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2. In the Warranty Expiration Notification dialog box, do the following:
a. If you want to enable this setting, select the Enable warranty expiration notification for hosts check box.
Selecting the check box enables warranty expiration notification.
b. Under Minimum Days Threshold Alert, do the following:
i. In the Warning drop-down list, select the number of days before you want to be warned of the warranty expiration.
ii. In the Critical drop-down list, select the number of days before you want to be warned of the warranty expiration.
3. Click Apply.
Configuring Events And Alarms
The Dell Management Center Events and Alarms page enables or disables all hardware alarms. The current alert status is
displayed on the vCenter Alarms tab. A critical event indicates actual or imminent data loss or system malfunction. A warning
event is not necessarily significant, but may indicate a possible future problem. Events and alarms can also be enabled using
the VMware Alarm Manager. Events are displayed on the vCenter Tasks and Events tab in the Hosts and Clusters view. In
order to receive the events from the servers, OMIVV will be configured as the SNMP trap destination. For 12th generation
hosts and later, the SNMP trap destination will be set in iDRAC. For hosts prior to 12th generation, trap generation will be set
in OMSA. You can configure events and alarms using the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter from Management >
Settings tab. Under vCenter Settings, expand the Events and Alarms heading to display the current vCenter Alarms for Dell
Hosts (Enabled or Disabled), or for all and the Event Posting Level.
NOTE: OMIVV supports SNMP v1 and v2 alerts for 12th generation hosts and later. For hosts prior to 12th generation,
OMIVV supports SNMP v1 alerts in vCenter. For more information on setting trap destination, see Setting Up An OMSA
Trap Destination.
NOTE: To receive Dell events, you must enable both alarms and events.
1. To the right side of Events and Alarms, click the Edit icon.
2. To enable all hardware alarms and events, select the Enable Alarms for all Dell Hosts check box.
NOTE:
Dell hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering maintenance mode and you can modify
the alarm as needed.
3. To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers, click Restore Default Alarms.
It may take up to a minute before the change takes effect.
NOTE: This step is only seen if Enable Alarms For Dell Hosts is selected.
4. Under Event Posting Level, select one of the following:
● Do not post any events
This options blocks hardware events.
● Post All Events
This option posts all hardware events.
● Post only Critical and Warning Events
This option posts only critical or warning level hardware events.
● Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events
This option posts only virtualization-related critical and warning events. This is the default event posting level.
5. If you want to apply these settings to all vCenters, select the Apply these settings to all vCenters check box.
NOTE: Selecting this option overrides the existing settings for all vCenters.
This option is grayed out if you already selected All Registered vCenters from the drop-down list on the Setting page.
6. To save, click Apply.
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