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Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter: Enabling a Dell Server for Server Management in vCenter

Pre-Dell 12

Generation PowerEdge Servers ................................................................. 13

Dell 12

Generation PowerEdge Servers ...................................................................... 13

Hardware inventory on Dell servers .............................................................................. 14

Scheduling an inventory job ...................................................................................... 14

Running an inventory job ......................................................................................... 18

Reasons for Inventory Failures .................................................................................. 18

Incorrect Error Messages for Inventory Failures ............................................................. 18

Compliance Issues ................................................................................................... 18

Viewing non-compliant hosts ..................................................................................... 19

Fixing non-compliant hosts ....................................................................................... 21

Fixing OMSA issues ................................................................................................ 25

Common failures while fixing OMSA ........................................................................... 25

Fixing CSIOR issues ............................................................................................... 25

Common failures while fixing CSIOR ........................................................................... 26

Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 26

References ............................................................................................................ 26

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

Hardware Inventory on Dell Servers .............................................................................. 14

Scheduling an inventory job ...................................................................................... 14

Running an inventory job ......................................................................................... 17

Reasons for Inventory Failures .................................................................................. 17

Compliance Issues ................................................................................................... 17

Viewing non-compliant hosts ..................................................................................... 17

Fixing non-compliant hosts ....................................................................................... 19

Fixing OMSA issues ................................................................................................ 23

Common failures while fixing OMSA ........................................................................... 23

Fixing CSIOR issues ............................................................................................... 23

Common failures while fixing CSIOR ........................................................................... 24

Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 24