Users Guide

• If you are on a blade system, launch the CMC to launch the Chassis Management Controller user interface. If
you are not on a blade system, this does not display.
Warranty Retrieval
Warranty retrieval provides the following information for Dell servers:
• Updated service warranty information, while only transmitting the host service tag
• Warranty information updated at scheduled intervals
• Secure transmission using a proxy server and credentials
NOTE: Dell does not store transmitted service tag information.
Related Tasks:
• Renewing Host Warranty
• Running A Warranty Retrieval Job
• Viewing Server Warranty Information For A Single Host
• Viewing Warranty Information For An Entire Data Center
Renewing Host Warranty
You can view the warranty status for your servers, or renew the warranty on the Warranty page.
1. In vSphere Client → Dell Server Management tab → Host Information, click Warranty.
2. To renew your warranty and go to the Dell Web page that manages system warranties, click Renew Warranty.
3. In the Dell Web page click Renew/Upgrade Warranty.
Viewing Server Warranty Information For An Entire Data Center
Once the warranty job completes, you can view server warranty information in vSphere Client, on the Datacenter View
page.
To view the server warranty information for an entire datacenter:
1. From the vSphere Client, under the Inventory heading select Hosts and Clusters.
2. From Hosts and Clusters, select the datacenter in the tree view and select the Dell Server Management tab.
3. An overview of all hosts in the datacenter is displayed. In the View drop-down list select Warranty.
4. In the Filter text box, enter a filter for the warranty data.
5. To refresh the displayed inventory, click Refresh.
6. To export the inventory as a CSV file, click Export. In the Download Location window, browse to the location to save
the inventory and click
Save.
Viewing Server Warranty Information For A Single Host
Once a warranty job completes you can view the warranty information for a single host in vSphere Client on the Hosts
View page.
To view the server warranty information for a single host:
1. From the vSphere client, under the Inventory heading select Hosts and Clusters.
2. From Hosts and Clusters, select the host system in the tree view and select the Dell Server Management tab.
3. To display system warranty information, select Warranty. The information on the Warranty Status page includes:
– Warranty provider name and description of the warranty
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