Users Guide

Table 23. Single host information
Component Information
● System Peak Amps Start Date—displays the starting
date and time of the host peak amps
● System Peak Amps End Date—displays the end date
and time of the host peak amps
Warranty Summary
NOTE: To view a warranty status, ensure to run a
warranty job. See Running a warranty retrieval job. The
Warranty Summary page lets you monitor the warranty
expiration date. The warranty settings control when
server warranty information is retrieved from Dell online
by enabling or disabling the warranty schedule, and then
setting the Minimum Days Threshold alert.
● Warranty Summary—the host warranty summary is
displayed using icons to visually show the number of
hosts in each status category
● Host—displays the host name
● Service Tag—displays the service tag of the host.
● Description—displays a description.
● Warranty Status—displays the warranty status of the
host. Status options include:
○ Active—the host is under warranty, and has not
exceeded any threshold
○ Warning—the host is Active, but exceeded the
warning threshold
○ Critical—same as warning, but for a critical threshold
○ Expired—the warranty has expired for this host
○ Unknown—OpenManage Integration for VMware
vCenter does not get warranty status because the
warranty job is not run, an error has occurred getting
the data, or the system does not have a warranty
● Days Left—displays the number of days left for the
warranty
Setting up physical server blink indicator light
To help in locating a physical server in a large data center environment, you can set the front indicator light to blink for a set
time period.
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the Navigator area, under Inventory Lists, click Hosts.
2. In the Object tab, double-click the host you want.
3. In the Summary tab, scroll down to the Dell EMC Server Management portlet.
4. Under Host Actions, select Blink Indicator Light.
5. Choose one of the following:
● To turn on the blink and set the time period, in the Indicator Light dialog box, click Blink On, and use the Timeout
drop-down list to select the time-out increment, and then click OK.
● To turn off the blink, in the Indicator Light dialog box, click Blink Off, and then click OK.
Configuring System Lockdown Mode
The System Lockdown Mode setting is available in iDRAC for 14th generation of the PowerEdge servers. The setting when
turned on locks the system configuration including firmware updates. This setting is intended to protect the system from
unintentional changes. You can turn on or turn off the System Lockdown Mode for managed hosts by using the OMIVV
appliance or from the iDRAC console.
From the OMIVV version 4.1 and later, you can configure and monitor the Lockdown Mode of iDRAC in servers. You can
configure the System Lockdown Mode by locking or unlocking a host or cluster at host or cluster level. When the System
Lockdown Mode is turned on, the following functionality have limitations:
● All configuration tasks, such as firmware update, OS deployment, clear system event logs, reset iDRAC, and configuring
iDRAC trap destination.
To configure System Lockdown Mode of a host or cluster at host or cluster level, perform the following steps:
1. To launch the Configure System Lockdown Mode wizard, perform either of the following substeps:
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