Dell PowerEdge System Management Manual

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12 Systems Management Guide• Power supply health status– System level for system board status along with power consumed inwatts– Power supplies health status along with power consumed in watts,amps, and voltage• Voltage sensor health status along with reading (if applicable)• Health status for all the fans in the system along with RPM readings• Ambient temperature of the server with status• Software– Versions for software components including Dell storage controllerdriver firmware, VMware ESXi hypervisor, and Dell BIOS for thePowerEdge server• Health status of cable and interconnects• Chassis intrusion status• Watchdog timer status• CMOS battery health statusVMware Infrastructure Client updates the health status by polling every90 seconds. The heath status can be updated by clicking Refresh at the topright of the screen. The Power Reading sensors can be reset by clicking ResetSensors at the top right of the screen.To configure the hardware components and to change the threshold ofsupported components, refer to "Advanced System Configuration" onpage 14.Alert MonitoringIT Assistant can be configured to receive traps from ESXi. SNMP traps aregenerated by the server for the following:1 Hardware Event Alerts:a For each of the component listed in the previous section, an SNMPtrap is generated when status goes from green to yellow or green tored. These traps are generated by the ESXi software and deliveredthrough the ESXi Management Network.