Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 2.0- User Manual

Page 2 - A Dell Technical White Paper

A Dell Technical White Paper Revisions (2.0) Date Description August 2013 Initial release October 2013 Ported to new Dell Template THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR I...

Page 3 - Table of contents

3 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports Table of contents Revisions (2.0) .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1 Introduction .......

Page 4 - Introduction

4 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports 1 Introduction The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter streamlines data center operations by letting you use VMware vCenter to manage your entire infrastructure—both physical and virtual. You can discover, manage, and generate rep...

Page 5 - Reports; Overview report

5 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports 2 Reports The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter provides a wealth of information about the state of the physical server. Hardware reports are accessed by selecting a datacenter or cluster in the VMware vCenter client tree view a...

Page 7 - Hardware reports; Field Replaceable Units; Processors

7 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports 3 Hardware reports The following sections show screenshots of the various reports to show what information is available. 3.1 Field Replaceable Units Using the Field Replaceable Unit report, you can easily determine the manufacturer, par...

Page 8 - Power Supplies

8 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports 3.3 Power Supplies Using the Power Supplies report, you can view the type, location, output and status for each power supply on each machine. Figure 6 View the status for each power supply on each machine 3.4 Memory Using the Memory rep...

Page 9 - PCI Slots; Remote Access Card

9 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports 3.6 PCI Slots Using the PCI Slots report, you can view the card type, manufacturer, description, and other information for each slot in each machine. Figure 9 PCI Slots report 3.7 Remote Access Card Using the remote access card report, ...

Page 10 - Storage reports; Physical Disks; Virtual Disks

10 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports 4 Storage reports 4.1 Physical Disks Using the Physical Disks report, you can view status, location, capacity, model/part/serial numbers, and other information about each physical disk in each machine. Figure 11 Provides detailed statu...

Page 11 - Other Reports; Firmware; Power Monitoring; Warranty

11 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports 5 Other Reports 5.1 Firmware Using the firmware report, you can view the firmware package names and versions installed on each machine. Figure 13 View the status of firmware packages 5.2 Power Monitoring Using the Power Monitoring repo...

Page 12 - Troubleshooting

12 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports 6 Troubleshooting The number of Dell hosts shown does not agree with the number hosts listed. If the number of the Dell hosts shown at the top of a report page does not equal the number of hosts listed on that page, it is possible that...

Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 2.0- User Manual

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