Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Version 1.0.0 with Microsoft Windows Admin Center User’s Guide

Getting started with OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center

After installing the OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC), perform the following actions to launch the extension:

1. In the upper left corner of Windows Admin Center, select Server Manager, Hyper-Converged Cluster Manager, or Failover Cluster Manager from the drop-down menu.
2. From the list, select a server or cluster connection, and then click Connect.
3. Enter the server or cluster credentials.

   NOTE: : If you are not prompted to enter the credentials, ensure that you select "Manage as" and enter appropriate Server Administrator or Cluster Administrator accounts.

4. In the left pane of the Microsoft Windows Admin Center, under EXTENSIONS, click Dell EMC OpenManage Integration.

NOTE: : If Microsoft Windows Admin Center is installed on a target node and the target node is managed by OMIMSWAC, the inventory collection functionality of OMIMSWAC may result in failures.

Before connecting to the target node, ensure that you select "Manage as" and provide appropriate Server Administrator or Cluster Administrator accounts. For more information about selecting "Manage as", see the "Get Started with Windows Admin Center" section in the Microsoft documentation.

When you launch the OpenManage Integration for the first time, a customer notice is displayed to indicate the operations performed by the OpenManage Integration such as enabling the USB NIC and creating an iDRAC user on the target node. Click Accept to continue to manage the PowerEdge servers by using the OpenManage Integration.

NOTE: : After the information from the managed nodes is collected, if the USB NIC is enabled by OMIMSWAC then it is disabled and the previously created iDRAC user is deleted by OMIMSWAC.

NOTE: : For management of PowerEdge servers, OMIMSWAC uses an internal OS to iDRAC Pass-through interface. By default, iDRAC can be accessed by using the IP address 169.254.0.1/<Subnet> or 169.254.1.1/<Subnet>. However, if the host has another network interface in the same subnet (for example, when tool such as VMFleet is installed), OMIMSWAC might not be able to communicate to the iDRAC from the host OS. To resolve the conflict, log in to iDRAC and change the USB NIC IP address under the OS to iDRAC passthrough section. For more information about assigning this IP address, see the iDRAC documentation on the Dell EMC support site.