Users Guide

Chapter 4: End-To-End Hardware Management........................................................................... 29
Monitoring the Datacenter And Host System............................................................................................................29
Understanding Events And Alarms..........................................................................................................................29
vSphere Client Host Overview....................................................................................................................................... 31
Resetting iDRAC.......................................................................................................................................................... 33
About Inventory Schedule...............................................................................................................................................33
Modifying An Inventory Job Schedule....................................................................................................................33
Displaying The Inventory For A Single Host System in vCenter...................................................................... 34
Inventory And Licensing............................................................................................................................................ 35
Viewing Storage Inventory..............................................................................................................................................36
Viewing Host Power Monitoring....................................................................................................................................36
Displaying The Entire Datacenter Hardware Configuration.................................................................................... 36
Managing Connection Profiles....................................................................................................................................... 37
Viewing Or Editing An Existing Connection Profile............................................................................................. 37
Deleting A Connection Profile.................................................................................................................................. 38
Testing A Connection Profile....................................................................................................................................39
Refreshing A Connection Profile............................................................................................................................. 39
Understanding System Event Logs In vSphere Client Host View......................................................................... 39
Displaying Logs in Dell Management Center.........................................................................................................39
Displaying The Event Logs For An Individual Host.............................................................................................. 40
About Firmware Updates................................................................................................................................................ 40
Running The Firmware Update Wizard................................................................................................................... 41
Updating Older Firmware Versions ........................................................................................................................ 42
Running the Update Firmware Wizard for Clusters and Datacenters............................................................ 42
Advanced Host Management Using vCenter............................................................................................................. 44
Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Light................................................................................................44
Server Based Management Tools............................................................................................................................44
Warranty Retrieval...................................................................................................................................................... 45
Chapter 5: Hardware Prerequisites..............................................................................................46
Provisioning Overview......................................................................................................................................................46
Understanding Deployment Job Times.........................................................................................................................47
Server States Within The Deployment Sequence..................................................................................................... 47
Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images..........................................................................................................................47
Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile............................................................................................ 48
Creating A New Hardware Profile........................................................................................................................... 48
Cloning A Hardware Profile.......................................................................................................................................50
About Managing Hardware Profiles...............................................................................................................................51
Viewing Or Editing Hardware Profiles.....................................................................................................................51
Duplicating Hardware Profiles...................................................................................................................................51
Renaming Hardware Profiles..................................................................................................................................... 51
Deleting Hardware Profiles........................................................................................................................................ 51
Refreshing Hardware Profiles................................................................................................................................... 51
Creating A New Hypervisor Profile...............................................................................................................................52
Managing Hypervisor Profiles........................................................................................................................................ 52
VLAN Support.............................................................................................................................................................. 53
Viewing Or Editing Hypervisor Profiles.................................................................................................................. 53
Duplicating Hypervisor Profiles................................................................................................................................ 54
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