You can view
the host summary details for an individual host on the Host Summary page, where various portlets
are displayed. Two of the portlets are applicable to the OpenManage
Integration for VMware vCenter. The two portlets are:
Dell Host Health
Dell Host information
You can drag and drop the two portlets to the
position you want and can format and customize the two portlets like
other portlets as per your requirement. To view the host summary details:
Steps
In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter,
in the Navigator pane, click Hosts.
In the Objects tab,
select the specific host you want to review.
Click the Summary tab.
View the host summary details:
Table 1. Host summary
informationThe following table provides the host summary details.
Information
Description
Alternating system
Displays alerts for OpenManage Integration for
VMware vCenter in a yellow box under the status area and preceding
the portlets.
Notification area
Displays the Dell products integration information
in the right side-panel area, where you can find information about:
Recent Tasks
Work In Progress
Alarms
The Dell alarm information is displayed in the notification area
portlet.
Scroll down to view the Dell Server Management
portlet.
Table 2. Dell server
Management portletThe following table provides details of each host.
Information
Description
Service Tag
Displays the service tag for your Dell PowerEdge
server. Use this ID when you call for support.
Model Name
Displays the server’s model name.
Fault Resilient Memory
Displays the status of a BIOS attribute. The BIOS
attribute is enabled in the BIOS during initial setup of the server
and displays the memory operational mode of the server. Restart your
system when you change the memory operational mode value. This is applicable for 12th generation of PowerEdge servers
and later that support Fault Resilient Memory (FRM) option, running
ESXi 5.5 or later version. The four different values of BIOS attribute
are:
Enabled and Protected: This value indicates that the
system is supported and the operating system version is ESXi 5.5 or
later and the memory operational mode in BIOS is set to FRM.
Enabled and Not Protected: This value indicates that
it supports the system with operating system version lesser than ESXi
5.5.
Disabled: This value indicates that it supports valid
systems with any operating system version and the memory operational
mode in BIOS is not set to FRM.
Blank: If memory operational mode in BIOS is not supported,
the FRM attribute is not displayed.
Identification
Displays the following:
Host name—Displays name of the Dell host
Power State—Displays if power is ON or OFF
iDRAC IP—Displays the iDRAC IP address
Management IP—Displays the management IP address
Connection Profile—Displays the connection profile
name for this host
Model—Displays the Dell server model
Service Tag—Displays the Service tag for the server
Asset Tag—Displays the Asset tag
Warranty Days Left—Displays the days left for the
warranty
Last Inventory Scan—Displays the date and time
of the last inventory scan
Hypervisor & Firmware
Displays the following:
Hypervisor—Displays the Hypervisor version
BIOS Version—Displays the BIOS version
Remote Access Card Version—Displays the remote access
card version
Management Consoles
The management consoles are used to launch external
system management consoles, such as:
Launching OMSA console—launches the OMSA console
to access the OpenManage Server Administrator user interface.
Host Actions
To blink at various time intervals, set up the
physical server to blink at various time intervals. See Blink indicator
light.
View the Dell Host Health portlet:
Table 3. Dell host healthThe following table provides information about host
health.
Information
Description
Dell Host Health
Component health is a graphical representation
of the status of all major host server components: Server Global status,
Server, Power supply, Temperature, Voltages, Processors, Batteries,
Intrusion, Hardware log, Power management, Power and Memory. The chassis
health parameters are applicable for models VRTX version 1.0 and later,
M1000e version 4.4 and later. For versions less than 4.3 only two
health indicators are displayed, namely Healthy and Warning or Critical
(Inverted triangle with an exclamatory mark in orange color). The
overall health indicates the health based on the chassis with the
least health parameter. The options include: