Users Guide

9. On the Select Host Credential Profile page, perform the following tasks:
a. To use the same host credential profile for all hosts, click YES, and then perform the following tasks:
i. Select the host credential profile from the drop-down menu.
ii. Enter password.
The following are applicable for root user during deployment:
● For ESXi 6.5 and earlier version, the password that is entered in host credential profile is used.
● For ESXi 6.7 and later version, the password that is entered in the deployment wizard is used.
● For ESXi 6.5 and earlier version, if password is not entered in host credential profile, the password that is entered
in deployment wizard is used. Update the ESXi credentials at host credential profile to ensure inventory is run
successfully after Operating System (OS) deployment.
b. To select the individual host credential profile for each server, click NO, and then perform the following tasks:
i. Select the host credential profile from the drop-down menu.
ii. Enter root password. To view the entered password, click the eye icon.
Ensure that you enter correct password because confirm password option is not available.
NOTE: If AD credentials are used for iDRAC or ESXi in host credential profile, those profiles are not considered for an
operating system deployment.
NOTE: In host credential profile, it is recommended that you associate the user that is used to discover the bare-metal,
else the discovered user gets disabled in iDRAC after operating system deployment.
10. On the Configure Network Settings page, perform the following tasks:
a. Enter a Fully Qualified Host Name (FQDN) for the server. A fully qualified domain name for the hostname is mandatory.
The use of localhost for the FQDN is not supported. The FQDN is used when adding the host to vCenter. Create a DNS
record that resolves the IP address with the FQDN. Configure the DNS server to support reverse lookup requests. The
DHCP reservations and DNS host names must be in place and verified before the deployment job is scheduled to run.
NOTE:
If vCenter is registered with OMIVV using FQDN, ensure that the ESXi host could resolve the FQDN using
DNS resolution .
b. Select the NIC that is used for management network. Ensure that NIC is in connected state.
NOTE:
Ensure that you select the management NICs based on the network connectivity to the OMIVV. The APPLY
SETTINGS TO ALL SERVERS option is not applicable for management NIC selection.
c. Select the OMIVV network instance that has access to vCenter. For more information, see System profile and ISO profile
deployment on page 68.
d. Select any of the following networking options:
● For static, enter the preferred DNS server, alternate DNS server, IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
● Use VLAN—When a VLAN ID is provided, it is applied to the management interface of an operating system during
deployment and tags all traffic with the VLAN ID. Server Identification assigns new names and network identification
to deployed servers. For more information, see VLAN support on page 72.
● Use DHCP—The DHCP assigned IP address is used when adding the host to vCenter. When using DHCP, it is
recommended that an IP reservation for selected NIC MAC addresses is used.
11. On the Schedule Deployment Job page, do the following:
a. Enter the deployment job name and description.
b. To run the deployment job immediately, click Run Now.
c. To schedule the job to run later, click Schedule later, and then select the date and time.
d. Select the Go to the Jobs page after the job is submitted check box.
You can track the status of the job on the Jobs page. For more information, see Deployment jobs on page 80.
12. Click FINISH.
NOTE: After performing an operating system deployment on bare-metal servers, OMIVV clears all the iDRAC jobs.
Results
Once the deployment job is complete, host is added to the host credential profile.
System profile and ISO profile deployment
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