Deployment Guide

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

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.

Selecting a connection profile

In the connection profile step of the Deployment Wizard, an option is provided to:

 Assign all servers to the same connection profile where you can select a single

connection profile from a connection profile drop-down list

 Use the Select a Connection Profile for each server option where you can select a

connection profile for each of the target server’s Service Tags.

Note: You can only select or create connection profiles with local credentials for host and iDRAC at the

time of Hypervisor Deployment. Once the Hypervisor deployment is completed, you can move the host

to another connection profile with Active-Directory credentials.

Schedule job

The sixth and final step in the Deployment Wizard is to create and schedule a deployment job. A job

name is required and a job description is optional. The name and description is visible and helps you

identify the job in the Deployment Job Queue.

There are three options for the Job Schedule: Deploy server(s) now, Schedule servers(s) for

deployment, and Create deployment job but put it on hold. If Deploy server(s) now is selected, the

deployment job is scheduled to run when the Finish button is clicked. You can schedule a Deployment

to run at a date/time of your choice using the Schedule server(s) for deployment option. The Create

deployment job but put it on hold creates the job and places it in the Job Queue with a status of On

hold. This lets you choose to return to the Job Queue and schedule it for running later.

Clicking the Finish button creates and schedules the deployment job. A popup appears to ask if you

want to go to the Job Queue page.

The Job Queue

The Job Queue is opened by clicking on the Job Queue tab in the Dell Management Center’s left pane

navigation menu or by choosing to open it at the completion of the Deployment Wizard. There are

three tabs to the Job Queue: Deployment Jobs, Inventory History, and Warranty History.