You can use OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) to view and manage health, hardware inventory, update, and iDRAC of PowerEdge servers.
Prerequisites
You have installed Windows Admin Center 2103.2 GA.
You must be logged in to Microsoft Windows Admin Center as a Gateway Administrator.
Ensure to access the Windows Admin Center remotely using domain administrator credentials. Otherwise, use local administrator credentials to access the WAC locally. For more information, refer to
Microsoft documents.
Steps
To manage PowerEdge servers:
In the upper left corner of Windows Admin Center, select
Server Manager from the drop-down menu.
From the list, select a server connection, and then click
Connect.
NOTE If "Manage as" credentials are not provided while connecting to a target node or cluster or not available to the extension, you will be prompted to specify the "Manage as" credentials inside the extension when you try to manage the target node or cluster.
In the left pane of the Microsoft Windows Admin Center, under
EXTENSIONS, click
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration.
Select:
Health—to view the health status of the target node components. A status icon represents the overall health status of the target node. See
Health status—Supported target node components.
The health, hardware inventory, and iDRAC details are cached and will not be loaded each time the extension is loaded. To view the latest health and inventory status and iDRAC details, in the upper-right corner of the Health Status, click
Refresh.
NOTE For modular servers (YX2X, YX3X, YX4X, YX5X, and above models 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 YX2X and YX3X models of PowerEdge servers with firmware version earlier than 2.60.60.60, information about the following components are not displayed:
Health status—Accelerators, memory, storage controllers, storage enclosures, and physical disks.