Install 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 Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) Ready 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. See the "Manage Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers" section in the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration
with Microsoft Windows Admin Center User's Guide.
• Azure Stack HCI created with Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes. See the "Manage Azure Stack HCI
created with Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes" section in the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft
Windows Admin Center User's Guide.
• Microsoft failover clusters created with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers. See the "Manage Microsoft failover clusters created with
PowerEdge servers" section in the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center User's Guide.
• A unified view of health, hardware, and firmware inventory information of the device components.
• Provides update compliance report of PowerEdge servers and clusters against update repository that is created with Dell EMC
Repository Manager (DRM).
• Provides notifications on availability of new update catalogs.
• 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 GUI and documentation in English, French, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese languages.
Topics:
• Additional resources
Additional resources
Table 1. Additional resources
Document Description Availability
Dell EMC OpenManage
Integration with Microsoft
Windows Admin Center User's
Guide
Provides information about using OpenManage
Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin
Center.
1. Go to Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
2. Select OpenManage Integration with
Microsoft Windows Admin Center.
3. Click DOCUMENTATION > MANUALS AND
DOCUMENTS to access these documents.
Dell EMC OpenManage
Integration with Microsoft
Windows Admin Center
Release Notes
Provides information about new features, known
issues and workarounds in OpenManage
Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin
Center .
Microsoft Windows Admin
Center documentation
For more information about using Microsoft
Windows Admin Center.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/
windows-admin-center
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