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Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter: Enabling a Dell Server for Server Management in vCenter
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June June 2013| Rev 1.1
Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 8
Audience and scope ................................................................................................. 8
Prerequisites ......................................................................................................... 8
Steps to enable Dell servers for management ................................................................... 8
Connection Profiles ................................................................................................... 9
Creating Connection Profiles ...................................................................................... 9
Test Connection Profiles .......................................................................................... 15
Test Connection Failures .......................................................................................... 17
Pre-Dell 12
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Generation PowerEdge Servers ................................................................. 17
Dell 12
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Generation PowerEdge Servers ...................................................................... 18
Hardware inventory on Dell servers .............................................................................. 20
Scheduling an inventory job ...................................................................................... 20
Running an inventory job ......................................................................................... 23
Reasons for Inventory Failures .................................................................................. 23
Incorrect Error Messages for Inventory Failures ............................................................. 23
Compliance Issues ................................................................................................... 25
Viewing non-compliant hosts ..................................................................................... 25
Fixing non-compliant hosts ....................................................................................... 27
Fixing OMSA issues ................................................................................................ 32
Common failures while fixing OMSA ........................................................................... 32
Fixing CSIOR issues ............................................................................................... 32
Common failures while fixing CSIOR ........................................................................... 33
Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 33
References ............................................................................................................ 33
Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5
Audience and scope ................................................................................................. 5
Prerequisites ......................................................................................................... 5
Steps to enable Dell servers for management ................................................................... 5
Connection Profiles ................................................................................................... 6
Creating Connection Profiles ...................................................................................... 6
Test Connection Profiles .......................................................................................... 11
Test Connection Failures .......................................................................................... 13