User's Manual

4. Under Admin User Account, do the following:
a) In the Admin User Name text box, enter the administrator's user name.
b) In the Password text box, enter the password.
c) In the Verify Password text box, enter the password again.
5. Click Register.
Modifying The vCenter Administrator Login
To modify the vCenter administrator login:
1. Launch a browser window and enter the Administration Portal 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. In the left pane, click VCENTER REGISTRATION. The registered vCenters are displayed in a table. To display the
Modify Admin Acct window, under Credentials, click Modify.
3. Enter the vCenter Administrator User Name, Password, and Verify Password; the passwords must match.
4. To change the password, click Apply, or to cancel the change click Cancel.
Updating The SSL Certificates For Registered vCenter Servers
If the SSL certificate is changed on a vCenter server, then use the following steps to import the new certificate for the
Dell Management Plug-in. The Dell Management Plug-in uses this certificate to make sure the vCenter server it is talking
to is the correct vCenter server and not an impersonator. This is a security feature.
To update the SSL certificates for registered vCenter servers:
1. Launch a browser window and enter the Administration Portal 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. In the left pane, click VCENTER REGISTRATION. The registered vCenters are displayed in a table. To update the
certificates, click Update.
Uninstalling The Dell Management Plug-in From VMware vCenter
To remove the Dell Management Plug-in, it must be unregistered from the vCenter server using the Administration
Portal.
To uninstall the Dell Management Plug-in from VMware vCenter:
1. Launch a browser window, and enter the Administration Portal URL displayed in the vSphere vCenter Console tab
for the virtual machine you want to configure or use the link from Dell Management Console → Settings page. The
URL uses the following format and is case sensitive:
https://<ApplianceIPAddress>
2. In the vCenter Registration page, under the vCenter server table, unregister the Dell Management Plug-in by
clicking Unregister.
You may have more than one vCenter, so be sure you have selected the right one.
3. In the Unregister vCenter dialog box that asks if you really want to unregister this server, click Unregister.
Uploading A Dell Management Plug-in License To The Administrative Portal
To upload a Dell Management Plug-in license to the administrative portal:
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