Quick Reference Guide

Software Requirements

The vSphere environment must meet virtual appliance, port access, and listening port requirements. In addition, install

Adobe Flash player 10.0 or higher on the vSphere client system.

vSphere 5 has both a desktop client and Web client. The Dell Management Plug-in is only available in the desktop client.

NOTE: It is recommended that the Dell Management Plug-in and vCenter server are located on the same network.

For specific software requirements, refer to the

Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter Version 1.5 Release

Notes

Dell Management Plug-in Port Requirements

• 443 (https) and 80 (http) - Administration portal

• 4433 (https) - For auto discovery and handshake

• 162 and 11620 - For SNMP trap listener

• 2049, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004 - NFS share

Installation and Configuration Overview

The following high-level steps outline the overall installation procedure for the Dell Management Plug-in. These

procedures assume that the required hardware is in place and running the required VMware vCenter software. With this

release, and with installations on hosts that are version 12G and above, OMSA agent installation is not required. For

installations on 11G hosts, OMSA agent is now automatically installed during the deployment process. For more

information about OMSA, please see the

Dell Management Plug-in User's Guide

The following information is an outline of the installation process. To begin the actual installation, see Quick Start

Installation.

Installation Overview

1. Install the Dell Management Plug-in.

a. Be sure systems are connected, and vCenter server and vSphere client are running.

b. Deploy a Open Virtualization Format (OVF) file that contains the Dell Management Plug-in using the vSphere

client.

c. Upload the license file.

d. Register the Dell Management Plug-in with vCenter server using the Administrator Portal.

2. Complete Configuration Wizard.

3. Enable Dell events.

a. Set up event filter options on the Setting page.

4. Enable firmware updates.

a. Download firmware updates, and make them available to applicable systems.

5. Configure the Dell iDRAC user name and password.

Deploying the Dell Management Plug-in OVF Using the vSphere Client

To deploy the Dell Management Plug-in OVF using the vSphere Client: