Users Guide

Console Administration

Administration of the Dell Management Plug-in and its virtual environment is achieved by using two additional

administration portals:

• Web-based Administration Console

• Console view for an individual server (the appliance virtual machine console).

Through the use of these two portals, global settings for vCenter management, Dell Management Plug-in database

backup and restore, and reset/restart actions can be entered and used across all vCenter instances.

Web-based Administration Console

The Web-based Administration Console provides several key pieces of functionality: vCenter server registration and

management, virtual appliance management, global vCenter alert settings, and backup and restore settings.

Managing vCenter Server Connections

From the vCenter Registration window in the Administration Console, you can register a vCenter server, and upload or

buy a license. If you are using a demo license, a Buy Now link displays from which you can purchase a full-version

license for managing multiple hosts. In this section you can also modify, update, and unregister a server.

Related Tasks:

• Registering A vCenter Server

– Modifying The Administrator vCenter Login

– Updating The SSL Certificates For Registered vCenters

– Uninstalling Dell Management Plug-In From vCenter

• Uploading A Dell Management Plug-in License Using The Administration Console

Registering A vCenter Server

After a new Dell Management Plug-in is installed, vCenter servers can be registered with the Dell Management Plug-in.

The Admin User account is used by the Dell Management Plug-in for vCenter operations.

To register a vCenter server:

1. Launch a browser window and enter the Administration Console URL displayed in the vSphere vCenter Console tab

for the virtual machine you want to configure or use the link from the Dell Management Console → Settings page.

The URL uses the following format and is case sensitive:

https://<ApplianceIPAddress>

2. To register a new server, in the left pane, click VCENTER REGISTRATION, and then click Register New vCenter

Server

3. In the Register a New vCenter dialog box, under vCenter Name do the following:

a) In the vCenter Server IP or Hostname text box, enter the vCenter IP address or a hostname..