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Executive summary
4 Update firmware, BIOS, and drivers using Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) in OpenManage Integration with
Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC)
Executive summary
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) provides a centralized
management experience for IT administrators in managing their Dell EMC Integrated System for Azure Stack
HCI, Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server, Hyper-V based failover clusters, and PowerEdge
Servers as hosts. OMIMSWAC simplifies the tasks of IT administrators by remotely managing the PowerEdge
servers and clusters throughout their life cycle. Using OMIMSWAC, you can generate a hardware compliance
report against a baseline catalog for all the firmware, BIOS and drivers.
Intended audience
The intended audience of this document are IT administrators who are using OMIMSWAC to manage
PowerEdge servers as hosts, Microsoft Failover Clusters created with PowerEdge servers, Dell EMC Integrated
System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI created using AX nodes from Dell Technologies, and Hyper-Converged
Infrastructure (HCI) created by using Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server created using
Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes or combinations of AX nodes and Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.