User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
- Overview
- Dell Management Plug-in Configuration
- Understanding How To Configure or Edit the Dell Management Plug-in
- Dell Management Plug-In Home Page
- Configuration Wizard Welcome Page
- Creating A New Connection Profile [Wizard]
- Configuring Events And Alarms [Wizard]
- Setting Up A Proxy Server [Wizard]
- Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard]
- Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard]
- Configuring the Deployment Credentials [Wizard]
- Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository [Wizard]
- Enabling The OMSA Link [Wizard]
- Configuring Dell iDRAC Auto-Discovery And Initial Start-up
- Configuring NFS Shares
- Settings Overview
- About Host, Bare Metal, and iDRAC Compliance Issues
- Upgrading Dell Management Plug-In For VMware VCenter
- About Dell Management Plug-in Licensing
- End-To-End Hardware Management
- Monitoring the Datacenter And Host System
- vSphere Client Host Overview
- About Inventory Schedule
- Viewing Storage Inventory
- Viewing Host Power Monitoring
- Displaying The Entire Datacenter Hardware Configuration And Status
- Managing Connection Profiles
- Understanding System Event Logs In vSphere Client Host View
- About Firmware Updates
- Advanced Host Management Using vCenter
- Zero-Touch Hardware Provisioning And Deployment
- Hardware Prerequisites
- Provisioning Overview
- Understanding Deployment Job Times
- Server States Within The Deployment Sequence
- Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images
- Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile
- About Managing Hardware Profiles
- Creating A New Hypervisor Profile
- Managing Hypervisor Profiles
- Building A New Deployment Template
- Running The Deployment Wizard
- Deployment Wizard - Step 1: Select Servers
- Deployment Wizard Step 2: Deployment Templates
- Deployment Wizard Step 3: Global Settings
- Deployment Wizard Step 4: Server Identification
- Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile
- Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs
- Understanding Job Queue
- Adding A Server Manually
- Removing A Bare Metal Server
- Dell Management Plug-In Administration
- Web-based Administration Portal
- Managing vCenter Server Connections
- Virtual Appliance Management
- Setting Up Global Alerts
- Managing Backup And Restore
- Understanding vSphere Client Console Tab
- Troubleshooting
- Upgrading Issues
- Common Questions
- How Do I Test Event Settings By Using OMSA To Simulate A Temperature Hardware Fault?
- I Have The OMSA Agent Installed On A Dell Host System, But I Still Get An Error Message That OMSA Is Not Installed.What Should I Do?
- Can The Dell Management Plug-in Support ESX/ESXI with Lockdown Mode Enabled?
- Inventory is Failing on Hosts ESXi 4.0 Update2 and ESXi Update 3 in Lockdown Mode After a Reboot.
- When I tried to use lockdown mode, it failed.
- What Setting Should I Use For UserVars.CIMoeMProviderEnable With ESXi 4.1 U1?
- I Am Using A Reference Server To Create A Hardware Profile But It Failed. What Should I Do?
- I Am Attempting To Deploy ESX/ESXi On A Blade Server And It Failed. What Should I Do?
- Why Do I See Auto-discovered Systems Without Model Information In The Deployment Wizard
- The NFS Share Is Set Up With The ESX/ESXI ISO, But Deployment Fails With Errors Mounting The Share Location.
- How Do I Force Removal Of The Virtual Appliance?
- Entering A Password In The Backup Now Screen Receives An Error Message
- In vSphere, Clicking The Dell Server Management Tab Or Dell Management Icon Returns A 404 Error
- My Firmware Update Failed. What Do I Do?
- My vCenter Update Failed. What Can I Do?
- Performance during Connection Profile Test Credentials is extremely slow or unresponsive
- Bare Metal Deployment Issues
- Contacting Dell
- Where To Get Additional Help For This Software
- Dell Management Plug-in For VMware vCenter Related Information
- Virtualization—Related Events

b) For Certificate Check, to download and store the OMSA certificate and validate it during all future connections,
select Enable , or select Disable to perform no check and not store the certificate. Select Enable if you use
Active Directory.
9. Click Next.
10. The Test Connection window tests the entered iDRAC and Host Root Credentials on the selected servers. Do one of
the following:
– To begin the test, click Test Selected. The other options are inactive.
– To stop the tests click Abort Tests.
11. To complete the profile, click Save.
To manage connection profiles, see Managing Connection Profiles.
Viewing Or Editing An Existing Connection Profile
After you have configured a connection profile, you can edit the profile name, description, associated hosts, and iDRAC
and OMSA Agent credentials.
To view or edit an existing connection profile:
1. From the Dell Management Center, select Connection Profiles.
2. Under Available Profiles, select the profile to view or edit and then click Edit/View.
3. In the Profile Name and Description window, do one of the following:
– To view the information, survey this page.
– To edit this information, click Edit.
4. Edit the connection profile name and description as wanted, and then click Save.
5. To edit associated hosts, in the left-pane, click Associated Hosts, and then click Edit.
6. In the Associated Hosts window, use the check boxes to select or clear the hosts, and then click Save.
7. To edit iDRAC or OMSA credentials, in the left-pane, select Credentials, and then select iDRAC or OMSA.
8. If you selected iDRAC, to edit the credentials, click Edit, and then edit the following:
a) In the User Name text box, edit the user name.
b) In the Password text box, edit the password.
c) In the Verify Password text box, reenter the password.
d) Select to enable or disable the Certificate Check. This must be enabled for use with Active Directory.
9. Click Save.
10. If you selected OMSA, to edit the credentials, click Edit, and then edit the following:
a) In the User Name text box, edit the user name.
b) In the Password text box, edit the password.
c) In the Verify Password text box, reenter the password.
d) Select to enable or disable the Certificate Check. This must be enabled for use with Active Directory.
11. Click Save.
12. 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:
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