Displaying The Inventory For A Single Host System in vCenter
From the vSphere client, under the Inventory heading select Hosts and Clusters.
From Hosts and Clusters, in the left pane, select the host system, and then select the OpenManage Integration tab.
An overview of the selected host is displayed.
The overview provides information on key host server attributes, including individual component health, identification, hypervisor, and firmware information.- Hardware Component Health is a graphical representation of the
status of all major host server components: system chassis, power
supply, temperature, fans, voltage, processors, batteries, intrusion,
hardware log, power management, and memory. The available status states
are:
- Healthy (green check mark) - component operating normally
- Warning (yellow triangle with exclamation point) - component has a non-critical error
- Critical (red X) - component has a critical failure
- Unknown (question mark) - status is unknown for the component
A global health status is displayed in the upper-right header bar.
- Server Information provides identification, hypervisor, and firmware
information, such as:
- Host name, power state, iDRAC IP address, Management IP address, connection profile in use, model, service tag and asset tag numbers, number of days left on the warranty, and when the last inventory scan was performed
- Hypervisor, BIOS firmware, and iDRAC firmware versions
- Fault Resilient Memory (FRM): This is a BIOS attribute and is
enabled in the BIOS during initial setup of the sever and displays
the memory operational mode of the server. You need to restart your
system when you change memory operational mode value. This is applicable
for R620, R720, T620, M620 servers with ESXi 5.5 or later version.
The four different values are:
- Enabled and Protected: This value indicates that the system is supported and the operating system version is ESXi 5.5 or later, and the memory operational mode in BIOS is set to FRM.
- Enabled and Not Protected: This value indicates that the memory operational mode in BIOS is set to FRM, but the operating system does not have support for this feature.
- Disabled: This value indicates that it supports valid systems with any operating system version and here memory operational mode in BIOS is not set to FRM.
- Blank: If memory operational mode in BIOS is not supported the FRM attribute is not displayed.
- Recent System Log Entries provide the 10 most recent system event log entries. To launch the System Event Log window that displays additional log details, click Details.
- Hardware Component Health is a graphical representation of the
status of all major host server components: system chassis, power
supply, temperature, fans, voltage, processors, batteries, intrusion,
hardware log, power management, and memory. The available status states
are:
Under Host Information, click Hardware Inventory to display a list and further details on all components installed in host system, including:
- Field-replaceable units (FRUs) - DIMMS, system planar, power supplies, backplanes, controller cards, and so on.
- Memory - Number of slots available and in use, maximum capacity and amount of memory in use, and details on individual DIMMs.
- Network Interface Cards (NICs) - Number of installed cards and details on individual NICs.
- PCI Slots - Total available and number in use, and details on individual slots.
- Power Supplies - Number present and details on individual PSUs.
- Processors - Number present and details on individual CPUs.
- Remote Access Card - IP address information, RAC type, and Web interface URL.
Under Host Information, click Storage to display a graphic and detailed view of the capacity and type of physical and virtual storage, including:
- Host system total storage, unconfigured, configured, and global hot spare disk capacity.
- List of how many of each storage component is present in the system.
- Component data table that contains detailed information on that component.
Under Host Information, click Firmware to display all Dell Lifecycle Controller firmware information including:
- Update name - BIOS, Dell Lifecycle Controller, power supply, and so on.
- Update type - BIOS, firmware, or application.
- Individual update details - Version, installation time, if an update is in progress or the update status, and the update version. The update status and version only have data when an update is scheduled, and the update version is the firmware version to which the system will be updated.
Under Host Information, click Power Monitoring to display general power information, energy statistics, and reserve power information, including:
- Current power budget, profile, warning and failure thresholds.
- Energy consumption, system peak power, and amperage statistics.
- Reserve power and peak reserve capacity.
Under Host Information, click Warranty to display system warranty information including:
- Warranty provider name and description of the warranty.
- Start and end dates and how many days are left on the warranty.
- Status of the warranty (active, inactive) and when the warranty information was last updated.