Dell Systems Management Overview Guide

Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

The Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) allows you to monitor, provision, and manage PowerEdge server hardware and firmware. You can perform these tasks through a dedicated Dell menu that can be accessed directly through the VMware vCenter console. OMIVV also allows granular control and reporting for the hardware environment using the same role-based access control model as vCenter. The OpenManage Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager is available with OMIVV v4.0 onwards. It helps in checking hardware health and alerting into vRealize operations, which also includes dashboard and reporting on the server environment.

You can manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized environment.

• Alerting and monitoring the environment for servers and chassis
• Monitoring and reporting for servers and chassis
• Updating firmware on servers, including with vSAN clusters and vSphere Lifecycle Manager
• Deploying enhanced options

With the release of OpenManage Enterprise 3.9 and its expansion of plugin capabilities, OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter (OMEVV) 1.0.1 has also been released. This new plug-in provides the same functionality of OMIVV leveraging OpenManage Enterprise as a more full-featured administration portal. Future major releases of vSphere and PowerEdge servers are supported by this new architecture.

For more information, see https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000176981/.