User's Manual

Creating A New Connection Profile
A connection profile stores the credentials that the virtual appliance uses to communicate with Dell servers. Each Dell
server must be associated with only one connection profile to be managed by the Dell Management Plug-in. You may
assign multiple servers to a single connection profile. Creating the Connection Profile is similar between the
Configuration Wizard and from the Dell Management Center → Settings. You can run the Configuration Wizard when
you first access the Dell Management Console, or run it later on the Settings window.
NOTE: With this release, and with installations on hosts that are version 12G and later, OMSA agent installation is
not required. For installations on 11G hosts, OMSA agent is now automatically installed during the deployment
process.
To create a new connection profile:
1. In the Dell Management Center, in the left pane, click Connection Profiles.
2. Under Available Profiles, click Create New.
3. In the New Connection Profile window, enter the Profile Name and an optional Description that are used to help
manage custom connection profiles, and then click
Next.
4. For Associated Hosts, using the check boxes, select the hosts for the connection profile and click Next.
5. In the Credentials window, view the information about credentials and connection protocols and click Next.
6. In the iDRAC window, enter the iDRAC credential information.
a) Enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password. The passwords must match and use ASCII-printable
characters only.
NOTE: Passwords cannot exceed 20 characters, and cannot contain any special characters.
b) For Certificate Check, to download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections,
select Enable, or select Disable to perform no check and not store the certificate.
You need to select Enable if you are using Active-Directory.
7. Click Next.
8. In the Host Root Credentials window, do the following:
a) Enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password. The passwords must match.
NOTE: Passwords cannot exceed 31 characters, and cannot contain any special characters.
NOTE: For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card, the iDRAC test connection
result states Not Applicable for this system .
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials as those used for ESX and ESXi hosts.
b) For Certificate Check, to download and store the OMSA certificate and validate it during all future connections,
select Enable , or select Disable to perform no check and not store the certificate. Select Enable if you use
Active Directory.
9. Click Next.
10. The Test Connection window tests the entered iDRAC and Host Root Credentials on the selected servers. Do one of
the following:
– To begin the test, click Test Selected. The other options are inactive.
– To stop the tests click Abort Tests.
11. To complete the profile, click Save.
To manage connection profiles, see Managing Connection Profiles.
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