Setup Guide

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Additional Conguration Settings
The following conguration settings are optional. However, it can be used for monitoring the hosts in your VMware vCenter using
the plug-in.
• Warranty Expiration Notication
• Firmware Update Repository
• OMSA Web Server URL
Warranty Expiration Notication
Viewing Warranty Expiration Notication Settings
1. In the OMIVV, click Manage → Settings tab.
2. Under Appliance Settings, click Warranty Expiration Notication.
The Warranty Expiration Notication page displays the following:
• Indicates whether the setting is enabled or disabled
• The number of days set for the rst warning setting.
• The number of days set for the critical warning setting
3. To congure the Warranty Expiration Notication, see Conguring Warranty Expiration Notications.
Conguring Warranty Expiration Notication
You can congure warranty expiration thresholds to alert about warranty expiration.
1. In the OMIVV, click Manage → Settings.
2. Under Appliance Settings, to the right side of Warranty Expiration Notication, click the Edit icon.
3. In the Warranty Expiration Notication dialog box, to enable warranty expiration notication, select Enable warranty
expiration notication for hosts.
4. In Minimum Days Threshold Alert, from the Warning list, select the number of days before warranty expiration, that you want
to be notied.
5. From the Critical list, select the number of days before warranty expiration, that you want to be notied.
6. Click Apply.
Firmware Update Repository
In OMIVV, in the Settings tab, you can set the location from which the servers can receive rmware updates. This is a global setting.
Firmware repository settings contain the rmware catalog location used to update deployed servers. Following are the locations:
• Dell (ftp.dell.com) — Uses the rmware update repository of Dell (ftp.dell.com). The OMIVV downloads selected rmware
updates from Dell repository.
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