Users Guide

* To perform no check and not store the certicate, select Disabled.
• To congure iDRAC credentials without Active Directory, do the following:
– In the User Name text box, type the user name. The user name is limited to 16 characters. Refer to the iDRAC
documentation for information about user name restrictions for your version of iDRAC.
NOTE: The local iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating rmware, applying hardware
proles, and deploying hypervisor.
– In the Password text box type the password. The password is limited to 20 characters.
– In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
– In the Certicate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
* To download and store the iDRAC certicate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable.
* To perform no check and not store the iDRAC certicate, select Disabled.
7. Click Next.
8. In the Host Credentials page, under Credentials, do one of the following:
• For hosts already congured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory, select the Use
Active Directory check box; otherwise skip down to congure 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 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.
– In the Certicate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
* To download and store the Host certicate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable .
* To perform no check and not store the Host certicate, select Disabled.
• To congure Host Credentials without Active Directory, do the following:
– In the User Name text box, type the user name. The user name must be root.
– In the Password text box type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
NOTE: For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card, the iDRAC test connection
result states Not Applicable for this system.
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials used for ESXi hosts.
– In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
– In the Certicate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
* To download and store the Host certicate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable .
* To perform no check and not store the Host certicate, select Disabled.
9. Click Save.
10. To close the window, click X (upper-right corner).
Deleting A Connection Prole
You can remove a connection prole from the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter.
To delete a connection prole:
1. From the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter , click Connection Proles.
2. Under Available Proles, select the prole to delete and then click Delete.
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