Users Guide

Dell OpenManage on VMware ESXi 111

Dell OpenManage on VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi is factory-installed on some Dell™ systems. For a list of these

systems, see the latest Dell Systems Software Support Matrix on the Dell

Support website at

support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/omswrels/index.htm

. You can use

Server Administrator Web Server version 6.3 to access VMware ESXi 4.0

update 1 and VMware ESXi 4.1 systems.

Dell OpenManage on VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 1

and ESXi 4.1

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator is available as a .zip file (oem-dell-

openmanage-esxi_6.3.0-A00.zip) to be installed on systems running on

VMware ESXi 4.0 update 1 and ESXi 4.1. The oem-dell-openmanage-

esxi_6.3.0-A00.zip file is available for download on the Dell Support website

at support.dell.com.

Download VMware vSphere Command Line Interface (vSphere CLI) from

vmware.com and install on your Microsoft Windows or Linux system.

Alternately, you can import VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)

into your ESXi 4 or ESXi 4.1 host.

Using the vSphere CLI

Copy the

oem-dell-openmanage-esxi_6.3.0-A00.zip file

to a directory on

your system.

If you are using Microsoft Windows, navigate to the directory in which you

have installed the vSphere CLI utilities to execute the command

mentioned in step 4.

If you are using vSphere CLI on Linux, you can execute the command in

step 4 from any directory.

Shut down all guest operating systems on the ESXi host and put the ESXi

host in maintenance mode.

Execute the following command: