Users Guide

● Hardware Inventory
● Storage
● Firmware
● Power Monitoring
NOTE: Inventory job for hosts exceeding the license limit will be skipped and marked as Failed.
The following host commands work within the OpenManage Integration tab:
● Blink Indicator Light
● Run Firmware Update Wizard
● Launch Remote Access
●
Launch OMSA
● Launch CMC
Scheduling a Warranty job
You can run the Warranty job schedule at any time from the Dell Management Center > Settings > Warranty Schedule
page. Warranty Retrival page is disable now. You can run the Warranty Retrieval job now from the Job Queue > Warranty
History page.
To schedule a warranty retrieval job:
1. In the Dell Management Center, select Settings > Warranty Schedule.
2. In the Warranty Schedule window, click Edit.
3. To configure the schedule, do one of the following:
a. To run Warranty Schedules, click On Selected Days.
b. Not to run Warranty Schedules, select Do not retrieve Warranty Data.
4. If you selected On Selected Days, then do the following:
a. Select the check box next to each day of the week that you want to run the warranty jobs.
b. In the text box, enter the time in HH:MM format.
The time you enter is your local time. Calculate the time difference you need to run the warranty jobs at the proper time.
5. To run the warranty jobs now, navigate to Job Queue > Warranty History and then click Run Now.
NOTE:
OMIVV connects to internet to fetch the warranty information of your hosts. Depending on your network
settings, you might have to configure proxy for the warranty job to run successfully.
Viewing or Editing Deployment Credentials
In Dell Management Center, you can edit the deployment credentials. Deployment credentials are used to securely communicate
with the Dell bare-metal server, until the OS deployment is completed.
WARNING: This feature is not functional in this release for security reasons
Setting Up The Firmware Repository
To set up the firmware repository and credentials:
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter , select Settings > Firmware Repository and then click Edit.
2. On the Firmware Repository page, to choose the default repository for firmware updates, select one of the following:
● Dell Online
This uses the default firmware update repository of Dell online (ftp.dell.com) with a required staging folder. The
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter downloads selected firmware updates and stores them in the staging
folder, and then they are applied as necessary.
● Shared Network Folder
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Steps to Configure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter