Users Guide

Contents
1 Overview......................................................................................................................... 8
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter ..................................................................................................................8
Key Features.......................................................................................................................................................................8
How Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Help With vCenter Administration......................................8
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Features.................................................................................................... 9
What's new in this release.................................................................................................................................................. 9
2 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Conguration........................................ 10
Security Roles and Permissions.........................................................................................................................................10
Data Integrity.............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Access Control Authentication, Authorization, And Roles............................................................................................ 11
Dell Operational Role....................................................................................................................................................11
Dell Infrastructure Deployment Role.............................................................................................................................11
Understanding Privileges.............................................................................................................................................12
3 Steps to Congure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter...............15
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Home Page.............................................................................................. 15
Conguration Wizard welcome page.................................................................................................................................16
Creating a new Connection Prole [Wizard]......................................................................................................................16
Conguring Events And Alarms [Wizard]...........................................................................................................................17
Setting Up A Proxy Server [Wizard].................................................................................................................................. 17
Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard].................................................................................................................................. 18
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard]...................................................................................................................... 18
Conguring the Deployment Credentials [Wizard].............................................................................................................19
Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository [Wizard]...............................................................................................19
Enabling The OMSA Link [Wizard].................................................................................................................................... 19
Conguring NFS Shares................................................................................................................................................... 20
Settings Overview............................................................................................................................................................20
General Settings Overview.........................................................................................................................................20
Creating A New Connection Prole............................................................................................................................ 22
Conguring Events And Alarms ................................................................................................................................. 23
About Proxy Conguration......................................................................................................................................... 24
Running Inventory Jobs..............................................................................................................................................25
Scheduling a Warranty job..........................................................................................................................................25
Viewing or Editing Deployment Credentials................................................................................................................ 25
Setting Up The Firmware Repository .........................................................................................................................26
Server Security using White list..................................................................................................................................26
About Host, Bare Metal, and iDRAC Compliance Issues................................................................................................... 26
Running The Fix Non-Compliant vSphere Hosts Wizard.............................................................................................27
Running The Fix Non-Compliant Bare Metal Server Wizard........................................................................................27
iDRAC License Compliance.........................................................................................................................................28
Upgrading OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter............................................................................................... 28
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