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 reduce the complexity of managing your data center by
streamlining the tasks associated with the management and monitoring of Dell EMC server infrastructure in the vSphere
environment.
Whats new in this release
This release of OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 5.2 provides the following features:
● Introduction of OMIVV RESTFul APIs
For more information, see the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 5.2 API Guide available at https://
www.dell.com/support/.
● Support for vSphere 7.0 U1
● Support for XE2420 PowerEdge server
● Support for IPv4 range-based bare-metal discovery
● Security enhancements
● Added filter option on the Dell EMC Chassis and Dell EMC Hosts pages to filter host and chassis based on the health
status
● Enhancement in warranty reporting for host with multiple or different warranties.
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, and Remote Access Controller
(RAC)
Warranty information at server, cluster, and data center level
Chassis details such as Chassis Management Controller
(CMC) or Management Module information, chassis power
supply, KVM status, fan or thermal details, warranty
information, switch, server, and storage details
Support for an MX chassis relationship in the Multi-Chassis
Management (MCM) configuration.
Fabric information for an MX chassis MCM configuration
QuickSync hardware information for an MX chassis
Monitor and send alerts The monitoring and alerting includes the following
functionalities:
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