Setup Guide

Adding hosts to connection profiles

When you attempt to add a host to a connection profile, if the number of licensed 11th Generation or newer hosts exceeds beyond the

number of licenses, adding extra hosts is prevented.

Important notes for reference

• From OMIVV 4.0 onwards, only VMware vSphere Web client is supported and the vSphere Desktop client is not supported.

• For vCenter 6.5 and later, the OMIVV appliance is only available for the flash version. The OMIVV appliance is not available for the

HTML5 version.

• For using the DNS server, the recommended practices are:

○ OMIVV supports only IPv4 IP addresses. Although both static IP assignment and DHCP assignment are supported, Dell

recommends you to assign a static IP address. Assign a static IP address and host name when you deploy an OMIVV appliance

with a valid DNS registration. A static IP address ensures that during the system restart, the IP address of the OMIVV appliance

remains same.

○ Ensure that OMIVV host name entries are present in both forward and reverse lookup zones in your DNS server.

For more information about the DNS requirements for vSphere, see the following VMware links:

○ DNS requirments for vSphere 5.5

○ DNS requirements for vSphere 6.0

○ DNS requirements for vSphere 6.5 and Platform Services Controller appliance

• For the OMIVV appliance mode, ensure that you deploy OMIVV in the appropriate mode based on your virtualization environment. For

more information, see System requirements for deployment modes on page 6.

• Configure your network to match the port requirements. For more information, see Port information on page 7.

Hardware requirements

OMIVV provides full support for several generations of the Dell servers with full feature support for servers with iDRAC Express or

Enterprise. Extensive information on the platform requirements is available in OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Release

Notes available at Dell.com/support/manuals. To verify that your host servers are eligible, see information about the following in

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Compatibility Matrix available at Dell.com/support/manuals:

• Supported server and minimum BIOS

• iDRAC supported versions (both deployment and management)

• OMSA support for 11th generation and older servers, and the ESXi version support (both deployment and management)

OMIVV requires LAN on motherboard/Network daughter card that can access both iDRAC/CMC systems management network and the

vCenter management network.

System requirements for deployment modes

Ensure that the following system requirements for the desired deployment modes are met:

Table 1. System requirements for deployment modes

Deployment modes Number of hosts Number of CPUs Memory—in GB

Small up to 250 2 8

Medium up to 500 4 16

Large up to 1000 8 32

NOTE: For any of the mentioned deployment modes, ensure that you reserve sufficient amount of memory resources to

the OMIVV virtual appliance by using reservations. See vSphere Documentation for steps about reserving memory

resources.

Software requirements

Ensure that the vSphere environment fulfills virtual appliance, port access, and listening port requirements.

Introduction