OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.3

Events, alarms, and health monitoring

The goal of hardware management is to provide the system health status and up-to-date infrastructure information that an administrator needs to respond to critical hardware events without leaving the OMIVV plug-in or vCenter.

The data center and host system monitoring enables an administrator monitor infrastructure health by displaying hardware (server and storage) and virtualization-related events on the Tasks and Events tab in vCenter. Also, critical hardware alerts can trigger the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter alarms and few alarms defined for Dell virtualization-related events can move the managed host system to maintenance mode.

To receive events from servers, OMIVV is configured as a Trap destination on all monitored devices and the various destinations are as follows:

  • SNMP Trap destination is set in iDRAC for 12th generation hosts and later.
  • Trap destination is set in OMSA for hosts earlier than 12th generation.
  • Trap destination is set in CMC or Management Module for chassis.

NOTE:

For an MX chassis in an MCM configuration, the trap destination is only configured on lead chassis. OMIVV will receive alerts from all lead and member chassis using the lead chassis.

NOTE: OMIVV supports SNMP v1 and v2 alerts for 12th generation hosts and later. For hosts earlier than 12th generation, OMIVV supports only SNMP v1 alerts.

To monitor, perform the following:

  • Configure the Event and Alarm settings.
  • Configure SNMP OMSA Trap destinations, if necessary.
  • Use the Tasks and Events tab in vCenter to review event information.