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WAC is an extensible platform to enable Microsoft partners to leverage existing functionality within WAC and integrate with other management solutions to offer more value to customers.
This native extensibility in WAC enables customers to automate daily tasks through easy-to-use workflows. Dell OMIMSWAC simplifies Azure Stack HCI nodes management and monitoring tasks throughout their entire life cycle. These integrations are detailed in the following table.
Tool | Type | Integration with | Developed by | Description |
Microsoft Cluster Aware Updating extension | Extension | WAC | Microsoft | Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) uses plug-ins to coordinate the installation of updates between nodes in a failover cluster. |
Dell Integrated Full Stack Cluster Aware Updating | Integration | Microsoft CAU Extension | Dell Technologies | Enables performing hardware updates (firmware, BIOS, and drivers) on Dell Azure Stack HCI cluster nodes in addition to the operating system update available in the Windows Admin Center. |
OMIMSWAC v2.3 Standalone extension | Extension | WAC | Dell Technologies | OpenManage WAC extension for Infrastructure Life cycle management, plus cluster monitoring, inventory, and troubleshooting |
Microsoft Cluster Creation extension | Extension | WAC | Microsoft | WAC workflow to create Azure Stack HCI Clusters |
Dell OMIMSWAC extends the Microsoft provided workflows by enabling hardware and operating system updates and infrastructure life cycle management, monitoring, inventory, and troubleshooting for Dell Azure Stack HCI nodes.