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simultaneous iSCSI sessions. For more information, refer to the current EqualLogic Firmware (FW)

Release Notes available at the EqualLogic Support site.

5.4 Management Architecture

The management architecture of the vStart configurations includes hardware and software components

that will manage all components of the vStart architecture. They can be found on the R620 server or on

VMs running on the R620.

5.4.1 Management on the LAN

The management of the devices on the LAN includes the following items:

 Out–of-band server management

 Server management through Dell OpenManage

Server Administrator

 Server management through Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter

 ESXi cluster management through VMware vCenter

 LAN switch management through CLI or web browser

 EqualLogic array management and monitoring

Server Out-of-Band Management: The PowerEdge R720 servers and the PowerEdge R620 can be

managed directly by connecting to the iDRAC7 web interface. In addition, the iDRA7 supports remote

KVM through a virtual console.

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA): OMSA should be installed on the PowerEdge R720

servers and the PowerEdge R620. For the PowerEdge R720 servers, OMSA is available to download as

OpenManage Offline Bundle and VIB for ESXi from support.dell.com. OMSA can be installed on each

ESXi server either using vSphere Command Line Interface (vSphere CLI) or VMware vSphere

Management Assistant (vMA). For more information refer to the white paper, Dell Systems Management

for VMware ESX and ESXi, available at

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/sysman/sysman.htm.

For the PowerEdge R620, the Dell OpenManage Installation DVD is available for download from

support.dell.com. The OpenManage Web Service option allows the PowerEdge R620 to serve out the

OpenManage web pages for the ESXi servers. The OMSA option provides hardware management for the

local system.

Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter: The plug-in provides server details for all PowerEdge

R720 servers in the solution at the datacenter, cluster, and host level within vCenter Server.

Inventory, monitoring, alerting, BIOS and firmware updates, and access to online warranty information

are available within vCenter Server. In addition, the plug-in provides the ability to directly launch the

iDRAC or OMSA web interfaces for each server.

ESXi Cluster Management: Management of the ESXi cluster will typically be performed directly with

vCenter Server, but can also be performed by connecting to each server through the VMware Virtual

Infrastructure Client (VI Client). In addition, for troubleshooting purposes, KVM or virtual console

through iDRAC connectivity to an ESXi server may be required to utilize the Direct Console User

Interface (DCUI).