OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.2

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter features

Following are the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) appliance features:

Table 1. OMIVV features
FeaturesDescription
InventoryThe inventory feature provides the following:
  • PowerEdge server details, such as memory—quantity and type, NIC, PSU, processors, RAC, warranty information, server, cluster, and data center level view
  • Chassis details, such as Chassis Management Controller information, chassis power supply, KVM status, fan/thermal details, warranty information, empty switch/server details.
Monitor and send alertsThe monitoring and alerting includes the following functionalities:
  • Detect key hardware faults, and perform virtualization-aware actions. For example, migrate workloads or place host in maintenance mode.
  • Provide intelligence such as, inventory, events, alarms to diagnose server problems.
  • Support for VMware ProActive HA feature.
Firmware updates

The firmware update includes the following:

  • Update Dell EMC hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and firmware.
  • Driver and firmware updates for vSAN hosts and clusters.

Deployment and provisioningCreate hardware profiles, system profiles, hypervisor profiles, and remotely deploy OS on the bare-metal PowerEdge servers by using VMware vCenter without using PXE.
Service InformationRetrieve warranty information for the Dell EMC servers and its associated chassis from Dell’s warranty database and allow for easy online warranty upgrading.
Security role and permissions

Security role and permissions include the following functionalities:

  • Integrate with standard vCenter authentication, rules, and permissions.
  • Support for iDRAC Lockdown Mode in 14th generation servers.
NOTE: From OMIVV 4.0 onwards, only VMware vSphere Web client is supported and the vSphere Desktop client is not supported.
NOTE: For vCenter 6.5 and later, the OMIVV appliance is available only for the flash version. The OMIVV appliance is not available for the HTML5 version.