Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter 2.0 Technical White Paper

OpenManage Integration for VMware
vCenter: Generating Reports

This Dell white paper summarizes report generation in the OpenManage
Integration for VMware vCenter for vSphere Desktop Client.

Sangita Pandit
Muhammad Rahman
Irfan Azam
October 2013

A Dell Technical White Paper

Date

Description

August 2013

Initial release

October 2013

Ported to new Dell Template

Revisions (2.0)

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Table of contents

Revisions (2.0) .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

2 Reports......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Overview report ............................................................................................................................................................... 5

3 Hardware reports ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7

3.1 Field Replaceable Units .................................................................................................................................................. 7

3.2 Processors ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7

3.3 Power Supplies ................................................................................................................................................................ 8

3.4 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8

3.5 NICs ................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.6 PCI Slots ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9

3.7 Remote Access Card ...................................................................................................................................................... 9

4 Storage reports ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10

4.1 Physical Disks ................................................................................................................................................................. 10

4.2 Virtual Disks .................................................................................................................................................................... 10

5 Other Reports ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11

5.1 Firmware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11

5.2 Power Monitoring .......................................................................................................................................................... 11

5.3 Warranty........................................................................................................................................................................... 11

6 Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................................................................... 12

3 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports

1 Introduction

The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter streamlines data center operations by letting you use
VMware vCenter to manage your entire infrastructure—both physical and virtual. You can discover,
manage, and generate reports for Dell hardware using the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter.
You can also view these reports in VMware vCenter or export the reports to a file. This white paper
discusses how to export information from the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter into the
standard CSV format, which you can import into spreadsheets and other applications.

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