Solution Guide

Active System Manager Solution Guide—Active System 800 (AS800)
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o Assettag—Required. Unique key or name for Dell Force10 Switch which is used
to import or identify the Force10 Switch in Active System Manager. For
example, Assettag Dell_Force10-S4810_1 (a unique name) can be used to track
the Force10 Switch in Active System Manager
o Username—Username to manage the Force10 switch.
o Password—Password to manage the Force10 switch.
o IP Address—Required. Management IP address for the Force10 switch. This
should be IP reachable from the Active System Manager server.
 Role—(Optional) Top / Bottom.
 SupportedVLANIDs—VLAN IDs that could be provisioned on the Top-Of-
Rack (ToR) switch. Sample input format (2..1024); the switch supports
a VLAN range from 2 to 1,024.
 Terminal Server IP Address—Optional. Required if switch to managed
using the Terminal Server port.
 Terminal Server Port— Optional. Required if switch to managed using
Terminal Server port.
 Terminal Server Username—Optional. Terminal Server username (if
configured)
 Terminal Server Password—Optional. Terminal Server password (if
configured)
3.2.1.3 Adding vCenter System Properties
To add vCenter system properties, perform the following steps:
1. On the Active System Manager > System > vCenter configuration, click Add vCenter.
2. For VMware vCenter discovery, provide the following system properties:
Figure 32. Adding vCenter System Properties
o Name—Unique key or name for VMware vCenter which is used to import or
identify vCenter in the Active System Manager.
o Username—Username to access and manage the vCenter. This user must have
full administrator rights to the vCenter. If the vCenter Server is part of a
Windows Domain, then enter the username as username@domain.
o Password—Password to access and manage the vCenter.
o IP Address—IP address for the vCenter application. This must be IP reachable
from the Active System Manager server.