Users Guide

● For hosts already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory, select the Use
Active Directory check box; otherwise skip down to configure 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 Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
￭ To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable .
￭ To perform no check and not store the Host certificate, select Disabled.
● To configure Host Credentials without Active Directory, do the following:
○ In the Password text box type the password for the root user. The password is limited to 127 characters.
○ In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
○ In the Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
￭ To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enabled .
￭ To perform no check and not store the Host certificate, select Disabled.
9. Click Next.
10. The Test Selected link is used to validate the provided iDRAC and Host Credentials for the selected servers.
● To begin the test, select the hosts and click Test Selected. The other options are inactive.
● To abort all the running connection tests,click Abort Tests.
NOTE:
For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise, the iDRAC test connection result
states Not Applicable for this system.
11. To complete the profile, click Save.
To manage connection profiles, see Managing Connection Profiles.
Configuring Events And Alarms
The Dell Management Center Events and Alarms page enables or disables all hardware alarms. The current alert status is
displayed on the vCenter Alarms tab. A critical event indicates actual or imminent data loss or system malfunction. A warning
event is not necessarily significant, but may indicate a possible future problem. Events and alarms can also be enabled using the
VMware Alarm Manager. Events are displayed on the vCenter Tasks & Events tab in the Hosts and Clusters view.
NOTE:
On hosts prior to 12th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, this feature requires that the virtual appliance is
configured as a trap destination in OMSA to display host events in vCenter. For more information on OMSA, see Setting Up
An OMSA Trap Destination.
You can configure events and alarms using in the Dell Management Center under the Settings option for Events and Alarms.
To configure events and alarms:
1. In the Dell Management Center, under Settings > Events and Alarms , click Edit.
2. Under Event Posting Levels, select one of the following:
● Do not post any events - Block hardware events.
● Post All Events - Post all hardware events.
● Post only Critical and Warning Events - Post only critical or warning level hardware events.
● Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events - Post only virtualization-related critical and warning events;
this is the default event posting level.
3. To enable all hardware alarms and events, select the Enable Alarms for Dell Hosts check box.
NOTE: Dell hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering maintenance mode.
4. In the dialog box that displays, click Continue to accept this change, or click Cancel.
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Steps to Configure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter