Users Guide

You can set up multiple protocol proles for each device. Also, you can add a prole, edit an existing prole, or delete a prole.
Power Center supports the following connection protocol types, and includes several optional settings:
NOTE: Get the correct protocol type and credential information from your system administrator. The user name and password for
the IPMI/WS-MAN protocol must be the same as those used for the iDRAC/CMC Web console.
• IPMI: Select IPMI protocol for the server.
• IPMI User Name — Maximum length is 16 characters
• IPMI Password — Maximum length is 255 characters
• IPMI Key — A string of 40 hex digits
• Redsh: You can also select the Redsh protocol for the server.
• User Name — Maximum length is 16 characters.
• Password — Maximum length is 255 characters.
• Port — A string of 40 hex digits.
• Validate Certicate — (Optional) Enables certicate validation.
NOTE: By default, OpenManage Power Center uses port 8643 for power center application and port 8644 for redsh
HTTPS events. You also have the option to use a dierent port apart from the default port.
NOTE: In OMPC 4.0, there are restrictions in using Redsh protocol with the lockdown feature of iDRAC enabled. For
more information, see Troubleshooting chapter.
• WS-MAN: Select the WS-MAN protocol for the chassis.
• WS-MAN User Name — HTTP basic user name; maximum length is 255 characters.
• WS-MAN Password — HTTP basic password; maximum length is 255 characters.
• WS-MAN Port — Default value is 443, or enter a port number from 1 to 65535.
• WS-MAN Validate Certicate — (Optional) Enables device certicate validation.
NOTE
: A trusted certicate must be imported into the system before the WS-MAN Validate Certicate option is enabled,
or communication may fail. For more information on how to install the certicate using the Chassis Management
Controller, see the white paper Using Windows Remote Management (WinRM) to Remotely Manage PowerEdge M1000e
Using the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) available at delltechcenter.com/page/dcim.modular.cmc.winrm. For
more information on how to import the certicate to Power Center, see Managing Certicates.
• SNMP v1v2c (UPS/PDU): Select an SNMP protocol version from SMMPv1 or SNMP v2/v2c for the PDU or UPS.
• SNMP Community string – (Required) Maximum length is 255 characters.
• SNMP v3 (UPS/PDU): Select SNMP v3 for the PDU or UPS.
• SNMP User Name — (Required) Maximum length is 255 characters.
• SNMP Authentication Password — (Required) Maximum length is 16 characters.
• SNMP Encryption Password — Maximum length is 255 characters. When the SNMP Authentication Password is empty, the
SNMP Encryption Password is also empty.
• HTTPs — Select the HTTPs based device communication for managing third-party enclosures or hypervisors.
• HTTPs User Name — The user name for HTTPs-based device communication. Maximum length is 255 characters.
• HTTPs Password — The password for HTTPs-based device communication. Maximum length is 255 characters.
• HTTPs Port — The port for HTTPs-based device communication. Enter a port number from 1 to 65535. The default port 443.
• Validate Certicate — (Optional) Enables device certicate validation.
• SSH — Select the SSH-based device communication for managing third-party enclosures.
• SSH User Name — The user name for SSH-based device communication for managing third-party enclosures. Maximum length is
255 characters.
• SSH Password — The password for SSH-based device communication. Maximum length is 255 characters.
• SSH Port — The port for SSH-based device communication. Enter a port number from 1 to 65535. The default port is 22.
• Validate Host Key — Enables host key validation.
• WMI — Select the WMI-based device communication for managing hypervisors.
• Domain — This eld displays the domain for the hypervisor.
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