Users Guide

4. If the host status is Unknown, ensure that the host is added to a host credential profile in OMIVV and inventory is run successfully.
Hardware compatibility check
vSphere Lifecycle Manager provides an option to perform the hardware compatibility check for vSAN cluster before performing firmware
remediation. Hardware compatibility check compares the firmware and driver present in the image against the listed hardware and
supported driver in the vSAN Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). vSphere Lifecycle Manager performs hardware compatibility checks only
for storage controller (PCIe devices). For the supported firmware list, in vSphere Client, go to Monitor > vSAN > Skyline Health.
To perform the hardware compatibility check, in the Image Compliance section, click CHECK COMPLIANCE.
While performing hardware compatibility check, OMIVV returns the firmware versions that are present in the cluster profile.
If the firmware version is compatible with firmware listed in the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL), vSphere Lifecycle Manager displays
the compliance status as Compatible. For more information about the compliance status, see the VMware documentation.
The hardware compatibility check results are displayed on the Hardware Compatibility page.
Run a remediation pre-check
The pre-check operation performs various checks against each host in a cluster to ensure cluster readiness for firmware remediation.
Pre-check is an optional task that can be performed at host or cluster level.
You can skip the pre-check operation, the vSphere Lifecycle Manager performs pre-check during remidiation.
As part of pre-check, OMIVV performs the pre-requisites check of the following:
• iDRAC reachability
• iDRAC Lock down mode
• Status of firmware update job (if any) triggered from OMIVV for any hosts for the selected cluster
• Collect System Inventory on Reboot (CSIOR) enablement
• Connectivity to the firmware repository and the required firmware components.
To verify the prerequisites for firmware remediation, click RUN PRE-CHECK.
The pre-check task status and results are displayed in the Image Compliance section.
If pre-check fails for any host, fix the issue and rerun pre-check or continue with remediation task.
Remediate cluster in vSphere Lifecycle Manager
In the Image Compliance section, you can remediate an individual host or all hosts in the cluster at a time.
a) To perform the remediate task for an individual host, in the Image Compliance section, click the vertical ellipses icon next to host,
and then select Remediate.
b) To perform the remediate task for all hosts in the cluster, in the Image Compliance section, click REMEDIATE ALL.
It is recommended that you perform iDRAC reset before running the firmware update. Performing iDRAC reset reduces the failure
possibility.
To automatically reset the iDRAC before performing the firmware update using vSphere Lifecycle Manager on each host, enable the
Clear iDRAC Jobs and reset iDRAC check box in OMIVV. For more information, see Firmware update settings.
To view the status of remediation task, click SHOW MORE on the Updates page.
You can view the logs related to OMIVV on the Logs page of OMIVV.
Using OMIVV as a firmware add-on provider in
vSphere Lifecycle Manager—vSphere Automation
APIs
Before managing the clusters using vSphere Automation API, ensure that you have completed the following tasks using vSphere Lifecycle
Manager User Interface:
• Select the hardware support manager as DellEMC OMIVV.
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