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
5 Zero-Touch Hardware Provisioning And Deployment........................................................57
Hardware Prerequisites..........................................................................................................................................57
Provisioning Overview............................................................................................................................................58
Understanding Deployment Job Times...................................................................................................................58
Server States Within The Deployment Sequence..................................................................................................58
Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images...................................................................................................................59
Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile..........................................................................................59
Enabling CSIOR On A Reference Server..........................................................................................................60
Creating A New Hardware Profile...................................................................................................................60
Cloning A New Hardware Profile.....................................................................................................................62
About Managing Hardware Profiles.......................................................................................................................62
Viewing Or Editing A Hardware Profile............................................................................................................63
Duplicating A Hardware Profile.......................................................................................................................63
Renaming A Hardware Profile..........................................................................................................................63
Deleting A Hardware Profile............................................................................................................................63
Refreshing An Updated Hardware Profile........................................................................................................63
Creating A New Hypervisor Profile.........................................................................................................................64
Managing Hypervisor Profiles................................................................................................................................65
Viewing Or Editing Hypervisor Profiles............................................................................................................65
Duplicating a Hypervisor Profiles.....................................................................................................................65
Renaming Hypervisor Profile............................................................................................................................65
Deleting A Hypervisor Profile...........................................................................................................................65
Refreshing Hypervisor Profiles........................................................................................................................66
Building A New Deployment Template...................................................................................................................66
Managing Deployment Templates...................................................................................................................66
Running The Deployment Wizard...........................................................................................................................67
Deployment Wizard - Step 1: Select Servers ..................................................................................................67
Deployment Wizard Step 2: Deployment Templates........................................................................................68
Deployment Wizard Step 3: Global Settings.....................................................................................................68
Deployment Wizard Step 4: Server Identification............................................................................................68
Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile...............................................................................................69
Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs..................................................................................................69
Understanding Job Queue...............................................................................................................................70
Adding A Server Manually...............................................................................................................................71
Removing A Bare Metal Server........................................................................................................................71
6 Dell Management Plug-In Administration.............................................................................73
Web-based Administration Portal..........................................................................................................................73
Managing vCenter Server Connections.................................................................................................................73
Registering A vCenter Server...........................................................................................................................73
Uploading A Dell Management Plug-in License To The Administrative Portal...............................................74