Reference Guide
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Quick Start Installation
Installation Introduction
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for the installation and configuration of the Dell Management Plug-in
installation on Dell servers. Once the installation is complete, refer to the
Dell Management Plug-in User's Guide
for
information about all aspects of administration including: inventory management, monitoring and alerting, firmware
updates, deployments and provisioning, and warranty management.
NOTE: With installations on hosts that are on PowerEdge 12th generation servers, OMSA agent installation is not
required. For installations on PowerEdge 11th generation servers OMSA agent is now automatically installed
during the deployment process. For more information about OMSA, please see the section “Understanding OMSA
For 11G Hosts” in the
Dell Management Plug-in User's Guide
. To more clearly understand PowerEdge 12th
generation servers and hosts prior to the 12th generation, see the Release Notes for this release.
Prerequisites
The following information is needed prior to the start of Dell Management Plug-in installation.
• TCP/IP address information to assign to the Dell Management Plug-in virtual appliance.
• A user name and password for the Dell Management Plug-in to access the vCenter server. This should be an
administrator role that has all needed permissions. For additional information on the available Dell Management
Plug-in roles within vCenter, see the Dell Management Plug-in Configuration chapter of the
User’s Guide
.
• Root password for ESX/ESXi host systems or Active Directory account that has administrative rights on the ESX/
ESXi host system.
• User name and password associated with iDRAC Express or Enterprise (only for host systems that include an
iDRAC).
• If you want to use an Active Directory account to access iDRAC or the host using OMSA or the hypervisor, make
sure that the Active Directory user account already exists in Active Directory and that the host / iDRAC are
configured
to support Active Directory.
NOTE:
To learn more about integrating your iDRAC into Active Directory, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide
that’s appropriate for your version.
• Make sure the vCenter server and vSphere client are currently running.
• Know the location of the Dell Management Plug-in OVF and license files.
• Install the Dell Management Plug-in (virtual appliance) on any ESX/ESXi host managed by a vCenter instance
that will be registered with the virtual appliance.
• Your VMware vSphere environment must meet virtual appliance, port access, and listening port requirements. In
addition, install Adobe Flash player 10.0 or higher on the vSphere client system.
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