Users Guide

120 Dell OpenManage on VMware ESXi
Enabling Server Administrator Services on the
Managed System
The Server Administrator Web Server communicates with the VMware ESXi
system through the Server Administrator Common Interface Model (CIM)
provider. The Server Administrator CIM provider is an OEM provider on the
VMware ESXi system. CIM OEM providers are disabled by default on
VMware ESXi. You must enable the CIM OEM providers on the VMware
ESXi 4.0/ESXi 4.1 system before accessing it using Server Administrator
Web Server.
Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere Client (for VMware ESXi
4.0/ESXi 4.1)
To enable CIM OEM providers using VMware vSphere Client, you need to
have the vSphere Client tool installed. You can download and install the tool
from https://<IP_address of ESXi host> where <ip_address> is the IP
address of the VMware ESXi system.
To enable CIM OEM providers on the VMware ESXi system using vSphere
Client:
1
Log on to the VMware ESXi host system using vSphere Client.
2 Click the Configuration tab.
3 Under the Software section on the left side, click Advanced Settings .
4 In the Advanced Settings dialog box, click UserVars on the left pane.
5 Change the value of the CIMOEMProvidersEnabled (for ESXi 4.0) or
CIMoemProviderEnabled (for ESXi 4.1) field to 1 .
6 Click OK .
7 For the changes to take effect without restarting the system, use the
Restart Management Agents option in the Direct Console User Interface
(DCUI) on the local console of the VMware ESXi system.
If the changes are not effective and you cannot connect to the VMware
ESXi host using Server Administrator, restart the VMware ESXi host
system.