Overview of OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) enables IT administrators to manage PowerEdge servers as hosts, Microsoft Failover Clusters created with PowerEdge servers, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) created by using Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server or Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. OMIMSWAC simplifies the tasks of IT administrators by remotely managing the PowerEdge servers and clusters throughout their life cycle. For more information about the features and benefits of OMIMSWAC, see the documentation at
Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
Key features of OMIMSWAC
OMIMSWAC provides a simplified solution for IT administrators to efficiently manage the following:
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers running on supported Windows Operating Systems.
Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (also known as Azure Stack HCI or AS HCI) created using AX nodes from Dell Technologies.
Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server (also known as Windows Server HCI or WS HCI) created using Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes or combinations of AX nodes and Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.
Microsoft Failover Clusters created with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers running supported Windows Server operating system.
Inventory—Provides information about overall Health, Hardware inventory, and iDRAC inventory of nodes including component-level information of all supported Dell EMC platforms.
Online catalogs—Support for creating a firmware baseline by using the following online catalogs when OMIMSWAC is connected to the Internet:
Dell EMC Enterprise Catalog-Contains firmware updates for PowerEdge servers and PowerEdge server nodes in a cluster.
Update Catalog for Microsoft HCI solutions-Contains firmware updates for AX nodes and Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes and nodes in Windows Server HCI and Azure Stack HCI clusters.
Dell EMC MX Solution Catalog for PowerEdge MX Modular.
Offline catalog—Support for creating local firmware baselines by using Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM).
Compliance report—Generate update compliance report against Dell EMC verified update catalogs and provide notifications when a new catalog version is available.
Server update—Supports PowerEdge server update against baseline – Firmware, BIOS, Drivers, and system management applications.
Cluster-Aware Update—Supports cluster update against validated baseline (Firmware, BIOS, and Drivers) for PowerEdge server-based Failover cluster, Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server, and Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.
Integrated Cluster Deploy and Update—Supports integrated Firmware, BIOS, and Drivers installation while creating Azure Stack HCI cluster. Also, performs symmetry check to keep hardware configuration of cluster nodes inline with Dell EMC recommended hardware configuration.
Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating—Supports integrated cluster-aware update for Azure Stack HCI clusters that include both operating system and hardware updates (Firmware, BIOS, and Drivers).
iDRAC console—View iDRAC information of PowerEdge servers. For out-of-band management, you can directly launch the iDRAC console from Windows Admin Center.
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Availability of OMIMSWAC extension and documentation localized in English, French, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese languages.
Revision history
Date
Document revision
Description of changes
February 2021
A00
Initial release for OMIMSWAC 2.0
March 2021
A01
Added support for Windows Admin Center 2103 GA.
Updated Integrated cluster deploy and update topic to include information about node renaming.
Updated Full-Stack CAU topic to include information about disabling CAU clustered role post update.
June 2021
A02
Added support for AX-6515 and AX-7525 nodes in Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.
Added support for AX-7525 nodes in Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server.
June 2021
A03
Added support for WAC 2103.2 GA.
July 2021
A04
Added support for Microsoft Failover Cluster Tool Extension 1.280.0.nupkg release.
What is new in this release
Supports Microsoft Windows Admin Center Preview 2103.2 GA.
Supports managing and monitoring of Azure Stack HCI solution based on the new Azure Stack HCI version 20H2 operating system.
Installation—Provides the ability for in-place installation of Dell EMC OpenManage Integration snap-in when creating an Azure Stack HCI cluster using AX nodes or running full stack update on Azure Stack HCI cluster.
OpenManage Integration snap-in to provide integrated firmware and driver updates during Azure Stack HCI cluster creation or cluster update available in the Windows Admin Center.
Integrated Cluster Deploy and Update—This feature is applicable for Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (running Azure Stack HCI version 20H2 operating system).
When creating an Azure Stack HCI cluster using AX nodes:
Supports Hardware symmetry checks that validate the cluster nodes configuration against the Dell EMC recommended configurations. After the symmetry check, it provides a comprehensive report that displays the status of all the configurations and recommended actions for unsupported configurations. This feature ensures that the cluster configuration is compliant with Dell EMC recommendations.
Supports integrated Firmware, BIOS, and Drivers updates. This provides a unified experience that includes rebooting the nodes only once after both operating system and hardware updates are done.
Ability to rerun prerequisites and Hardware symmetry checks when the failures are corrected.
Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating—This feature is applicable for Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (running Azure Stack HCI version 20H2 operating system).
In addition to the operating system update available in the Windows Admin Center, perform hardware updates (Firmware, BIOS, and Drivers) for Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI cluster in a single flow. This feature will not only help administrators to update the OS and the firmware, but also OS drivers and management applications that are installed on the cluster.
Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU)—Ability to schedule CAU updates using OpenManage Integration extension for the following:
PowerEdge server-based Failover cluster
Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server
Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Supports Dell EMC System Update (DSU) 1.9 to check compliance and update.
Supports AX-6515 and AX-7525 nodes in Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.
Supports AX-7525 nodes in Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server.
Enhancements:
Supports target nodes running Windows Server Core operating system.
License details are displayed by clicking a license attribute name under iDRAC inventory.
Optimized iDRAC inventory attributes to improve usability.
Renamed MX catalog for PowerEdge MX Modular to "Dell EMC MX Solution Catalog".
PowerEdge catalog option is now available under Update Source for Failover clusters created using MX Modular.
Revamped the Tool tip information of Update Source to make it more readable.
Improved Update Source catalog selection view.
Improvements in Compliance Report view from doughnut chart to bar chart to indicate the compliance level. Added a search box in the compliance report to search and select components.
Improvements in compliance generation and update performance.
Fixes:
Previously, if a target node/cluster was connected (using Single Sign-on authentication) without using "Manage as" credentials, to generate a compliance, it was required to reconnect the target node/cluster from the "All connections" page in the Windows Admin Center using "Manage as" credentials.
In this release, the extension may prompt you to specify the "Manage as" credentials on the same page when attempting to manage a target node or cluster. Therefore, you do not need to go back to the "All connections" page in the Windows Admin Center to connect the target node or cluster.
With support for Microsoft Failover Cluster Tool Extension 1.280.0.nupkg release, the issue of full stack update has been resolved.
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