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Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter: Generating Reports
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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5
Reports ................................................................................................................. 5
Overview report ..................................................................................................... 5
Hardware reports ..................................................................................................... 7
Field Replaceable Units ............................................................................................ 7
Processors ............................................................................................................ 7
Power Supplies ....................................................................................................... 8
Memory ................................................................................................................ 8
NICs .................................................................................................................... 9
PCI Slots ............................................................................................................... 9
Remote Access Card ............................................................................................... 10
Storage reports ....................................................................................................... 10
Physical Disks ....................................................................................................... 10
Virtual Disks ......................................................................................................... 10
Firmware .............................................................................................................. 11
Power Monitoring .................................................................................................... 11
Warranty .............................................................................................................. 12
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................... 12
Figures
Figure 1. Datacenter Overview report ........................................................................... 5
Figure 2. Selecting the report you want ......................................................................... 6
Figure 3. Exporting the report in a CSV format ................................................................. 6
Figure 4. Use the Field Replaceable Unit report if you need to replace parts............................. 7
Figure 5. View CPU information across all machines ........................................................... 7
Figure 6. View the status for each power supply on each machine ......................................... 8
Figure 7. View the memory details for each machine ......................................................... 8
Figure 8. Provides details for each NIC card in each machine ................................................ 9
Figure 9. PCI Slots report ........................................................................................... 9
Figure 10. View IP and MAC address and iDRAC type for each machine ..................................... 10
Figure 11. Provides detailed status for physical disks .......................................................... 10
Figure 12. Virtual Disks report ..................................................................................... 10
Figure 13. View the status of firmware packages ............................................................... 11
Figure 14. Power Monitoring report ............................................................................... 11