OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.0 Web Client User's Guide

How can I test event settings by using OMSA to simulate temperature hardware Fault?

1. In the OMSA user interface, navigate to Alert Management > Platform Events.
2. Select the Enable Platform Event Filter Alerts check box.
3. Scroll down to the bottom, and click Apply Changes.
4. To ensure that a specific event is enabled, such as temperature warning, from the tree on the left, select Main System Chassis.
5. Under Main System Chassis, select Temperatures.
6. Select the Alert Management tab, and select Temperature Probe Warning.
7. Select the Broadcast a Message check box, and select Apply Changes.
8. To cause the temperature warning event, from the tree view on the left, select Main System Chassis.
9. Select Temperatures under Main System Chassis.
10. Select the System Board Ambient Temp link, and select the Set to Values option button.
11. Set the Maximum Warning Threshold to a value preceding the current listed reading.
    For example, if the current reading is 27, set the threshold to 25.
12. Select Apply Changes, and the temperature warning event is generated.
    To cause another event, restore the original settings by using the same Set to Values option. Events are generated as warnings, and then to a normal state. If everything is working properly, navigate to the vCenter Tasks & Events view; a temperature probe warning event should be displayed.

    NOTE: There is a filter for duplicate events; if you try to trigger the same event too many times in a row, you only receive one event. To see all events, allow at least 30 seconds between events.