The Overview provides information on key host server attributes,
including individual component health, identification, hypervisor,
and firmware information.
HARDWARE COMPONENT HEALTH
Component health is a graphical representation of the status of
all major host server components: system chassis, power supply, temperature,
fans, voltage, processors, batteries, intrusion, hardware log, power
management, and memory. The available status states are:
Warning (yellow triangle with exclamation point) - component has
a non-critical error
Critical (red X) - component has a critical failure
Unknown (question mark) - status is unknown for the component
A global health status is displayed in the upper-right header bar.
SERVER INFORMATION
Server information provides identification, hypervisor, and firmware
information, such as:
Host name, power state, iDRAC IP, console IP, connection profile
in use, model, service tag and asset tag numbers, number of days left
on the warranty, and when the last inventory scan was performed.
Hypervisor, BIOS firmware, and iDRAC firmware versions.
Ten most recent system event log entries. Click Details to launch
the System Event Log window that displays additional log details.
Host Information
In the left pane of the Host Overview, you can find the links to
the following types of Host information:
The host system storage provides a graphical and detailed
view of the capacity and type of physical and logical storage for
storage connected to a host-based storage controller, including:
Host system total storage, unconfigured, configured, and both
global and dedicated hot spare disks capacity
List of how many of each storage component is present in the system
component data table that contains detailed information on that component
Firmware
Run the Firmware Update Wizard or view your firmware
status. See, Firmware Updates.
Power Monitoring
The host system power monitoring provides
general power information, energy statistics, and reserve power information,
including:
Current power budget, profile, warning and failure thresholds
Energy consumption, system peak power, and amperage statistics
Reserve power and peak reserve capacity
Warranty
Warranty retrieval provides the following information
for Dell servers:
Updated service warranty information, while only transmitting
the host service tag
Warranty information updated at scheduled intervals
Secure transmission using a proxy server and credentials
Click Run Firmware Update Wizard to display the Firmware Update
wizard and update the host server firmware. See, Running the Firmware
Update Wizard.
Management Consoles
The management consoles are used to launch external system management
consoles, such as:
Click Remote Access Console to launch the Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller (iDRAC) Web user interface.
Click OMSA Console to launch the OpenManage Server Administrator
(OMSA) user interface if it has been configured. See, Enabling The OMSA
Link
Click Blade Chassis Console to launch the Chassis Management Controller
(CMC) Web user interface.
Dell Online Services
The Dell Online Services provide access to renew a host system's
warranty.
Click Renew Warranty to launch a portal used to renew a host system's
warranty. Review the Warranty Days Left status under Server Information
to check if the warranty requires renewal; a warning or critical icon
is displayed if the warranty is getting close to the expiration date.
See, Renewing
Host Warranty.