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• Credentials needed to communicate with the devices. For example, if you
want to discover Microsoft
®
Windows
®
systems by using the WMI
protocol, then you must provide Windows credentials
to Dell Management Console. See “Managing Credentials.”
• Systems management protocols needed to manage the systems and
devices on the network. Table 5-1 provides a quick reference.
To manage the protocols, create the connection profiles according to the
systems management protocols supported by the devices. For more
information, see “Connection Profiles.”
Connection Profiles and Credentials Management
The Credential Manager enables you to encrypt and store sensitive data,
namely the credentials, which are used to connect through the various protocols.
A connection profile is a set of protocols and their corresponding credentials
that can be configured and saved as a logical set. This set is used by the
discovery, inventory, and monitoring solutions as a reference to use the
defined protocols.
Dell Management Console uses the connection profile to communicate with
a device. Identify devices that require authentication and have a list of their
credentials ready. Then create connection profiles for these devices. For
example, if ten servers on the network have different authentication
credentials, you must create a different connection profile for each of these
systems.
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