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Introduction
VMware vCenter is the primary console used by IT administrators to manage and monitor VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi
hosts. In a standard virtualized environment, VMware alerts and monitoring are used to prompt you to launch a separate
console to resolve hardware issues. OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is a product that lets you manage
VMware vCenter servers from within the VMware Web client and free you from being tied to a Windows system. Using
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, you have capabilities to manage and monitor Dell hardware within the
virtualized environment, such as:
• Alerts and environmental monitoring: Detect key hardware faults and perform virtualization-aware actions (for
example, migrate workloads or place host in maintenance mode).
• Single server monitoring and reporting: Monitoring and reporting capabilities of servers.
• Firmware updates: Update Dell hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and firmware.
• Enhanced deployment options: Create hardware profiles, hypervisor profiles, and deploy any combination of the two
on bare-metal Dell PowerEdge servers, remotely and without PXE—using vCenter
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Features
You can use the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter to perform:
Inventory Inventory key assets, perform configuration tasks, and provide cluster and datacenter views of
Dell platforms.
Monitoring and
Alerting
Detect key hardware faults and perform virtualization-aware actions (for example, migrate
workloads or place host in maintenance mode). Provide additional intelligence (inventory,
events, alarms) to diagnose server problems. Report at the datacenter and cluster view and
export to CSV file.
Firmware
Updates
Update Dell hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and firmware.
Deployment and
Provisioning
Create hardware profiles, hypervisor profiles, and remotely deploy any combination of the two
on bare-metal Dell PowerEdge servers using VMware vCenter, without using PXE.
Service
Information
Retrieve warranty information from Dell online.
Security Role and
Permissions
Integrate with standard vCenter authentication, rules, and permissions.
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