Users Guide

Polling runs every hour, and you cannot configure the polling schedule. Polling is available as a fail-safe mechanism to cover the
possibility of a trap loss.
NOTE: Polling does not provide redundancy information of the IDSDM component to the vCenter server.
Overriding severity of health update notification
You can configure to override the system severity of the Dell host and chassis components with customized severity, which is
aligned to your environment. The default severity is same as the system severity.
The following are the severity levels:
●
Info
● Moderately Degraded
● Severely Degraded
NOTE: You cannot customize the severity of 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. In the Proactive HA Events page, view the iDRAC and CMC information for the list of the Dell host and chassis
components.
The upper and lower data grids display all the poll and Proactive HA events that include events id, event description, current
system severity, and override severity of the host and chassis components.
NOTE: The severity of the IDSDM component cannot be customized, and therefore IDSDM is not displayed in the event
list.
3. To change severity of a host or chassis component, in the Override Severity column, select the desired status from the
drop-down list.
4. Repeat step 6 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 Severity.
Launching management consoles
There are three management consoles that you can start from the Dell 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 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 Server Management portlet.
4. Click Management Consoles > Remote Access Console (iDRAC).
Events, alarms, and health monitoring
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