Users Guide

○ In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the user name in either of the formats, such as
domain\username or username@domain. The user name is limited to 256 characters. See the 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.
○ For certificate check, select one of the following:
▪ To download and store the host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate
Check.
▪ To not perform any check and not store the host certificate, do not select Enable Certificate Check.
• To configure host credentials without Active Directory, perform the following actions:
○ In the User Name text box, the user name is root.
The root user name is the default user name, and you cannot change it.
NOTE: If Active Directory is set, you can choose any Active Directory user name and not root.
○ In the Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
○ In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
○ For certificate check, select one of the following:
▪ To download and store the host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate
Check.
▪ To not perform any check and not store the host certificate, do not select Enable Certificate Check.
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials used for the ESXi hosts.
4. Click Next.
5. In the Select Hosts dialog box, select hosts for this connection profile and click OK.
6. In the Associated Hosts page, add one or more hosts for the connection profile, if necessary.
To add hosts, click the
icon, select hosts, and then click OK.
NOTE: If you select hosts that are running ESXi 6.5 or later, ensure that you click the icon for enabling the WBEM
service on all those hosts.
7. To test the connection profile, select one or more hosts and click the Test Connection icon.
NOTE:
This step is optional and verifies whether the host and iDRAC credentials are correct. Although this step is
optional, Dell recommends you to test the connection profile.
NOTE: The test connection fails if the WBEM service is not enabled for hosts with ESXi 6.5 or later.
8. To complete the profile creation, 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.
Modifying connection profile
After you create a connection profile, you can edit the profile name, description, associated hosts and iDRAC, and host credentials.
NOTE:
The vCenters listed during this procedure are authenticated by using the same Single sign on (SSO). If you
cannot view a vCenter host, it might be on a different SSO or you might be using a VMware vCenter version earlier than
version 5.5.
NOTE: Ensure that you do not update a connection profile when an inventory, a warranty, or a deployment job is
running.
NOTE: Ensure that you do not move a host that is associated with a connection profile to another connection profile or
remove a host from a connection profile when an inventory, a warranty, or a deployment job is running.
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, click Manage.
2. Click Profiles, and then click Credential Profiles.
3. Expand Credential Profiles, and then click Connection Profiles.
Profiles
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