Users Guide

Manage Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers
Ensure that:
• You are logged in to Microsoft Windows Admin Center as a Gateway Administrator.
• You must have installed the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) extension. For
more information about the installation procedure, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Installation Guide at Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
• You have added server connections in Microsoft Windows Admin Center. For more information about adding server connections, see
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/understand/windows-admin-center.
• The Redfish service is enabled in the iDRAC before connecting to a server from OMIMSWAC.
To manage PowerEdge servers:
1. In the upper left corner of Windows Admin Center, select Server Manager from the drop-down menu.
2. From the list, select a server connection, and then click Connect.
NOTE: If you have not entered the server credentials while adding the connection, you must enter the credentials
when you are connecting to the server by selecting "Manage as".
3. In the left pane of the Microsoft Windows Admin Center, under EXTENSIONS, click OpenManage Integration.
4. To manage the servers, select:
• Health Status to view the health status of the server components. See Health status—Supported server components.
• Hardware Inventory to view the detailed hardware inventory information of the component. See Hardware inventory—
Supported server components.
• Update Compliance to view the compliance chart and compliance report of the server components. See Viewing the update
compliance of PowerEdge servers and node components of HCI and Failover clusters.
• iDRAC to view the iDRAC details of the server. You can directly launch the iDRAC console from Windows Admin Center by using
the OpenManage Integration. See View iDRAC details of the PowerEdge servers and nodes of HCI and Failover clusters.
NOTE:
A status icon represents the overall health status of the server.
NOTE: The health and hardware inventory details are fetched from the devices each time the OpenManage Integration
with Windows Admin Center extension is loaded. This might cause a delay in displaying the information.
NOTE: For modular servers (12
th
, 13
th
, and 14
th
generation of PowerEdge servers), the following information that is
related to fans and power supplies are not displayed:
• Health status
• Attribute values in the hardware inventory table
NOTE: For 12
th
and 13
th
generation of PowerEdge servers with firmware version earlier than 2.60.60.60, information
about the following components are not displayed:
• Health status—Memory, storage controllers, storage enclosures, and physical disks.
• Hardware inventory—Memory, storage controllers, storage enclosures, physical disks, network devices, and
firmware.
Topics:
• Health status—Supported server components
• Hardware inventory—Supported server components
Health status—Supported server components
Health status of the following server components are displayed:
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