OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.2

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 for 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.