Overview
This document contains updated information about OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter(OMIVV) and any other Technical Documentation included with the OMIVV software.
The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 5.0 provides the following features:
- Support for HTML-5 Client
- Support for PowerEdge R6515 and PowerEdge R7515 servers
- Enhancement in the system profile to support the following:
- System profile types—Basic and Advanced
- System profile edit
- 12G and 13G PowerEdge servers
- Added support for vSphere 6.7 U3, vSphere 6.7 U2, and vSphere 6.5 U3
- Enhancement in the deployment to support the following:
- System profile baselining based on the associated cluster profile for cluster
- System Profile Configuration Preview
- Enhancement in the configuration compliance:
- Support for firmware and hardware baselining for vSphere clusters
- Cluster level view of drift details with vCenter context
- Support for context-sensitive help
- Enhancement in the repository profile to support online repositories—Dell EMC Default Catalog and Validated MX Stack Catalog
- Support for MX chassis management module firmware update
- Enhancement in admin console to support reset backup settings
- Enhancement in deployment mode to support for 2000 hosts with extra large mode
- Support for dual network adapter for OMIVV
- Dashboard to monitor host and chassis
NOTE Dell EMC recommends using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Edition Version 1.00.01 and later with OMIVV 5.0.
NOTE From OMIVV 5.0 onwards, only VMware vSphere Client (HTML-5) is supported and the vSphere Web Client (FLEX) is not supported.
Default virtual appliance configuration
Table 1. System requirements for deployment modesGives information about system requirements for deployment modes
| Deployment modes
|
Number of hosts
|
Number of CPUs
|
Memory—in GB
|
Minimum Storage
|
| Small
|
up to 250
|
2
|
8
|
95 GB
|
| Medium
|
up to 500
|
4
|
16
|
95 GB
|
| Large
|
up to 1000
|
8
|
32
|
95 GB
|
| X large
|
up to 2000
|
12
|
32
|
95 GB
|
NOTE For any of the mentioned deployment modes, ensure that you reserve sufficient amount of memory resources to the OMIVV virtual appliance by using reservations. See vSphere Documentation for steps about reserving memory resources.
NOTE MX chassis firmware update feature is supported only on medium, large, and extra large deployment modes.
