Users Guide

a. From the Chassis Credentials drop-down list, select the credentials for accessing the chassis.

To create a root credential, click Create New. To edit a credential, select the credential from the

Chassis Credentials drop-down list and click Edit.

b. From the Blade Credentials drop-down list, select the credentials for accessing blade server

within the chassis. To create a new root credential, click Create New. To edit a credential, select

the credential from the Blade Credentials drop-down list and click Edit.

c. From the I/O Module Credentials drop-down list, select the credentials for accessing I/O

modules within the chassis. To create a new root credential, click Create New. To edit a

credential, select the credential from the I/O Module Credentials drop-down list and click Edit.

3. Click Next.

Collecting the resource inventory

1. On the Discovered Resources page, select the resources from which you want to collect the

inventory.

2. Click Finish to collect the inventory data from the resources.

The discovered resources are listed in the Resources page.

Configuring resources or chassis

Use the Configure Chassis wizard to perform the following operations:

• Remove one or more resource from ASM environment. You can perform this operation only when

you launch this wizard from Getting Started page.

• Enables you create your own custom firmware repository, import firmware repository from Dell

Repository Manager (DRM), and perform firmware compliance check on the resources. You can

perform this operation only when you launch this wizard from Getting Started page

• Enables you to on board or reconfigure one or more chassis and servers and I/O modules within the

chassis.

Before you begin, it is recommended to gather the following information:

• User names and passwords of accounts that can access the resources.

• Optionally, SMTP server and email address for an account to receive alerts.

• Optionally, NTP server IP addresses

• (Optional) Chassis Management Controller (CMC) and Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

(iDRAC) VLAN IDs.

1. On the Welcome screen, read the instructions, and click Next.

2. The Discovered Resources page lists the resources discovered in ASM. If you do not want one or

more resources to be in ASM environment, select the resources, and click Remove Resource from

ASM. Click Next.

NOTE: The Discovered Resources, Default Firmware Repository, and Firmware Compliance

pages are displayed only when you start this wizard from the Getting Started page.

3. On the Default Firmware Repository page, create and import your own custom repositories from

DRM to use as the default firmware level for your discovered resources. Click

Next.

The Firmware Compliance page lists the resources that do not meet the firmware requirements

specified by the default repository.