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Viewing Warranty Summary Details for Datacenters and Clusters

You must have run a warranty job to view a warranty summary. See Running a Warranty Job Now.
View the warranty summary details for a datacenter or cluster on the Dell Datacenter/Cluster Information tab. Datacenter and cluster pages let you export information to a CSV file and offers filter/search functionality on the data grid. The Warranty Summary page lets you monitor the warranty expiration date. Warranty settings control when server warranty information is retrieved from Dell online by enabling or disabling the warranty schedule and then setting the Minimum Days Threshold alert. See Warranty History.
  1. In VMware vCenter, in the Navigator, click vCenter.

  2. Click Datacenters or Clusters.

  3. On the Objects tab, select the specific datacenter or cluster for which you want to view warranty summary details.

  4. On the Monitor tab, select the Dell Datacenter/Cluster Information tab, and on Warranty Summary sub-tab, view the following:

    Warranty SummaryThe host warranty summary is displayed using icons to visually show the number of hosts in each status category.
    HostDisplays the name of the host.
    Service TagDisplays the Service Tag for the host.
    DescriptionDisplays a description.
    Warranty StatusDisplays the warranty status of the host. Status options include:
    • Active

      The host is under warranty, and has not exceeded any threshold.

    • Warning

      The host is Active, but exceeded the warning threshold.

    • Critical

      Same as warning, but for a critical threshold.

    • Expired

      The warranty has expired for this host.

    • Unknown

      OpenManage Integration for VMware vCentercannot get warranty status because the warranty job has not run, an error has occurred getting the data, or the system does not have a warranty.

    Days LeftDisplays the number of days left for the warranty.