Quick Installation Guide
To deploy the Dell Management Plug-in OVF using the vSphere Client:
1. Unzip the file containing the Dell Management Plug-in virtual disk, and run setup.exe.
2. Double-click the Setup.exe file to agree to the EULA, extract the user guides, and obtain the OVF file.
3. Copy/move the OVF file to a location accessible to the VMware vSphere host to which you will upload the
appliance.
4. Start the VMware vSphere client.
5. From the VMwarevSphere client, select File → Deploy OVF Template .
Figure 1. Deploying the OVF Template from vSphere
6. In the Source window, use the Browse button to locate the OVF package. The location can be a local drive,
network drive, CD/DVD, or from the Internet. The Dell Management Plug-in file size is approximately 2.1 GB.
NOTE: The install can take 10-30 minutes if the OVF package resides on a network share. For the quickest
installation, it is recommended that you host the OVF on a local drive.
7. Click Next.
8. In the OVF Template Details window, review the information presented.
9. Click Next.
10. In the Name and Location window, do the following:
a. In the Name text box, enter the name of the template. This name can contain up to 80 characters.
b. In the Inventory Location list, select a location to store the template.
11. Click Next.
12. Depending on the vCenter configuration, one of the following options displays:
– If resource pools are configured — On the Resource Pool page, select the pool of virtual servers to which
the Dell Management Plug-in will be deployed.
– If resource pools are
not
configured — On the Hosts/Clusters page, select the host or cluster to which the
Dell Management Plug-in will be deployed.
13. If there is more than one datastore available on the host, the Datastore page displays. Select the location to store
Dell Management Plug-in files, and click Next.
14. In the Disk Format window, select the format in which you want to store the virtual disks:
a. Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed
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