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Hypervisor Deployment using the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter

If a VLAN is needed for the host, select the Use VLAN check box, then enter the VLAN ID value in the

field provided. When a VLAN ID is provided, it is applied to the hypervisor’s management interface

during deployment and tags all traffic with the VLAN ID.

Selecting the Use VLAN check box. Figure 2.

Note: Prior to running the deployment job, verify that the host name exists in the DNS server.

Alternately, verify that Dynamic DNS is enabled, if selecting a DHCP address, so that the fully qualified

host name can be resolved.

Connection profile

The fifth step in the Deployment Wizard is to specify the connection profiles. For hypervisor

deployment, the connection profile contains:

 Credentials for creating the user on the iDRAC on the target bare-metal servers

 Root account information that is created on the deployed hypervisor.

Additionally, once the deployment is complete, the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter

continues to use this connection profile whenever a connection is needed to the iDRAC, OMSA agent or

VMware ESX(i) host.

Creating a connection profile

Connection profiles are created as part of the Configuration Wizard that is run after opening the Dell

Management Center through the VMware vSphere Client, or in the left-pane navigation menu under

Connection Profiles. As part of the Deployment Wizard, you can:

 View or edit the connection profile by clicking the View/Edit link

 Create a new connection profile using the Create New button.