Users Guide

Overview of OpenManage Integration with
Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) enables IT administrators to manage the
PowerEdge servers as hosts, Microsoft Failover Clusters created with PowerEdge servers, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)
created by using the Dell EMC Solution for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (Storage Space Direct Ready Nodes or AX nodes). OMIMSWAC
simplifies the tasks of IT administrators by remotely managing the PowerEdge servers and clusters throughout their life cycle. For more
information about the features and benefits of OMIMSWAC, see the documentation at Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
Key features of OMIMSWAC
• OMIMSWAC provides a simplified solution to IT administrators to efficiently manage the following:
○ Dell EMC PowerEdge servers running on supported Windows Operating Systems.
○ Azure Stack HCI clusters based on AX nodes or Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes from Dell EMC.
○ Microsoft failover clusters created with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
• View overall Health, Hardware inventory, and iDRAC inventory of nodes including component-level information of all supported Dell
EMC platforms.
• Provides Update Compliance reports against Dell EMC verified update catalogs and notifications for new catalog versions.
• Support for different baselines in OMIMSWAC when connected to the Internet:
○ Dell EMC Enterprise Catalog for PowerEdge Servers and clusters containing PowerEdge servers.
○ Dell EMC Azure Stack HCI Solution Catalog for Dell EMC Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.
○ Dell EMC MX Solution Catalog for PowerEdge MX Modular.
• Support for local baselines created using Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM).
• Update PowerEdge Servers against baseline – BIOS, driver, firmware, and/or system management applications.
• Cluster-Aware Updating against validated baseline (BIOS, driver, firmware, and/or system management applications) for PowerEdge
server-based Failover cluster and Dell EMC Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.
• View iDRAC information of PowerEdge servers. For out-of-band management, you can directly launch the iDRAC console from
Windows Admin Center.
• Availability of OMIMSWAC extension and documentation localized in English, French, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and
Japanese languages.
Topics:
• New in this release
• Additional resources
New in this release
Release 1.1.1
• Support for Microsoft Windows Admin Center version 2007.
• Support for PowerEdge XE2420 Edge server with iDRAC firmware 4.00.129.00 or later.
• Fixes and Enhancements:
○ You can access OMIMSWAC from the Windows Admin Center (WAC) console after you log in to the WAC using gateway user
credentials without admin privileges.
In previous release, access to OMIMSWAC from the WAC console was denied if you logged into the WAC using gateway user
credentials without admin privileges.
○ Allows OMIMSWAC to retrieve inventory information for clusters connected using Single-Sign-on.
In previous release, retrieving inventory information failed when a cluster was connected by using Single Sign-on authentication
and WAC became unresponsive.
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