKUP NOW window You must scroll down the page to enter the encryption password In the vSphere Web Client Clicking the Dell Server Management Portlet Or the Dell Icon Returns A 404 Error Check if the appliance is running if not then restart it from the vSphere Web client Wait for a few minutes for the virtual appliance Web service to start and refresh the page If the error continues try and ping the appliance using the IP address or fully qualified domain name from a command line If the ping does not resolve review your network settings to make sure they are correct 128 My Firmware Update Failed What Do Do Check the virtual appliance logs to see if the tasks timed out If so iDRAC needs to be reset by performing a cold reboot Once the system is up and running check to see if the update was successful by either running an inventory or using the Firmware tab My vCenter Registration Failed What Can Do vCenter registration can fail due to communication issues therefore if you are experiencing these issues one solution is to use a static IP address To use a static IP address in the Console tab of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter and select Configure Network
116. or VMware vCenter to perform Inventory Monitoring and Alerting Firmware Updates Deployment and Provisioning Service Information Security Role and Permissions Inventory key assets perform configuration tasks and provide cluster and datacenter views of Dell platforms Detect key hardware faults and perform virtualization aware actions for example migrate workloads or place host in maintenance mode Provide additional intelligence inventory events alarms to diagnose server problems Report at the datacenter and cluster view and export to CSV file Update Dell hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and firmware Create hardware profiles hypervisor profiles and deploy any combination of the two on bare metal Dell PowerEdge servers remotely and without PXE using vCenter Retrieve warranty information from Dell online Integrate with standard vCenter authentication rules and permissions Understanding How to Configure or Editthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter After you complete the basic installation of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter the Initial Configuration Wizard is displayed when you click on the Dell Icon Use the Initial Configuration Wizard to configure the Settings on first launch For subsequent instances use the Settings page Also from the Initial Configuration Wizard you can edit the settings of warranty inventory events and alarms Although using the Initial Config
117. ost from lockdown mode you must wait 30 minutes before performing the next operation on the If pick a 11G host for firmware update the firmware update wizard will not show any bundles even if the repository provided has bundles for that system This will happen because the 11G host might not configured for OMSA to send traps to OpenManage Integration Resolution Ensure that the host is compliant using the host Compliance screen of OpenManage Integration NET client If it is not compliant use the fix Host Compliance to get it compliant Version Affected 2 0 Why am I not seeing the OpenManage Integration Icon on the Web Client even if the registration of the plug in to the vCenter was successful Dell OpenManage Integration Plug in icon is not displayed on the Web client unless the vCenter Web Client services are restarted or the Box is rebooted When a user registers the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter appliance it registers with both the Net client and the Web client If a user unregisters the appliance and then either reregisters the same version or registers a new version of the appliance it will successfully register with both clients but the Dell icon may not appear in the Web Client This is due to a caching issue from VMware To clear the issue a user needs to restart the Web Client Service on the vCenter Server Only then will the plug in appear in the UI Resolution Restart the Web Client Service on the vCenter Server V
118. oying the OMSA Agent onto an ESXi System e Deploying the OMSA Agent onto an ESX System e Setting up an OMSA Trap Destination 45 e Editing the OMSA Link Deploying The OMSA Agent Onto An ESXi System Install the OMSA VIB on an ESXi system to gather inventory and alert information from the systems Eu NOTE Dell OpenManage agents are required on Dell hosts earlier than version 12G You can install OMSA using the Dell Management Plug in or manually to hosts prior to installing the Dell Management Plug in Details on manually installing the agents are at http support dell com support edocs software esivmwre sysman sysman htm Open the guide for the appropriate version of ESX ESXi software and look for the nsta ling the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator chapter If not already installed install the vSphere command line tool vSphere CLI from http www vmware com Enter the following command Vihostupdate pl server lt IP Address of ESXi host gt i b OM SrvAdmin Dell Web 6 3 0 2075 VIB ESX41i A00 8 zip NOTE It can take a few minutes for OMSA to install This command requires a reboot of the host after it completes Deploying the OMSA Agent onto an ESX System Install the OMSA tar gz on an ESX system to gather inventory and alert information from the systems Eu NOTE Dell OpenManage agents are required on Dell hosts earlier than version 12G You can install OMSA using the Dell Management Plug in or m
119. p the HTTP proxy settings using the Administration Console or the Dell Management Console 1 a FPF Oe N 34 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT In the Appliance Management page scroll down to the HTTP Proxy Settings and then click Edit In the Edit page do the following a To enable the use of HTTP Proxy Settings next to Use HTTP Proxy Settings select Enable b Inthe Proxy Server Address text box enter the proxy server address c Inthe Proxy Server Port text box enter the proxy server port d To use proxy credentials next to Use Proxy Credentials select Yes e Ifyou are using credentials in the User Name text box enter the user name f Inthe Password text box type the password Click Apply Setting Up the NTP Servers Use the Network Time Protocol NTP to synchronize the virtual appliance clocks to that of a NTP server 1 7 PUUN 6 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the left pane click APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT Click Edit for NTP Select the Enabled check box Enter the host name or IP address for a Preferred and Secondary NTP Server and click Apply To exit click Cancel Generating a Certificate Si
120. p to ten registered and in use vCenter connections are allowed e Maximum Host Connection Licenses the number of host connections that were purchased e In Use the number of vCenter connection or host connection licenses in use For host connection this number represents the number of hosts or servers that have been discovered and inventoried e Available the number of vCenter connection or host connection licenses available for future use e Unlicensed Hosts The number of host connections that exceeded the licensed amount The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter continues to function normally but a new license must be purchased and installed to resolve this warning 63 64 NOTE The standard license period is for 3 years only and the additional licenses will be appended to the existing license and not over written You cannot add 9g 10g to a new or existing connection profile if total number of 11g 12g hosts for which inventory ran successfully has reached the blocking number 15 Viewing Hardware FRU Details for a Single Host View the Field Replaceable Unit FRU details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Host tab select the specific host for
121. pear on this page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and DRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 2 3 4 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Hardware PCI Slot details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on the Hardware PCI Slots sub tab view the following Host Displays the host name Service Tag Displays the Service Tag Slot Displays the slot Manufacturer Displays the manufacturer name of the PCI slot Description Displays the description of the PCI device Type Displays the PCI slot type Width Displays the data bus width if available 105 106 39 Viewing Hardware Remote Access Card Details View the Remote Access Card details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click
122. ports valid systems with any operating system version and here memory operational mode in BIOS is not set to FRM Blank If memory operational mode in BIOS is not supported the FRM attribute is not displayed Hostname The name of your Dell host Power State Displays if your power is ON or OFF iDRACIP Displays the iDRAC IP address Management IP Displays the management IP address Connection Profile Displays the connection profile name for this host Model Displays the Dell server model Service Tag Displays the Service Tag for the server Asset Tag 6 Hypervisor amp Firmware Management Consoles Host Actions Displays the asset tag Warranty Days Left Displays the days left for the warranty Last Inventory Scan Displays the date and time of the last inventory scan Hypervisor Displays the Hypervisor version BIOS Version Displays the BIOS version Remote Access Card Version Displays the remote access card version The management consoles are used to launch external system management consoles such as Remote Access Console iDRAC Launches the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller DRAC web user interface To configure the OMSA link see Editing the OMSA Link Launches the OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA user interface if it has been configured Blink Indicator Light lets you set up your physical server to blink at various time intervals
123. pository Setting Up the Firmware Update Repository You can set up the firmware update repository on the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Settings tab 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Settings tab under Appliance Settings and to the right side of Firmware Update Repository click the Edit icon 2 Inthe Firmware Update Repository dialog box select one of the following 51 4 Dell Online Default firmware repository ftp dell com with a staging folder The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter downloads selected firmware updates and stores them in the staging folder and then you need to run the firmware wizard to update the firmware Shared Network Folder These are created with the Dell Repository Manager application Locate these local repositories on Windows based file shares Use the live link to go to Dell Repository Manager If you selected Shared Network Folder do the following a Enter the Catalog File Location using the following format NFS share for xml file host share filename xml NFS share for gz file host share filename gz CIFS share for xml file host share filename xml CIFS share for gz file host share filename gz b Ifthe downloading of the files are in progress in the selected repository path which is displayed in the Select Update Source screen an error message is displayed notifying that the download is in progress When the test is
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125. r Dell Hosts Displays either Enabled or Disabled Event Posting Level To see the event posting levels that can display see Understanding Alarms and Events 3 To configure alarms and events see Configuring Events and Alarms Viewing the Data Retrieval Schedules for Inventory and Warranty 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Settings tab under vCenter Settings click Data Retrieval Schedule Clicking Data Retrieval Schedule expands to expose the schedules for inventory and warranty 2 For either Inventory or Warranty Retrieval view the settings Shows whether the option is enabled or disabled Displays the week days for which it is enabled Displays the time of day it is enabled 3 If you click Data Retrieval Schedule again it rolls up the information into a single line and displays whether the option is enabled or disabled 4 Ifyou want to edit the Data Retrieval Schedule see Modifying Inventory Job Schedules or Modifying a Warranty Job Schedule 57 58 13 Monitoring a Single Host The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter lets you view detailed information for a single host You can access hosts in VMware vCenter from the left side Navigator This displays all hosts for all vendors Click on a specific Dell host to find more detailed information To quickly view a list of Dell Hosts from withinOpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the left Navigator
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127. r VMware vCenter OVF Using the vSphere Client in this guide to deploy the OVF 4 Power on the OpenManage Integration version 2 0 appliance 5 Setup the network time zone and so on to the appliance It is recommended that the new OpenManage Integration version 2 0 appliance has the same IP address as the old appliance To setup the network details see the section Registering OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter And Importing The License File in this guide 6 Restore the database to the new appliance For more information see the section Restoring The Database From A Backup in this guide 7 Upload the new license file For more information see the section Registering OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter And Importing The License File in OpenManage Integration Version 2 0 Quick Install Guide 8 Verify the appliance For more information see the section Installation Verification in this guide to ensure the database migration is successful 9 Run the Inventory on all the registered vCenters 40 u NOTE It is recommended that you run the inventory on all the hosts managed by the plug in again after the upgrade For more information see the section Running Inventory Jobs for steps to run the inventory on demand Ifthe IP address ofthe new OpenManage Integration version 2 0 appliance has changed from that of the old appliance the trap destination for the SNMP traps must be configured to point to the new appliance For 12G
128. ranty History 1 2 3 4 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view warranty summary details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on Warranty Summary sub tab view the following Warranty Summary Host Service Tag Description Warranty Status Days Left The host warranty summary is displayed using icons to visually show the number of hosts in each status category Displays the name of the host Displays the Service Tag for the host Displays a description Displays the warranty status of the host Status options include Active The host is under warranty and has not exceeded any threshold Warning The host is Active but exceeded the warning threshold Critical Same as warning but for a critical threshold Expired The warranty has expired for this host Unknown OpenManage Integration for VMware vCentercannot get warranty status because the warranty job has not run an error has occurred getting the data or the system does not have a warranty Displays the number of days left for the warranty 115 116 40 Viewing Power Monitoring for Datacenters and Clusters View the power monitoring details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inv
129. ration for VMware vCenter Settings option In addition you can run the Warranty Retrieval Job now from Job Queue Scheduled jobs would be listed in the Job queue To run a warranty retrieval job 1 In the Configuration Wizard in the Warranty Schedule window do one of the following Select the Enable Warranty Data Retrieval check box to enable you to schedule the warranty 2 Under Warranty Data Retrieval Schedule do the following a Select the check box next to each day of the week that you want to run the warranty b Inthe text box enter the time in HH MM format The time you enter is your local time Calculate the time difference you need to run the warranty collection at the proper time 3 To apply the changes and continue click Next to proceed with the warranty schedule settings Configuring Events And Alarms Wizard Configure events and alarms using the Configuration Wizard or from the Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Settings option for Events and Alarms NOTE On hosts prior to Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers this feature requires that the virtual appliance IP address is configured in the trap destination list in OMSA to display host events in vCenter To configure events and alarms 1 In the Initial Configuration Wizard under Event Posting Levels select one of the following Do not post any events Block hardware events Post All Events Post all hardware events Post onl
130. reate something new Use this add server icon to add a server to a connection profile datacenter and cluster 17 Icon Button Definition Use this icon to abort a job Me Use this icon to collapse a list 4 Use this icon to expand a list Use this icon to delete an object Use this icon to change a schedule Use this pencil icon to edit Q xX Use this broom icon to purge a job a Use this icon to export a file Locating the Software Version The software version is found on the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Getting Started tab 1 In VMware vCenter home page click the OpenManage Integration icon 2 On the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Getting Started tab click Version Information 3 On the Version Information dialog box view the version information 4 To close the dialog box click OK Refreshing the Screen Content Refresh the screen at anytime using the VMware vCenter Refresh icon 1 Select a page that you want to refresh 2 Inthe VMware vCenter title bar click the Refresh button The Refresh icon is left of the Search area and looks like a clockwise arrow Viewing the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Licensing Tab When you install OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter license the number of supported hosts and vCenters is displayed on this tab You can also view the version of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter at the top of the page This page
131. rvice Tag Displays the name of the virtual disk Displays on which physical disk the virtual disk is located Displays the capacity of the virtual disk Displays the layouttype of the virtual storage This means the type of RAID that was configured for this virtual disk Displays the host name Displays the virtual disk name Displays the day date and time the inventory was last run Displays the controller ID Displays the device ID Displays either SSD or HDD This displays the technology that the physical disks included in the virtual disk are using Possible values are SCSI SAS SATA 111 112 Stripe Size Default Read Policy Default Write Policy Disk Cache Policy The stripe size refers to the amount of space that each stripe consumes on a single disk The default read policy supported by the controller Options include Read Ahead No Read Ahead Adaptive Read Ahead Read Cache Enabled Read Cache Disabled The default write policy supported by the controller Options include Write Back Force Write Back Write Back Enabled Write Through Write Cache Enabled Protected Write Cache Disabled The default cache policy supported by the controller Options include Enabled This means cache 1 0 Disabled This means direct 1 0 30 Viewing Firmware Details for Datacenters and Clusters View the firmware details for datacenters or clusters on the Dell Host tab For information to appear on this
132. s with DRS configured in conjunction with Dell Alarms to make sure that virtual machines are automatically migrated on critical hardware events Listed in the details of the on screen message are any clusters on this vCenter instance that may be impacted Confirm that the clusters are impacted before enabling Events and Alarms 55 If you ever need to restore the default alarm settings you can do so with the Reset Default Alarm button This button is a convenience to restore the default alarm configuration without uninstalling and reinstalling the product If any Dell alarm configurations have been changed since install those changes are reverted using this button Es NOTE The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter pre selects the virtualization related events that are the essential to hosts successfully running virtual machines Dell host alarms are disabled by default If Dell alarms are enabled the clusters should use the VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler to make sure that the virtual machines that send critical events are automatically migrated Configuring Events And Alarms For detailed information about events and alarms see Understanding Alarms and Events Configure events and alarms on the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Management Settings tab Under vCenter Settings expand the Events and Alarms heading to display the current vCenter Alarms for Dell Hosts Enabled or Disabled or for all and the Event Posting L
133. s you manage and configure connection profiles A connection profile stores the credentials that the virtual appliance uses to communicate with Dell servers Associate each Dell server with only one connection profile for management by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter You may assign multiple servers to a single connection profile Viewing Connection Profiles Creating a Connection Profile Editing a Connection Profile Refreshing a Connection Profile Deleting a Connection Profile Testing a Connection Profile Viewing Connection Profiles Create a connection profile before you can view it Once you have created a connection profile view it here on the Connection Profile page The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses connection profiles to communicate with Dell hosts In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Connection Profile tab you can view all the connection profiles you have created The information you can view includes Profile Name Displays the name of the connection profile Description Displays a description if provided vCenter Displays the IP address of the vCenter Associated Hosts Displays the hosts associated with this connection profile If more than one use the expand icon to show all iDRAC Certificate Check Shows whether the iDRAC Certificate Check is enabled or disabled Host Root Certificate Shows whether the Host Root Certificate Check is enab
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136. st certificate select Disabled To configure Host Credentials without Active Directory do the following In the User Name text box the user name is root This is the default username and you cannot change the username If the Activate directory is set you can choose any Active directory user not just root In the Password text box type the password The password is limited to 127 characters u NOTE The OMSA credentials are the same credentials as those used for ESX and ESXi hosts In the Verify Password text box type the password again Inthe Certificate Check check box select one of the following To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections select Enabled To perform no check and not store the Host certificate do not select the Enable Certificate Check check box 4 Click Next 5 Inthe Associated Hosts page select the hosts for the connection profile and click OK 6 To test the connection profile select one or more hosts and select the Test Connection button This step is optional This is used to check whether the Host and iDRAC credentials are correct or not 7 To complete the profile click Next For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card the iDRAC test connection result states Not Applicable for this system Editing a Connection Profile After you have configured a connection profile you can edit the profile name description associated hos
137. strative accounts other than root The root account is disabled during the Auto Discovery procedure Once you have successfully set up Auto Discovery return to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 GUI and re enable the accounts that were turned off This procedure is for PowerEdge 11th and 12th generation servers u NOTE To guard against a failed Auto Discovery you may want to enable a non admin account on the iDRAC This allows remote access in the eventthe Auto Discovery fails 1 Ina browser type the iDRAC IP address 2 Loginto the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller GUI 3 Do one of the following For iDRAC6 In the left pane select iIDRAC Settings Network Security Users tab For iDRAC7 In the left pane select iDRAC Settings User Authentication Users tab In the Users tab locate any administrative accounts other than root To disable the account under User ID select the ID Click Next In the User Configuration page under General clear the Enable User check box Click Apply After you have successfully set up Auto Discovery to re enable each account repeat steps 1 to 8 but this time select the Enable User check box and click Apply ea man gt Manually Configuring a PowerEdge 11th Generation Server for Auto Discovery You must have the iDRAC and host IP addresses If you have not ordered your bare metal appliance to use Auto Discovery from the factory you can set it up manually
138. t on this page using the two drop down lists The first drop down list lets you sort on file category which includes e All Categories e Info e Warning e Error e Security The second drop down helps you sort on blocks of time which include e Last Week e Last Month e Last Year e Custom Range If you select custom range you can pick the start and end date and click Apply You can also sort the datagrid columns in ascending or descending order by clicking the column header Use the Filter text box to search within your content At the bottom of the page grid the following information is displayed Total items Displays the total count of all log items Items per screen Displays the number of log items on the displayed page Use the drop down box to set the number of items per page Page Displays the page you are on Type a page number in the text box or use the Previous and Next buttons to get you the page you want Previous or Next buttons Buttons that guide you to the next or previous pages Export icon Use this to export log content to a CSV file Viewing the Logs 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter click the Monitor tab 2 On the Log tab view the user actions logs for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter The Log page shows 43 Category Displays the category type Date and Time Displays the date and time of the user action Description Displays a description of the user action To
139. t serves as the primary access point for OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Displays the views selected in the Navigator The main content area is the area where most of the content displays Displays vCenter alarms task and work in progress OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter integrates with the alarm event and task systems in vCenter to display its own information in the Notification area Navigating to the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Inside the VMware vCenter The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is located in a special Dell group within VMware vCenter 1 Log in to VMware vCenter 2 In VMware vCenter home page click the OpenManage Integration icon From here you can manage OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter connection profiles product settings monitor inventory and warranty jobs view the summary page and much more from the tabs in the main content area 3 To monitor hosts datacenters and clusters in the left side Navigator under Inventory Lists select the host datacenter or cluster you want to investigate and then on the Object tab click the object you want 4 Use the Summary or Monitor tab to help you monitor activities or tasks from other Dell hosts Understanding Icon Buttons The product user interface uses many icon based action buttons for the actions you take Table 1 Icon buttons defined Icon Button u Definition Use this plus sign icon to add or c
140. ter you can modify a warranty job schedule on the Monitor Tab Job Queue Warranty History page or from the Manage Tab Settings page 1 Inthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Monitor Job Queue tab click Warranty History Click the Change Schedule icon In the Warranty Data Retrieval dialog box do the following a Under Warranty Data select the Enable Warranty Data Retrieval check box b Under Warranty Data Retrieval Schedule select the days of the week for your job c In the Warranty Data Retrieval Time text boxes type the local time for this job You may need to calculate the time difference required to run this job atthe proper time 4 Click Apply Running a Warranty Job Now Run an warranty job at least once a week 1 In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Monitor Job Queue tab click Warranty History Click the Run Now button In the Success dialog box click Close An warranty job is now in queue 30 1 Console Administration Administration of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter and its virtual environment is achieved by using two additional administration portals e Web based Administration Console e Console view for an individual server the appliance virtual machine console Through the use of these two portals global settings for vCenter management OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter database backup and restore and reset restart actions can
141. tion Alerting system Notification area At the top of this page in the upper left corner is a summary list of information for this host If there are alerts for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter they display in a yellow box below the status area and above the portlets Dell products integrate information in this right side panel area You can find information about Recent Tasks Work In Progress Alarms Dell alarm information displays in this notification area portlet Scroll down to view the Dell Server Management portlet Service Tag Model Name Fault Resilient Memory Identification The Service Tag for your Dell PowerEdge server Use this number when you call for support Displays the servers model name This is a BIOS attribute and is enabled in the BIOS during initial setup of the sever and displays the memory operational mode of the server You need to restart your system when you change memory operational mode value This is applicable for R620 R720 T620 M620 servers with ESXi 5 5 or later version The four different values are Enabled and Protected This value indicates that the system is supported and operating system version is ESXi 5 5 or later and the memory operational mode in BIOS is set to FRM Enabled and Not Protected This value indicates that it supports the system with operating system version lesser than ESXi 5 5 Disabled This value indicates that it sup
142. ts and credentials u NOTE The vCenters that display during this procedure have authenticated using the same Single Sign On SSO If you do not see a vCenter host it may be on a different SSO or you may be using a VMware vCenter version less than version 5 1 u NOTE You are not allowed to edit a connection profile if the number of hosts added exceeds the license limit 1 Inthe OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Manage Connection Profiles tab select a connection profile 2 Click the Edit icon 3 Inthe Connection Profile window on the Welcome tab read the information and click Next 4 Inthe Name and Credentials tab do the following a Under Profile type the Profile Name and optional Description b Under vCenter view the associated hosts for this connection profile See the note above about why you see the hosts displayed here c Under iDRAC Credentials do the following The user name is root and this entry cannot be modified if you do not select the Active Directory If the Activate directory is set you can choose any Active directory user not just root Domain Username Type the username in one of these formats domain username or domain username u NOTE The following characters are allowed for the user name forward slash amp backslash period quotation mark percent 127 character limit The domain can contain alphanumeric characters and dash and period
143. uration Wizard is the most common method used you can also accomplish this task through the appliance s OpenManage Integration Manage Settings page in the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter For more information on the Initial Configuration Wizard see OpenManage Integration for VMWare vCenter User Guide Configuration Tasks Using the Configuration Wizard The Initial Configuration Wizard can be used to configure the following for one vCenter or for all registered vCenters 1 vCenter Selection 2 Creating A New Connection Profile 3 Scheduling Inventory Jobs 4 Scheduling a Warranty Jobs 5 Configuring Events And Alarms NOTE You can also launch the Initial Configuration Wizard using the link Start Initial Configuration Wizard under Basic Tasks in the Getting Started page Configuration Wizard Welcome Page After you install the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter it must be configured 1 Inthe vSphere Web Client click on Home and then OpenManage Integration Icon 2 The first time you click on the OpenManage Integration icon it opens the Configuration Wizard You can also access this wizard on the OpenManage Integration Getting Started Start Initial Configuration Wizard page vCenter Selection The vCenter selection page allows you to select a specific vCenter to configure settings for or allows you to select all vCenters to configure them 1 Inthe Initial Configuration Wizard click on Next in t
144. want to enable this setting select the Enable warranty expiration notification for hosts check box Selecting the check box enables warranty expiration notification b Under Minimum Days Threshold Alert do the following 1 In the Warning drop down list select the number of days before you want to be warned of the warranty expiration 2 In the Critical drop down list select the number of days before you want to be warned of the warranty expiration 3 Click Apply 4g 50 11 About Firmware Updates The location where servers receive firmware updates is a global setting that is available in the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Settings tab Firmware repository settings contain the firmware catalog location used to update deployed servers There are two location types Dell ftp dell com Uses the firmware update repository of Dell ftp dell com The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter downloads selected firmware updates from Dell Shared Network Created with Dell Repository Manager These local repositories are located on CIFS or NFS Folder file share NOTE Once the repository is created save it to a location that the registered hosts can access Repository passwords cannot exceed 31 characters Do not use any of the following characters in a password O comma lt gt The Firmware Update Wizard always checks for the minimum firmware levels for iDRAC BIOS and Lifecycle Controller
145. which you want to view Hardware FRU details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Hardware FRU sub tab view the following Part Name Part Number Manufacturer Serial Number Manufacture Date Displays the FRU part name Displays the FRU part number Displays the manufacturer s name Displays the Manufacturer s serial number Displays the manufacture date 65 66 16 Viewing Hardware Processor Details for a Single Host View the processor details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter in the Navigator click Hosts On the Object tab select the specific host for which you want to view processor details On the Monitor tab select the Dell Host Information tab and on the Hardware Processor sub tab view the following Socket Displays the slot number Speed Displays the current speed Brand Displays the processor brand Version Displays the processor version Cores Displays the number of cores in this processor 67 68 17 Viewing Hardware Power Supply Details for a Single Host View the virtual power supply details for a single host on the Dell Host Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Hardwar
146. xisting hypervisors should not be discovered into the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter instead add the hypervisor to a connection profile and then reconciled with the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter using the Host Compliance Wizard For Auto Discovery to occur the following conditions must be met e Power Connect the server to the power outlet The server does not need to be powered on 143 e Network connectivity The server s DRAC must have network connectivity and must communicate with the provisioning server over port 4433 You can obtain the IP address using a DHCP server or manually specify it in the iDRAC Configuration Utility e Additional network settings If using DHCP enable the Get DNS server address from DHCP setting so that DNS name resolution can occur e Provisioning service location The DRAC must know the IP address or host name of the provisioning service server e Account access disabled Enable the administrative account access to the iDRAC and if there are any iDRAC accounts with administrator privileges first disable them from within the iDRAC web console Once Auto Discovery completes successfully the administrative DRAC account is re enabled e Auto Discovery enabled The server s iDRAC must have Auto Discovery enabled so that the Auto Discovery process can begin Enabling or Disabling Administrative Accounts on iDRAC Servers Before you can set up Auto Discovery disable all admini
147. y Critical and Warning Events Post only critical or warning level hardware events Post only Virtualization Related Critical and Warning Events Post only virtualization related critical and warning events this is the default event posting level To enable all hardware alarms and events select the Enable Alarms for Dell Hosts check box u NOTE Dell hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering maintenance mode A dialog box Enabling Dell Alarm Warning is displayed click Continue to accept the change or click Cancel You should click on Continue for the clusters displayed when the DRS is not enabled u NOTE This step is only seen if Enable Alarms For Dell Hosts is selected To continue the wizard click Apply 15 3 About VMware vCenter Web Client Navigation Navigating around VMware vCenter is easy When you log in to VMware vCenter and land on the home page and Home Tab the OpenManage Integration icon is located in the main content area under the Administration group Use the OpenManage Integration icon to locate the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter tab and to locate the Dell group in the Navigator area VMware vCenter layout has the following three main sections Navigator Main Content area Notifications The Navigator area is the primary menu used to access the different views in the console OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter has a special group under the vCenter menu tha
148. y on the data grid Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and DRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Datacenter or Cluster tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Processor details 4 Onthe Monitor tab select the Dell Datacenter Cluster Information tab and on the Hardware Processor sub tab view the following Host Displays the host name Service Tag Displays the Service Tag Socket Displays the slot number Speed Displays the current speed Brand Displays the processor brand Version Displays the processor version Cores Displays the number of cores in this processor 97 98 31 Viewing Hardware Power Supply Details for Datacenters and Clusters View the virtual power supply details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter or Cluster Information tab For information to appear on this page you must run an inventory job Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter search functionality on the data grid Hardware views are directly reporting the data from OMSA and iDRAC See Running an Inventory Job Now 1 In VMware vCenter in the Navigator click vCenter Click Datacenters or Clusters On the Objects tab select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view Hardware Power Supply details 4 Ont
149. y the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is used to get a digitally signed certificate from a trusted Certification Authority The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses the digital certificate to enable SSL on the Web server for secure communication 1 Launch a browser window and enter the Administration Console URL displayed in the vSphere vCenter Console tab for the virtual machine you want to configure or use the link from the Dell Management Console Settings page The URL uses the following format and is case sensitive https lt AppliancelPAddress gt 2 Inthe left pane click VCENTER REGISTRATION The registered vCenters are displayed in a table To update the certificates click Update Uninstalling the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter From VMware vCenter To remove the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter it must be unregistered from the vCenter server using the Administration Console 1 In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter on the Summary tab use the link to open the Administration Console In the Login dialog box type your password In the vCenter Registration page under the vCenter server table unregister the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter by clicking Unregister You may have more than one vCenter so be sure select the right one 4 Inthe Unregister vCenter dialog box that asks if you really want to unregister this server click Unregister Uploading a OpenManage Int
150. you sure you wish to do this Enter y to reboot or n to cancel The appliance is rebooted Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings To reset the virtual appliance to factory settings 1 In vSphere Web Client in the Navigator select vCenter In the Navigator select the Virtual Machine that you want to manage Do one of the following Onthe Object tab select Action Open Console Right click the virtual machine that you selected and select Open Console Use the arrow keys to select Reset this Virtual Appliance to Factory Settings and press lt ENTER gt The following notice is displayed This operation is completely Irreversible if you continue you will completely reset this appliance to its original settings All changes you 39 have made to this appliance will be Lost Are you sure you wish to Reset this Appliance to Factory Settings 6 Enter y to reset or nto cancel The appliance is reset to the original factory settings u NOTE When the virtual appliance is reset to factory settings any updates made to the Network Configuration are preserved these settings are not reset Refreshing the Console View To refresh the Console view select Refresh and press lt ENTER gt Read only User Role There is an unprivileged user role called read only with shell access for diagnostic purposes The read only user has limited privileges to run the mount The read only user s password is setto the sa

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