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2. In the Profile Name and Description panel, enter the profile name, and a description that is optional that are used to help
manage custom connection profiles, and then click Next.
3. In the Associated Hosts section, select the hosts to be associated with the Connection Profile, and then click Next.
4. View the information about credentials and connection protocols and click Next.
5. In the iDRAC panel, type the iDRAC credential information.
a. For iDRACs already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory, select the
Use Active Directory check box; otherwise configure the iDRAC local credentials. Enter User Name, Password, and
Verify Password. The user name can contain up to 16 characters including white space. The passwords must match and
use ASCII-printable characters only.
b. For Certificate Check, select Enable to download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future
connections, or select Disable to perform no check and not store the certificate.
6. Click Next.
7. In the Host panel, do the following:
a. You must select the Use Active Directory check box to enable active directory credentials. Enter the User Name,
Password, and Verify Password.
b. If you do not select Use Active Directory, enter the Password, for the root user and verify password. The passwords
must match.
c. For Certificate Check, select Enable to download and store the OMSA/ESXi certificate and validate it during all future
connections, or select Disable to perform no check and not store the certificate.
8. Click Next.
9. The Test Connection window tests the entered iDRAC and Host root Credentials on the selected servers. Test connection
is optional but is recommended.
● To begin the test, select the hosts, and click Test Selected. The other options are disabled.
● To abort all the tests before completion, click Abort All Tests.
10. To complete the profile, click Save.
11. To continue on to configure Events and Alarms, click Save and Continue.
Configuring Events And Alarms [Wizard]
Configure events and alarms using the Configuration Wizard or from the Dell Management Center, Settings option for Events
and Alarms. In order to receive the events from the servers, OMIVV is configured as the trap destination. For 12th generation
hosts and later, the SNMP trap destination is set in iDRAC. For hosts prior to 12th generation, trap generation is set in OMSA.
NOTE:
OMIVV supports SNMP v1 and v2 alerts for 12th generation hosts and later. For hosts prior to 12th generation,
OMIVV supports only SNMP v1 alerts.
To configure events and alarms, perform the following steps:
1. In the Configuration Wizard, under Event Posting Levels, select one of the following:
● Do not post any events — Blocks hardware events.
● Post All Events — Posts all hardware events.
● Post only Critical and Warning Events — Posts only critical or warning level hardware events.
● Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events — Posts only virtualization-related critical and warning
events; this is the default event posting level.
2. To enable all hardware alarms, select the Enable Alarms for Dell Hosts check box.
NOTE: Dell hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering maintenance mode.
3. In the dialog box that is displayed, click Continue to accept this change, or click Cancel.
NOTE: This step is only seen if Enable Alarms For Dell Hosts is selected.
4. To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers, click Restore Default Alarms.
It might take up to a minute before the change takes effect.
5. To continue the wizard, click Save and Continue.
NOTE:
Restoring the OMIVV appliance backup does not restore all the Alarm settings. However, in the OMIVV GUI, the
Alarms and Events field displays the restored settings. To resolve this issue, in the OMIVV GUI, in the Manage > Settings
tab, manually change the Events and Alarms settings.
16 Steps to Configure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter