Users Guide

Table 10. Chassis information
Chassis inventory
Duration (MM: SS) Displays the duration of the job in minutes and seconds
Start Date and Time Displays the date and time when the inventory schedule
started
End Date and Time Displays the time the inventory schedule ended
NOTE: The chassis inventory is not supported on the following PowerEdge servers: C6320P, C6320, C4130, and C6420.
Modifying inventory job schedules
To ensure that there is up-to-date host information, schedule the inventory job to run at a minimum frequency of once a week.
The inventory job consumes minimal resources and does not degrade host performance. You can change the inventory job
schedule from the Initial Configuration Wizard or from the Monitor tab.
The inventory job schedule sets the time or day for running inventory jobs, such as:
● Weekly at a specific time and on selected days
● At a set time interval
To perform an inventory on host systems, create a connection profile that provides communication and authentication
information.
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, click the Monitor tab.
2. Click Job Queue, Inventory History, and then click Host Inventory.
3. Select a vCenter, and then click
.
4. In the Inventory Data Retrieval dialog box, do the following:
a. Under Inventory Data, select the Enable Inventory Data Retrieval check box.
b. Under Inventory Data Retrieval Schedule, select the days of the week for your job.
c. In the Inventory Data Retrieval Time text box, type the local time for this job.
You might need to consider the time difference between job configuration and job implementation.
5. To save the settings, click Apply, to reset the settings, click Clear, and to abort the operation, click Cancel.
6. To run the job now, from the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Monitor > Job Queue tab, click
Inventory History > Hosts Inventory.
7.
Click
, and in the Success dialog box, click Close.
NOTE:
When you run a modular host inventory, the corresponding chassis are discovered automatically. The chassis
inventory runs automatically after host inventory if chassis is already part of a chassis profile.
After scheduling an inventory job now, the inventory job is now in a queue. You cannot run an inventory for a single host. An
inventory job starts for all hosts.
Running inventory jobs
1. Once the Configuration Wizard is complete, inventory is triggered automatically for all hosts which are added to a
Connection Profile. For a subsequent inventory run on-demand, click Job Queue > Inventory > Run Now to run an
inventory job.
2. To see the status of the inventory job, click Refresh.
3. Navigate to the Host and Cluster view, click on any Dell EMC host, then click the OpenManage Integration tab. The
following information should be available:
● Overview Page
● System Event Log
● Hardware Inventory
● Storage
● Firmware
● Power Monitoring
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