Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 2.0 with Microsoft Windows Admin Center User’s Guide

Manage Failover clusters, Azure Stack HCI, and Windows Server HCI clusters

You can use OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) extension to view and manage health, hardware inventory, update, and iDRAC of Microsoft Failover Clusters created with PowerEdge servers, Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server (Windows Server HCI), and Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (Azure Stack HCI).

1. In the upper left corner of the Windows Admin Center, select Cluster Manager from the drop-down menu.
2. From the list, select a failover or hyper-converged cluster connection, and then click Connect.
   NOTE If the extension prompts you to specify the "Manage as" credentials, ensure that you select Manage as and provide appropriate cluster administrator credentials to authenticate the managed nodes, and then select the use these credentials for all connections check box. Ensure that the user is part of the local user group of gateway administrators. For more information about selecting "Manage as", see the "Get Started with Windows Admin Center" section in the Microsoft documentation.
3. In the left pane of the Microsoft Windows Admin Center, under EXTENSIONS, click Dell EMC OpenManage Integration.
4. To manage a failover or hyper-converged cluster, select:
   • Health—to view the health status of the server components of the individual nodes in the cluster.
     • The Overall Health Status section displays the overall health of the cluster. Select different sections in the doughnut chart to filter the health status of the components of the cluster nodes.
       NOTE The overall health status of the cluster might be displayed as critical or warning even though the components of the nodes displayed on the Windows Admin Center are healthy. For more details on the components in critical health state, go to the respective iDRAC console.
     See Health status—Supported target node components in Failover Clusters, Windows Server HCI, and Azure Stack HCI.
   • Inventory—to view the detailed hardware inventory information of the component. On the Overview page, the basic details of the nodes of the failover or hyper-converged cluster are listed. Select the required node to view detailed hardware inventory of the server components. See Hardware inventory—Supported target node components in Failover Clusters, Windows Server HCI, and Azure Stack HCI.
   • Update—to view and update the compliance charts of the nodes and components. Expand the required node to view a detailed compliance report of the components. See Update PowerEdge servers and nodes of Windows Server HCI, Azure Stack HCI, and Failover clusters using OpenManage Integration extension.
   • iDRAC—to view the iDRAC details of the individual nodes. 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.
   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.