Users Guide

Chapter 4: End-To-End Hardware Management........................................................................... 30
Monitoring the Datacenter And Host System............................................................................................................30
Understanding Events And Alarms..........................................................................................................................30
vSphere Client Host Overview.......................................................................................................................................32
Resetting iDRAC.......................................................................................................................................................... 34
About Inventory Schedule...............................................................................................................................................34
Modifying An Inventory Job Schedule....................................................................................................................34
Displaying The Inventory For A Single Host System in vCenter......................................................................35
Inventory And Licensing.............................................................................................................................................36
Viewing Storage Inventory..............................................................................................................................................36
Viewing Host Power Monitoring.................................................................................................................................... 37
Displaying The Entire Datacenter Hardware Configuration And Status.............................................................. 37
Managing Connection Profiles....................................................................................................................................... 37
Viewing Or Editing An Existing Connection Profile............................................................................................. 38
Deleting A Connection Profile.................................................................................................................................. 39
Testing A Connection Profile....................................................................................................................................39
Refreshing A Connection Profile............................................................................................................................. 39
Understanding System Event Logs In vSphere Client Host View.........................................................................40
Displaying Logs in Dell Management Center.........................................................................................................40
Displaying The Event Logs For An Individual Host.............................................................................................. 40
About Firmware Updates................................................................................................................................................. 41
Running The Firmware Update Wizard.................................................................................................................. 42
Updating Older Firmware Versions ........................................................................................................................ 43
Running the Update Firmware Wizard for Clusters and Datacenters............................................................ 43
Advanced Host Management Using vCenter............................................................................................................. 45
Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Light................................................................................................45
Server Based Management Tools............................................................................................................................45
Warranty Retrieval...................................................................................................................................................... 45
Chapter 5: Hardware Management.............................................................................................. 47
Provisioning Overview......................................................................................................................................................48
Understanding Deployment Job Times........................................................................................................................ 48
Server States Within The Deployment Sequence..................................................................................................... 48
Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images......................................................................................................................... 49
Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile............................................................................................ 49
Creating A New Hardware Profile...........................................................................................................................50
Cloning A Hardware Profile.......................................................................................................................................52
About Managing Hardware Profiles..............................................................................................................................52
Viewing Or Editing Hardware Profiles.................................................................................................................... 52
Duplicating Hardware Profiles.................................................................................................................................. 52
Renaming Hardware Profiles.................................................................................................................................... 52
Deleting Hardware Profiles....................................................................................................................................... 53
Refreshing Hardware Profiles.................................................................................................................................. 53
Creating A New Hypervisor Profile...............................................................................................................................53
Managing Hypervisor Profiles........................................................................................................................................ 54
VLAN Support.............................................................................................................................................................. 54
Viewing Or Editing Hypervisor Profiles..................................................................................................................55
Duplicating Hypervisor Profiles................................................................................................................................55
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