Access Underlying Hardware

[sbha]

We have installed ESX 3i version 3.5 update 3 on a Dell PowerEdge 1955 blade.

Can anyone tell me if any tools exist to allow us to manage/access the underlying hardware on this server?

[weinstein5]

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[sbha]

Hi

Thanks for replying. We are mainly looking to monitor the memory modules inside the blade but also the temperatures. On our other blades we have a Windows set up and can monitor the hardware using the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator program.

[TomHowarth]

I think you maybe out of luck, as ESXi does not have a service console you cannot install the Dell Openmanage agents into it. however contact your Dell representive as I believe their OEM branded version of ESXi has been modified to contain the binaries needed. this will however be a costed option.

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[sbha]

Thanks for your help