Users Guide

Table 23. Single host information (continued)
Component Information
• Instant Reserve Capacity—displays the host
instantaneous headroom capacity
• Energy Consumption Start Date—displays the date and
time when the host began to consume power
• Energy Consumption End Date—displays the date and
time when the host stopped to consume power
• System Peak Power—displays the host peak power
• System Peak Power Start Date—displays the date and
time when the host peak power started
• System Peak Power End Date—displays the date and time
when the host peak power ended
• System Peak Amps—displays the hosts peak amps
• System Peak Amps Start Date—displays the starting date
and time of the host peak amps
• System Peak Amps End Date—displays the end date and
time of the host peak amps
Warranty Summary
NOTE: To view a warranty status, ensure to run a
warranty job. See Running a warranty retrieval job. The
Warranty Summary page lets you monitor the warranty
expiration date. The 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.
• Warranty Summary—the host warranty summary is
displayed using icons to visually show the number of hosts in
each status category
• Host—displays the host name
• Service Tag—displays the service tag of the host.
• Description—displays a description.
• Warranty Status—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 does not get warranty status because the
warranty job is not run, an error has occurred getting the
data, or the system does not have a warranty
• Days Left—displays the number of days left for the
warranty
Setting up physical server blink indicator light
To help in locating a physical server in a large data center environment, you can set the front indicator light to blink for a set time period.
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the Navigator area, under Inventory Lists, click Hosts.
2. In the Object tab, double-click the host you want.
3. In 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 on the blink and set the time period, in the Indicator Light dialog box, click Blink On, and use the Timeout drop-down list
to select the time-out increment, and then click OK.
• To turn off the blink, in the Indicator Light dialog box, click Blink Off, and then click OK.
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