Users Guide

Overriding severity of health update notification
You can configure to override the existing severity of the Dell Proactive HA events for the Dell EMC host and its components
with customized severity, which is aligned to your environment.
The following are the severity levels that apply to each of the Proactive HA events:
● Info
● Moderately Degraded
● Severely Degraded
NOTE: You cannot customize the severity of the Proactive HA components with the Info severity level.
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, from the Manage tab, click Proactive HA Configuration > Proactive
HA Events.
2. Click to view information about the list of supported events.
The data grid displays all the supported Proactive HA events and includes columns; events id, event description, component
type, default severity, and override severity column for customizing the severity of the host and its components.
3. To change severity of a host or its component, in the Override Severity column, select the desired status from the
drop-down list.
This policy applies to all the Proactive HA hosts across all vCenter servers that are registered with OMIVV.
4. Repeat step 3 for all the events that must be customized.
5. Perform any one of the following actions:
a. To save the customization, click Apply Changes.
b. To revert the overridden severity after selecting a severity level, click Cancel.
c. To apply the default severity to the overridden severity, click Reset To Default.
Launching management consoles
There are three management consoles that you can start from the Dell EMC Server Management portlet. They include:
● To access the iDRAC user interface, start the Remote Access Console. See Launching the Remote Access console (iDRAC).
● To access the OpenManage Server Administrator user interface, start the OMSA console. Before starting OMSA console,
OMSA URL should be configured in the Open Management Integration for VMware vCenter. See Launching the OMSA
console.
● To access the chassis user interface, click the Blade chassis console. See Launching the Chassis Management Controller
console (CMC).
NOTE:
If you are on a Blade system, start the CMC console to launch the Chassis Management Controller user
interface. If you are not on a Blade system, the Chassis Management Controller user interface is not displayed.
Launching Remote Access console (iDRAC)
You can start the iDRAC user interface from the Dell EMC Server Management portlet.
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the Navigator area, under Inventory Lists, click Hosts.
2. On the Object tab, double-click the host you want.
3. On the Summary tab, scroll down to the Dell EMC Server Management portlet.
4. Click Management Consoles > Remote Access Console (iDRAC).
Launching OMSA console
Before you can start the OMSA console, ensure that you set up the OMSA URL and install and configure the OMSA web server.
You can set up the OMSA URL from the Settings tab.
NOTE:
Install OMSA to monitor and manage PowerEdge 11th generation servers by using OpenManage Integration for
VMware vCenter.
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.
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