Viewing additional
hardware details for data center and clusters
About this task
You can view
the firmware, power monitoring, warranty status details for a data
center and cluster on the Dell Datacenter/Cluster Information tab. For information to appear on this page, run an inventory job.
The data center and cluster pages enable you to export information
to a CSV file and offers filter/search functionality on the data grid.
The hardware views directly report the data from OMSA and iDRAC. See Running an inventory job now.
Steps
In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter,
in the Navigator pane, click vCenter.
Click Datacenters or Clusters.
In the Objects tab,
select the specific data center or cluster for which you want to view
the host component details.
In the Monitor tab,
select the Dell Datacenter/Cluster Information tab.
On the <Component Name> subtab,
view the following information for each of the components:
Table 1. Single host
informationThe following table provides the firmware, power
monitoring, and warranty status details for a single host.
Component
Information
Firmware
Host—displays the name of
the host
Service Tag—displays the
service tag of the host
Name—displays the name of
all the firmware on this host
Version—displays the version
of all the firmware on this host
Power Monitoring
NOTE: To display the full
list of details, select a specific host from the data grid.
Host—displays the name of
the host
Service Tag—displays the
service tag of the host
Current Profile—displays
power profile to maximize your system’s performance and conserve energy
Energy Consumption—displays
the energy consumption of the host
Peak Reserve Capacity—displays
the peak power reserve capacity
Power Budget—displays the
power cap for this host
Warning Threshold—displays
your system's configure maximum value for temperature probe warning
threshold
Failure Threshold—displays
your system's configure maximum value for temperature probe failure
threshold
Instant Reserve Capacity—displays the host instantaneous headroom capacity
Energy Consumption Start Date—displays the date and time when the host began to consume power
Energy Consumption End Date—displays the date and time when the host stopped to consume power
System Peak Power—displays
the host peak power
System Peak Power Start Date—displays the date and time when the host peak power started
System Peak Power End Date—displays the date and time when the host peak power ended
System Peak Amps—displays
the hosts peak amps
System Peak Amps Start Date—displays the starting date and time of the host peak amps
System Peak Amps End Date—displays the end date and time of the host peak amps
Warranty Summary
NOTE: To view a warranty
status, ensure to run a warranty job. See Running a warranty
retrieval job. The Warranty Summary page lets you monitor the warranty expiration date. The warranty
settings control when server warranty information is retrieved from
Dell online by enabling or disabling the warranty schedule, and then
setting the Minimum Days Threshold alert.
Warranty Summary—the host
warranty summary is displayed using icons to visually show the number
of hosts in each status category
Host—displays the host name
Service Tag—displays the
service tag of the host.
Description—displays a description.
Warranty Status—displays
the warranty status of the host. Status options include:
Active—the host is under warranty, and has not exceeded
any threshold
Warning—the host is Active, but exceeded the warning
threshold
Critical—same as warning, but for a critical threshold
Expired—the warranty has expired for this host
Unknown—OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
does not get warranty status because the warranty job is not run,
an error has occurred getting the data, or the system does not have
a warranty
Days Left—displays the number
of days left for the warranty
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