Users Guide

• Password: Type your password.
The following characters are not allowed for the password: / (forward slash), &, \ (backslash), . (period), " (quotation
mark).
• Veried password: Type your password again.
• Enable Certicate Check: The default is a cleared check box. To download and store the iDRAC certicate and validate it
during all future connections, select Enable Certicate Check, or clear the Enable Certicate Check check box to
perform no certicate check and not store the certicate.
NOTE: You need to select Enable if you are using Active-Directory.
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials as those used for ESXi hosts.
NOTE: For hosts that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card, the iDRAC test connection result
states Not Applicable for this system .
5. Click Next.
6. In the Select Hosts dialog box, select the hosts for this connection prole.
7. Click OK.
8. The Associated Host tab lets you test the iDRAC and Host Credentials on the selected servers. Do one of the following:
• To begin the test, select the hosts to check and then click the Test Connection icon. The other options are inactive.
When the test is done click Finish.
• To stop the tests click Abort All Tests. In the Abort Tests dialog box, click OK, and then click Finish.
Refreshing A Connection Prole
In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage → Proles → Credential Proles → Connection Proles
tab, up in the VMware vSphere Web Client title bar, click the Refresh icon.
NOTE: After removing the host from vCenter, when you navigate to connection prole page, you will be prompted to
remove the host from connection prole. Upon conrmation, the host will be removed from Connection Prole.
Deleting A Connection Prole
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage → Proles → Credential Proles → Connection Proles
tab, select the proles to delete.
2. Click the Delete icon.
3. On the Delete Conrmation message, to remove the prole, click Yes , or click No to cancel the delete action.
Testing a Connection Prole
1.
In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage → Proles → Credential Proles → Connection Proles
tab, select a connection prole to test. This action may take several minutes to complete.
2. In the Test Connection Prole dialog, select the hosts you want to test and then click the Test Connection icon.
3. To abort all selected tests and cancel the testing, click Abort All Tests. In the Abort Tests dialog box, click OK.
4. To exit, click Cancel.
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