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Figure 10 Test Connection Profile Figure 8.
3. Place a checkmark in the box beside the hosts you want to select, and click Test Selected.
Test Connection Failures
Figure 10 Test Connection Profile
iii. Check/select hosts and click “Test Selected”.
The following cases below explain situations that can cause Test Connection Failures.:
Pre-e Dell 12
th
Generation Dell PowerEdge Sservers
– Host Credentials will fail for one of the following cases:
a. Credentials changed to incorrect credentials for a host in a connection profile which has lockdown
mode disabled.
b. After adding a host to connection profile which has lockdown mode disabled, lockdown mode is
enabled on that host. Test will fail for at least next 30 minutes for this host. If the connection still
fails after 30 minutes, then either restart either host or the management agents on that host.
c. No Agent (OMSA) is installed.
d. Not able to reach host – common reasons include:
1. Host is not online or rebooting.