Users Guide
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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 and free 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:
• 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.
• Firmware updates: Update Dell hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and rmware.
• Enhanced deployment options: Create hardware proles, hypervisor proles, 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 for VMware vCenter to perform:
Inventory
Inventory key assets, perform conguration tasks, and provide cluster and datacenter views of Dell
platforms.
Monitoring and
Alerting
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 le.
Firmware Updates Update Dell hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and rmware.
Deployment and
Provisioning
Create hardware proles, hypervisor proles, and remotely deploy any combination of the two on bare-metal
Dell PowerEdge servers using VMware vCenter, without using PXE.
Service Information Retrieve warranty information from Dell online.
Security Role and
Permissions
Integrate with standard vCenter authentication, rules, and permissions.
What's new in this release
This release of OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter provides the following features:
• Support for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) version 8.5
• Support for VMware vCenter server version 6.0 U3
• Support for VMware ESXi version 6.0 U3
• Support for PowerEdge R830 platform
• Support for Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Fault Resilient Memory (FRM)
NOTE: The Auto discovery feature is not functional in this release. For more details about this, see OMIVV cannot act as
a provisioning server during the auto discovery process
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