Users Guide

1. In the Dell Management Center, click Settings > General.
2. In the General page, to enable notifications, click on Edit button on the right hand side.
3. Select the Enable Warranty Status Notifications check box.
4. To set the Minimum Days Threshold Alert do the following:
a. To set warnings, in the Warnings drop-down list select the number of days for warnings about server warranty status.
b. To set critical warranty status, in the Critical drop-down list set the number of days for warning of critical server
warranty status.
5. To apply the changes, click Apply.
Creating A New Connection Profile
A connection profile stores the credentials that the virtual appliance uses to communicate with Dell servers. Each Dell server
must be associated with only one connection profile to be managed by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter. You
may assign multiple servers to a single connection profile. Creating the Connection Profile is similar between the Configuration
Wizard and Dell Management Center, connection profiles. You can run the Configuration Wizard when you first access the Dell
Management Console, or run it later on the Connection Profiles window.
NOTE: Refer the About OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Licensing for more information about licensing. You
are not allowed to create a connection profile if the number of hosts added exceeds the license limit.
To create a new connection profile:
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter , in the left pane, click Connection Profiles.
2. Click Create New link.
3. In the Profile Name and Description page, enter the Connection Profile Name and an optional Connection Profile
Description that are used to help manage custom connection profiles.
4. In the Associated Hosts page, select the hosts for the connection profile and click Next.
5. In the Credentials page, read the information and click Next.
6. In the iDRAC page, under Credentials, do one of the following:
NOTE:
The iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware, applying hardware profiles, and
deploying hypervisor.
● 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 skip down to configure the iDRAC 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 iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enabled .
￭ To perform no check and not store the certificate, select Disabled.
● To configure 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 firmware, applying hardware
profiles, 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 Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
￭ To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enabled.
￭ To perform no check and not store the iDRAC certificate, select Disabled.
Steps to Configure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
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