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2. Chassis Events and Alarms
Starting with version 2.1, the Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter presents
information about the chassis events. Alarms (if enabled) are triggered for all warning and critical
events related to a chassis.
For Chassis events to be displayed in vCenter console, the IP address of OpenManage Integration
for VMware vCenter appliance has to be set as Alert Destination at CMC Trap Settings. This will be
configured automatically during chassis inventory. If there are no free slots available to set the trap
destination in CMC, an error message will be displayed at the chassis inventory task. In such a case,
you have to manually configure the alert destination in CMC console, or clear at least one trap
destination slot in CMC console and run the chassis inventory using the vCenter console.
Note: Chassis Events referred in this document are the events which is received by CMC (Chassis
Management Console) of the Chassis, not by any other Chassis components.
2.1 Configuring Chassis Events
Configuration done for Host Events and Alarms are also applicable for chassis alerts.
To configure Chassis Events, in the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter navigate to
Manage and click on Settings tab.
To the right side of Events and Alarms, click the Edit icon. From here you can select the Event
Posting Level, enable Alarms or Restore Default Alarms.
You can configure events and alarms for each vCenter or all at once for all registered vCenter
instances.
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 option 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.
Alarms must be enabled in order to make use of Dell Hosts and Chassis Alarms.
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 customized
since install, those changes are reverted using this option.
Note : Settings made at OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Administrator regarding
‘Maximum numbers of Alerts’, ’ Number of days to retain alerts’ and’ Timeout for duplicate alerts’
are applicable both for Chassis and Host Events.