Users Guide
7. Click Next.
8. In the Host Credentials page, under Credentials, do one of the following:
– For hosts already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory,
select the Use Active Directory check box; otherwise skip down to configure your Host Credentials.
* In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the username in one of these
formats: domain\username or domain/username or username@domain. The user name is limited to
256 characters. Refer to Microsoft Active Directory documentation for user name restrictions.
* In the Active Directory Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127
characters.
* In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
* In the Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
• To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections,
select Enable .
• To perform no check and not store the Host certificate, select Disabled.
– To configure Host Credentials without Active Directory, do the following:
* In the User Name text box, type the user name. The user name must be root.
* In the Password text box type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
NOTE: For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card, the iDRAC test
connection result states Not Applicable for this system.
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials used for ESX and ESXi hosts.
* In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
* In the Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
• To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections,
select Enable .
• To perform no check and not store the Host certificate, select Disabled.
9. Click Save.
10. To close the window, click X (upper-right corner).
Deleting A Connection Profile
You can remove a connection profile from the Dell Management Center.
To delete a connection profile:
1. From the Dell Management Center, click Connection Profiles.
2. Under Available Profiles, select the profile to delete and then click Delete.
3. On the message that displays, to remove the profile, click Delete, or click Cancel to cancel the delete action.
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