vSphere Client Host Overview
The Overview provides information on key host server attributes, including individual component health, identification, hypervisor, and firmware information.
HARDWARE COMPONENT HEALTH
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
Server information provides identification, hypervisor, and firmware information, such as:
- Host name, power state, iDRAC IP, Management IP, 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.
- Ten most recent system event log entries. Click Details to launch the System Event Log window that displays additional log details.
Host Information
In the left pane of the Host Overview, you can find the links to the following types of Host information:
- System Event Log
Displays hardware system event log information. See, Understanding System Event Logs.
- Hardware Inventory
Displays information about the following hardware devices:
- Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) such as DIMMs, system planar, power supplies, backplanes, controller cards, etc.
- 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 and RAC type and Web interface URL.
See, About Inventory Jobs.
- Storage
The host system storage provides a graphical and detailed view of the capacity and type of physical and logical storage for storage connected to a host-based storage controller, including:
- Host system total storage, unconfigured, configured, and both global and dedicated hot spare disks capacity
- List of how many of each storage component is present in the system component data table that contains detailed information on that component
- Firmware
Run the Firmware Update Wizard or view your firmware status. See, Firmware Updates.
- Power Monitoring
The host system power monitoring provides 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 NOTE: Not all power supplies support this feature and blade enclosure power supplies are not supported.
- Warranty
Warranty retrieval provides the following information for Dell servers:
- Updated service warranty information, while only transmitting the host service tag
- Warranty information updated at scheduled intervals
- Secure transmission using a proxy server and credentials
- Information through a tested, secure connection
See, Warranty Retrieval.
Host Actions
The Host actions are commands you performed on the current host server, such as:
- Click Blink Indicator Light to blink the LCD front indicator light. See, Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Lights.
- Click Run Firmware Update Wizard to display the Firmware Update wizard and update the host server firmware. See, Running the Firmware Update Wizard.
Management Consoles
The management consoles are used to launch external system management consoles, such as:
- Click Remote Access Console to launch the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Web user interface.
- Click OMSA Console to launch the OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) user interface if it has been configured. See, Enabling The OMSA Link
- Click Blade Chassis Console to launch the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Web user interface.
Dell Online Services
The Dell Online Services provide access to renew a host system's warranty.
- Click Renew Warranty to launch a portal used to renew a host system's warranty. Review the Warranty Days Left status under Server Information to check if the warranty requires renewal; a warning or critical icon is displayed if the warranty is getting close to the expiration date. See, Renewing Host Warranty.