Technical White Paper

6 Chassis Inventory using the Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
1 Chassis Discovery
Chassis Discovery is the term used when the Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter obtains
information about the existence of a chassis.
1.1 Chassis discovered during host inventory
A chassis is discovered when a Dell 10
th
Generation or latest blade server configured as a VMware host is
inventoried by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter. The chassis for which the blade server
belongs is identified, and during the host inventory process only basic information about the chassis is
retrieved and stored.
NOTE: Discovered chassis information is visible from the integration in the VMware web client only.
In the vCenter Home context, the number of chassis is visible on the left hand navigation menu. The
number of discovered chassis is displayed next to the “Dell Chassis” menu item.
Figure 1 Number of discovered chassis as displayed on the Dell chassis menu item
If you click on the “Dell Chassis” menu item, a list of the discovered chassis is displayed.
Figure 2 Dell Chassis objects with minimal information after discovery
After discovery, the minimal information about the objects available on the Dell Chassis page is:
 CMC IP address
 Service Tag
 CMC URL
After a chassis has been inventoried, additional information about the chassis and its components is
displayed.