OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.3

Chassis and host management using the Unified Chassis Management IP

If an iDRAC IPv4 is disabled for a host that is managed using connection profile, the host inventory fails and chassis is not discovered. In such cases, the chassis must be added manually and should be associated to a chassis profile to manage the chassis and its associated hosts.

If you choose to manage your hosts using the Unified Chassis Management IP, OMIVV features such as, inventory, monitoring, firmware, and driver updates are supported. The following are the high-level description of the tasks to manage the hosts and chassis using the Unified Chassis Management IP:
  1. Add an MX chassis.

    For information about adding an MX chassis, see Adding an MX Chassis .

  2. Create a chassis profile and associate the hosts.

    For more information about creating a chassis profile, see Creating chassis profile.

  3. View jobs for both chassis and host that are managed using the chassis profile.
  4. View chassis and host inventory.

    For more information about host and chassis inventory, see Viewing host inventory and Viewing chassis inventory.

  5. Perform firmware update on hosts that are managed using chassis.

    For more information about firmware update, see Updating firmware for an MX server managed using chassis.

    NOTE: Bare-metal workflow is not supported when the hosts are managed using chassis.