Quick Installation Guide

Contents
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2
1 Quick Start Installation...............................................................................................................5
Installation Introduction............................................................................................................................................5
Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................................................5
Product Hardware Requirements......................................................................................................................5
Software Requirements.....................................................................................................................................6
Installation and Configuration Overview..................................................................................................................6
Deploying the Dell Management Plug-in OVF Using the vSphere Client...........................................................6
Registering Dell Management Plug-in within vCenter And Importing The License File....................................8
Installation Verification....................................................................................................................................10
2 Understanding How To Configure the Dell Management Plug-in Using the Wizard.....11
Configuration Wizard Welcome Page....................................................................................................................11
Creating A New Connection Profile [Wizard].........................................................................................................11
Configuring Events And Alarms [Wizard]...............................................................................................................12
Setting Up A Proxy Server [Wizard]........................................................................................................................13
Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard]......................................................................................................................13
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard]..........................................................................................................14
Configuring the Deployment Credentials [Wizard].................................................................................................14
Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository [Wizard]...................................................................................14
Enabling The OMSA Link [Wizard]..........................................................................................................................15
Configuring Dell iDRAC Auto-Discovery And Initial Start-up.................................................................................15
Configuring OMSA Agents To Send Traps.............................................................................................................16
Configuring NFS Shares..........................................................................................................................................16
For More Configuration Information.......................................................................................................................16