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The Secure port text box has the port number defined for the HTTPS

service on the ESXi server. By default, this value is 443.

The SSL certificate file is pointing to the SSL certificate (self-signed)

downloaded from the ESXi server. Refer to the section procedure to

import multiple SSL Certificates in to Dell Management Console

Connection Profile.

NOTE: You can use the same Connection Profile to discover multiple ESXi servers if

the self-signed certificates (installed by default) from multiple ESXi servers are

combined into a single certificate that is imported into the Connection Profile and

the credentials are the same across all the ESXi servers.

NOTE: With the ESXi servers using the same credentials, you can use a single

connection profile to discover multiple ESXi servers by enabling the Trusted Site

option in the Connection Profile and an ESXi certificate import into the Connection

Profile is not required.

If all the ESXi servers have certificates generated by the same CA, importing

the certificate for the CA, instead of individual certificates, into Dell

Management Console Connection Profile is sufficient.

Procedure to Import Multiple SSL Certificates into Dell Management

Console Connection Profile

Dell Management Console enables you to import an SSL certificate when

configuring WS-MAN (in secure mode) as part of the Connection Profile.

When there is a need to discover multiple devices using WS-MAN over https,

you can import into Dell Management Console Connection Profile a single

file that contains self-signed certificates (installed by default) from the

different servers.

You can create multi-certificate file using the SSL certificates retrieved from

multiple ESXi servers. Then import the multi-certificate file into the

Connection Profile to enable discovery of multiple ESXi servers using a single

Connection Profile (assumption: credentials are same across all the ESXi

servers).

The following procedure explains self-signed certificates (installed by

default); although this is valid for CA signed certificates also. If all the ESXi

servers have certificates generated by the same CA, importing the certificate

for the CA into Dell Management Console Connection Profile is sufficient,

and you can skip the following procedure.

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