User's Manual

• vSphere Host and Bare Metal Server Compliance

This section provides more information and lets you view details about non-compliant hosts or bare metal

servers or run the wizards to fix them.

• Inventory Schedule

In this section, you can learn more about inventory scheduling.

• Warranty Data Retrieval Schedule

This section lets you learn more or view/change warranty schedules.

• Licensing

This section lets you learn more about licensing. Use the links to go to the licensing tasks.

• Events and Alarms Settings

Learn more about event and alarm settings or take the link that lets you configure them.

• Host Connection Licenses

Here you can view the host connection licenses in real time. In addition, you can use the Buy Now link to

purchase a full version license to manage more than one host. The Buy Now link only appears if you are using a

demo license.

Configuration Wizard Welcome Page

After you install the Dell Management Plug-in, it must be configured.

1. In the vSphere Client, under Management, click the Dell Management Center icon.

2. The first time you click on the Dell Management Center icon, it opens the Configuration Wizard. You can also

access this wizard on the Dell Management Center → Settings page.

3. In the Welcome tab, review the steps you will step through, and then click Next.

Creating A New Connection Profile [Wizard]

A connection profile stores the credentials that the virtual appliance uses to communicate with Dell servers. Each Dell

server must be associated with a connection profile to be managed by the Dell Management Plug-in. You may assign

multiple servers to a single connection profile. Creating the Connection Profile is similar between the Configuration

Wizard and from the Dell Management Center, Settings option.

NOTE: With this release, and with installations on hosts that are using 12th generation servers, OMSA agent

installation is not required. For installations on 11th generation servers, OMSA agent is now automatically installed

during the deployment process.

To create a new connection profile using the wizard:

1. From the Connection Profiles tab, click Create New.

2. In the Profile Name and Description panel, enter the Profile Name and an optional Description that are used to help

manage custom connection profiles, and then click Next.

3. In the Associated Hosts panel, select the hosts for the connection profile and click Next.

4. View the information about credentials and connection protocols and click Next.

5. In the iDRAC panel, enter the iDRAC credential information.

a) Enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password. The user name can contain up to 16 characters

including white space. The following characters are not supported: / (forward slash), \\ (backslash), @ (at), \"

(quotation mark), and white space without any characters. The passwords must match and use ASCII-printable

characters only.