Users Guide

Introduction

IT administrators use VMware vCenter as the primary console to manage and monitor VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi hosts. OpenManage

Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) enables you to manage the Dell hosts better from the VMware web client by providing

enhanced capabilities for deployment, manage, monitor and upgrade.

Topics:

• What's new in this release

• OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter features

What's new in this release

This release of OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter provides the following features:

• Support for vSphere 6.0 U3 and 6.5 U1

• Support for OMSA 8.5.

• Support iDRAC9 Lockdown Mode for 14th generation servers

• Support System Configuration Profile (SCP) for 14th generation servers

• Support for SNMP trap enhancements

• Support for 14th generation platforms

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

features

Following are the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) appliance features:

Table 1. OMIVV features

Features Description

Inventory The inventory feature provides the following:

• PowerEdge server details, such as memory—quantity and

type, NIC, PSU, processors, RAC, warranty information, server,

cluster, and data center level view.

• Chassis details, such as chassis management controller

information, chassis power supply, KVM status, fan/thermal

details, warranty information, empty switch/server details.

Monitor and send alerts The monitoring and alerting includes the following functionalities:

• Detect key hardware faults, and perform virtualization-aware

actions. For example, migrate workloads or place host in

maintenance mode.

• Provide intelligence such as, inventory, events, alarms to

diagnose server problems.

• Support for VMware ProActive HA feature.

Firmware updates Update Dell EMC hardware to the most recent version of BIOS

and firmware.

Deployment and provisioning Create hardware profiles, system profiles, hypervisor profiles, and

remotely deploy OS on the bare-metal PowerEdge servers by

using VMware vCenter without using PXE.

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