Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 1.0.
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Contents 1 Overview of OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center................................... 4 New in this release.................................................................................................................................................................4 Additional resources..............................................................................................................................................................
1 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.
Document Description Windows Admin Center Release Notes Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center . Microsoft Windows Admin Center documentation For more information about using Microsoft Windows Admin Center. Availability https://www.microsoft.
2 Getting started with OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center After installing the OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC), perform the following actions to launch the extension: 1. In the upper left corner of Windows Admin Center, select: • For 1904, 1904.1 GA releases of Windows Admin Center: Server Manager, Hyper-Converged Cluster Manager, or Failover Cluster Manager from the drop-down menu.
3 Ports required by Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center Table 2.
4 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.
• • • • • • • • • • CPUs Memory Storage Controllers Storage Enclosures Physical Disks iDRAC Power Supplies Fans Voltages Temperatures The health statuses are represented by using a doughnut chart. You can select different sections in the doughnut chart to filter the health status of the components. For example, when you select the red section, components with critical health status are only displayed.
5 Manage Failover Clusters and Azure Stack HCI Prerequisites: • • • • 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.
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 details.
NOTE: Under Firmware inventory, for few network devices with multiple ports, since the applicable firmware version is same for all ports, only a single port with the firmware version will be displayed. NOTE: Information of few attributes of storage enclosures, firmware inventory, and memory component might not be available for: 12 • YX2X and YX3X models of PowerEdge servers. • YX4X models of PowerEdge servers with iDRAC version lesser than 3.30.30.30.
6 View iDRAC details of the PowerEdge servers and nodes of HCI and Failover clusters To view the following iDRAC details of the target node, select Server Manager or Cluster Manager from the upper left corner of Microsoft Windows Admin Center, and then select a server or cluster connection from the list. In the left pane, under EXTENSIONS, click Dell EMC OpenManage Integration and navigate to the iDRAC tab. NOTE: For failover and hyper-converged clusters, expand the nodes to view the following details.
7 Viewing the update compliance of PowerEdge servers and node components of HCI and Failover clusters By using OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center, you can view the update compliance details (firmware, driver, application, and BIOS) of the PowerEdge servers and nodes in a HCI and failover clusters. To view the update compliance details, you must perform the following actions: 1. In the Settings tab, specify the system update location information.
Generate the update compliance information of PowerEdge servers and node components of HCI and Failover clusters Before you generate the latest update compliance information of PowerEdge server components and node components in a HCI and failover clusters, ensure that you have: • • Configured the share location details where the Dell EMC System Update Utility and Dell EMC Inventory Collector applications are placed. See Configure the update compliance tools setting.
8 Troubleshooting 1. The OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) extension logs of servers and cluster nodes are available at \Temp\OMIMSWAC. The logs capture information when the OMIMSWAC functionalities are run and also provide debug information about any errors that occur while performing any OMIMSWAC operations.
9 Identifying the generation of your Dell EMC PowerEdge server To cover a range of server models, the PowerEdge servers are now be referred to using the generic naming convention and not their generation. This topic explains how to identify the generation of a PowerEdge server that are referred to using the generic naming convention. Example: The R740 server model is a rack, two processor system from the 14th generation of servers with Intel processors.
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A Glossary The following table defines or identifies abbreviations and acronyms used in this document. Table 4. Glossary Abbreviations/ Acronyms Definition OMIMSWAC—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 HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI) created by using the Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) Ready Nodes.
