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Overview
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
VMware vCenter is the primary console used by IT administrators to manage
and monitor VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi hosts. In a standard virtualized
environment, VMware alerts and monitoring are used to prompt an
administrator to launch a separate console to resolve hardware issues. Today,
using the Dell management Plug-In for VMware vCenter, administrators have
new capabilities to manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized
environment, such as:
• Alerting and environment monitoring
• Single server monitoring and reporting
• Firmware updates
• Enhanced deployment options
Key Features
Dell customers can use the Management Plug-In to perform:
• Inventory —Inventory key assets, perform configuration tasks, and provide
cluster and datacenter views of Dell platforms.
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Monitoring and Alerting —Detect key hardware faults, perform
virtualization-aware actions (for example, migrate workloads or place host
in maintenance mode), and provide proactive resolution based on
hardware events.
•
Firmware Updates —Update Dell hardware to the most updated version of
BIOS and firmware.