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2. To enable all hardware alarms and events, select Enable Alarms for all Dell EMC Hosts.

NOTE: The Dell EMC hosts that have alarms enabled respond to some specific critical events by entering in to

maintenance mode and you can modify the alarm, when required.

The Enabling Dell EMC Alarm Warning dialog box is displayed.

3. To accept the change, click Continue, or to cancel the change, click Cancel.

NOTE: Ensure that you complete this step only if you select Enable Alarms for all Dell EMC Hosts.

4. To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell EMC servers, click Restore Default Alarms.

It might take up to a minute before the change takes effect.

NOTE: After restoring the appliance, the events and alarms settings are not enabled even if the GUI shows as

enabled. You can enable the Events and Alarms settings again from the Settings tab.

5. Click Apply.

Configuring SNMP community string

To configure the OMSA SNMP Trap Community String,

1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Settings tab, under Appliance Settings, click

against the OMSA SNMP Trap Community String.

The OMSA SNMP Trap Community String Settings dialog box is displayed.

2. By default, 'public' is present in the SNMP trap community string. You can customize the text to any string and click Apply.

NOTE:

The SNMP trap community string configuration for 11

generation PowerEdge servers is set while installing

or upgrading OMSA through OMIVV.

Configuration tasks through settings tab

By using the settings tab, you can view and perform the following configuration tasks:

• Enable the OMSA link. See Enabling OMSA link.

• Configure warranty expiration notification settings. See the Configuring warranty expiration notification settings.

• Set up the firmware update repository. See Setting up the firmware update repository.

• Configure the latest appliance version notification. See Configuring the latest appliance version notification.

• Configure and view events and alarms. See the Configuring events and alarms.

• View data retrieval schedules for inventory and warranty. See the Viewing data retrieval schedules for inventory and warranty.

Appliance settings

In this section, configure the following for the OMIVV appliance:

• Warranty expiration notification

• Firmware update repository

• Latest appliance version notification

• Deployment credentials

Configuring warranty expiration notification settings

1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Settings tab, under Appliance Settings, click Warranty

Expiration Notification.

2. Expand Warranty Expiration Notification to view the following:

• Warranty Expiration Notification—whether the setting is enabled or disabled

• Warning—number of days for the first warning setting

• Critical—number of days for the critical warning setting

3. To configure warranty expiration thresholds for warning about warranty expiration, click the

icon at the right side of Warranty

Expiration Notification.

4. In the Warranty Expiration Notification dialog box, do the following:

Appliance configuration for VMware vCenter