Users Guide

Configuring Warranty Expiration Notification

You can configure warranty expiration thresholds to warn about warranty expiration.

1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Settings tab, under Appliance Settings, to

the right side of Warranty Expiration Notification, click the Edit icon.

2. In the Warranty Expiration Notification dialog box, do the following:

a. If you want to enable this setting, select the Enable warranty expiration notification for hosts check box.

Selecting the check box enables warranty expiration notification.

b. Under Minimum Days Threshold Alert, do the following:

1. In the Warning drop-down list, select the number of days before you want to be warned of the warranty

expiration.

2. In the Critical drop-down list, select the number of days before you want to be warned of the warranty

expiration.

3. Click Apply.

Configuring Events And Alarms

The Dell Management Center Events and Alarms page enables or disables all hardware alarms. The current alert status

is displayed on the vCenter Alarms tab. A critical event indicates actual or imminent data loss or system malfunction. A

warning event is not necessarily significant, but may indicate a possible future problem. Events and alarms can also be

enabled using the VMware Alarm Manager. Events are displayed on the vCenter Tasks and Events tab in the Hosts and

Clusters view. In order to receive the events from the servers, OMIVV will be configured as the SNMP trap destination.

For 12th generation hosts and later, the SNMP trap destination will be set in iDRAC. For hosts prior to 12th generation,

trap generation will be set in OMSA. You can configure events and alarms using the OpenManage Integration for

VMware vCenter from Management > Settings tab. Under vCenter Settings, expand the Events and Alarms heading to

display the current vCenter Alarms for Dell Hosts (Enabled or Disabled), or for all and the Event Posting Level.

NOTE: OMIVV supports SNMP v1 and v2 alerts for 12th generation hosts and later. For hosts prior to 12th

generation, OMIVV supports SNMP v1 alerts in vCenter. For more information on setting trap destination, see

Setting Up An OMSA Trap Destination.

NOTE: To receive Dell events, you must enable both alarms and events.

1. To the right side of Events and Alarms, click the Edit icon.

2. To enable all hardware alarms and events, select the Enable Alarms for all Dell Hosts check box.

NOTE: Dell hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering maintenance mode and you

can modify the alarm as needed.

3. To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers, click Restore Default Alarms.

It may take up to a minute before the change takes effect.

NOTE: This step is only seen if Enable Alarms For Dell Hosts is selected.

4. Under Event Posting Level, select one of the following:

• Do not post any events

This options blocks hardware events.

• Post All Events

This option posts all hardware events.

• Post only Critical and Warning Events