Users Guide

Creating A Connection Profile
You may associate multiple hosts to a single connection profile. Create a Connection Profile using the following steps:
NOTE: The vCenter hosts that display during this procedure have authenticated using the same Single Sign On (SSO).
If you do not see a vCenter host, it may be on a different SSO or you may be using a VMware vCenter version less than
version 5.1.
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the left pane, on the Manage → Profiles → Credential Profiles →
Connection Profiles tab, click on +.
2. In the New Connection Profile page, enter the following.
3. In the Profile Name and Description area, do the following:
a) Under Profile, type the Profile Name and optional Description.
b) Under Associated Hosts, select one or multiple hosts on which you want to associate with this connection profile. This option lets
you create one connection profile for one or multiple hosts.
c) Click Next.
d) Under iDRAC Credentials page, do the following:
• The iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware, applying hardware profiles, and deploying
hypervisor.
• In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the username in one of these formats: domain
\username or username@domain. The user name is limited to 256 characters. Refer to Microsoft Active Directory
documentation for user name restrictions.
• In the Active Directory Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
• In the Verify Password text box, type the password again
• Perform the following actions:
• To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select the Certificate Check
Enabled drop-down
• To perform no check and not store the certificate, do not select the Certificate Check
e) In the Hosts Root page, do the following:.
• For hosts already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory, select the Use
Active Directory check box; otherwise skip down to configure your Host Credentials.
In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the username in one of these formats: domain
\username or username@domain. The user name is limited to 256 characters. Refer to Microsoft Active Directory
documentation for user name restrictions.
• In the Active Directory Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
• In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
• Perform one of the following actions:
• To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select the box.
• To perform no check and not store the Host certificate, do not select the Enable Certificate Check box.
• To configure Host Credentials without Active Directory, do the following:
• In the User Name text box, the user name is root. This is the default username and you cannot change the username
• If the Active directory is set, you can choose any Active directory user not just root.
• In the Password text box type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials as those used for ESXi hosts.
• In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
• In the Enable Certificate Check check box, select one of the following:
• To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select the Enable Certificate Check
box.
• To perform no check and not store the Host certificate, do not select the Enable Certificate Check check box.
4. Click Next.
5. In the Associated Hosts page, select one or more hosts for the connection profile and click OK.
6. To test the connection profile, select one or more hosts and select the Test Connection button. This step is optional. This is used to
check whether or not the Host and iDRAC credentials are correct.
7. To complete the profile, click Next. For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card, the iDRAC test
connection result states Not Applicable for this system.
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