User's Manual

Dell Management Plug-in Features

The following are high-level features of the Dell Management Plug-in:

• Monitor Dell platforms using the standard vCenter event and alarm subsystem

• Perform advanced hardware management and configuration

• Perform zero touch deployment of VMware ESX hypervisors on bare-metal systems without using PXE

• Build hardware and VMware ESX hypervisor profiles

• Perform firmware updates

• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues

• Report at the Datacenter and Cluster view—export to CSV file

• Integrate Dell Management Plug-in capabilities with standard vCenter roles and permissions

Figure 1. Architecture Overview for the Dell Management Plug-in