Users Guide
Upgrading From a Trial Version To a Full Product Version........................................................................................... 29
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter licensing.................................................................................................. 29
4 End-To-End Hardware Management..............................................................................30
Monitoring the Datacenter And Host System...................................................................................................................30
Understanding Events And Alarms............................................................................................................................. 30
vSphere Client Host Overview......................................................................................................................................... 32
Resetting iDRAC.........................................................................................................................................................34
About Inventory Schedule................................................................................................................................................ 34
Modifying An Inventory Job Schedule........................................................................................................................ 35
Displaying The Inventory For A Single Host System in vCenter.................................................................................. 35
Inventory And Licensing..............................................................................................................................................37
Viewing Storage Inventory................................................................................................................................................38
Viewing Host Power Monitoring....................................................................................................................................... 38
Displaying The Entire Datacenter Hardware Conguration............................................................................................... 38
Managing Connection Proles..........................................................................................................................................39
Viewing Or Editing An Existing Connection Prole..................................................................................................... 39
Deleting A Connection Prole.....................................................................................................................................40
Testing A Connection Prole....................................................................................................................................... 41
Refreshing A Connection Prole..................................................................................................................................41
Understanding System Event Logs In vSphere Client Host View.......................................................................................41
Displaying Logs in Dell Management Center................................................................................................................41
Displaying The Event Logs For An Individual Host...................................................................................................... 42
About Firmware Updates..................................................................................................................................................42
Running The Firmware Update Wizard....................................................................................................................... 43
Updating Older Firmware Versions ............................................................................................................................ 44
Running the Update Firmware Wizard for Clusters and Datacenters.......................................................................... 44
Advanced Host Management Using vCenter................................................................................................................... 46
Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Light........................................................................................................46
Server Based Management Tools............................................................................................................................... 46
Warranty Retrieval......................................................................................................................................................46
5 Hardware Prerequisites................................................................................................. 48
Provisioning Overview......................................................................................................................................................48
Understanding Deployment Job Times.............................................................................................................................49
Server States Within The Deployment Sequence.............................................................................................................49
Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images..............................................................................................................................49
Understanding How To Congure A Hardware Prole...................................................................................................... 50
Creating A New Hardware Prole...............................................................................................................................50
Cloning A Hardware Prole.........................................................................................................................................52
About Managing Hardware Proles.................................................................................................................................. 53
Viewing Or Editing Hardware Proles.........................................................................................................................53
Duplicating Hardware Proles.....................................................................................................................................53
Renaming Hardware Proles...................................................................................................................................... 53
Deleting Hardware Proles......................................................................................................................................... 53
Refreshing Hardware Proles..................................................................................................................................... 54
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