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Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter: Enabling a Dell Server for Server Management in vCenter
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Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5
Audience and scope ................................................................................................... 5
Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 5
Steps to enable Dell servers for management ..................................................................... 5
Connection Profiles ..................................................................................................... 6
Creating Connection Profiles ........................................................................................ 6
Test Connection Profiles ........................................................................................... 10
Test Connection Failures ........................................................................................... 12
Pre-Dell 12
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Generation PowerEdge Servers ................................................................. 12
Dell 12
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Generation PowerEdge Servers ....................................................................... 12
Hardware inventory on Dell servers ............................................................................... 13
Scheduling an inventory job ....................................................................................... 13
Running an inventory job ........................................................................................... 17
Reasons for Inventory Failures .................................................................................. 17
Incorrect Error Messages for Inventory Failures .............................................................. 17
Compliance Issues..................................................................................................... 18
Viewing non-compliant hosts ...................................................................................... 18
Fixing non-compliant hosts ........................................................................................ 20
Fixing OMSA issues ................................................................................................. 25
Common failures while fixing OMSA ............................................................................ 25
Fixing CSIOR issues ................................................................................................ 25
Common failures while fixing CSIOR ............................................................................ 26
Conclusion .............................................................................................................. 26
References ............................................................................................................. 26
Figures
Figure 1. Connection Profiles configuration wizard .............................................................. 6
Figure 2. Connection Profiles ........................................................................................ 7
Figure 3. Connection Profiles - Associated Hosts ................................................................. 7
Figure 4. Connection Profiles - iDRAC Credentials ............................................................... 8
Figure 5. Connection Profiles - Host Credentials ................................................................. 9
Figure 6. Complete Connection Profile Creation ............................................................... 10
Figure 7. Select a Connection Profile ............................................................................ 11