User's Manual

– Hardware Inventory
– Storage
– Firmware
– Power Monitoring
– Warranty Status
The following host commands work within the Dell Server Management tab or by right clicking on a host:
– Blink Indicator Light
– Run Firmware Update Wizard
– Launch Remote Access
– Launch OMSA Plug-In Configuration
– Launch CMC
– Renew Warranty
– Proactive Systems Management
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job
The warranty retrieval job configuration is similar between the wizard and from the Dell Management Center → Settings
option. The only difference is that the wizard supplies an option to run the warranty retrieval job immediately. After
running the wizard you can edit at anytime from the Dell Management Center → Settings → Warranty Schedule page.
You can run the Warranty Retrieval job now from the Job Queue → Warranty History page.
To schedule a warranty retrieval job:
1. In the Dell Management Center select Settings → Warranty Schedule.
2. In the Warranty Schedule window, click Edit.
3. To configure the schedule, do one of the following:
a) To run Warranty Schedules, click On Selected Days.
b) To not run Warranty Schedules, select Do not run inventory on Dell hosts.
4. If you selected On Selected Days, then do the following:
a) Select the check box next to each day of the week that you want to run the warranty jobs.
b) In the text box, enter the time in HH:MM format.
The time you enter is your local time. Calculate the time difference you need to run the warranty jobs at the
proper time.
5. To run the warranty jobs now, navigate to Job Queue → Warranty History and then click Run Now.
Viewing or Editing Deployment Credentials
In Dell Management Center, you can edit the deployment credentials. Deployment credentials are used to securely
communicate with a bare-metal system using the iDRAC from initial discovery, until the end of the deployment process.
Once deployment completes, the credentials are changed to those in the connection profile matched to the bare-metal
system from the deployment wizard. If the deployment credentials are changed, all newly discovered systems from that
point on will be provisioned with the new credentials - the credentials on servers discovered prior to the change of
credentials are not affected by this change. The user name should be 16 characters or less (only ASCII printable
characters). The password should be 20 characters or less (only ASCII printable characters).
To view or edit deployment credentials:
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