Users Guide
Provisioning Overview............................................................................................................................................61
Understanding Deployment Job Times...................................................................................................................62
Server States Within The Deployment Sequence.................................................................................................. 62
Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images...................................................................................................................62
Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile.......................................................................................... 63
Creating A New Hardware Profile................................................................................................................... 64
Cloning A Hardware Profile..............................................................................................................................66
About Managing Hardware Profiles.......................................................................................................................67
Viewing Or Editing A Hardware Profile............................................................................................................ 67
Duplicating A Hardware Profile....................................................................................................................... 67
Renaming A Hardware Profile..........................................................................................................................67
Deleting A Hardware Profile............................................................................................................................ 67
Refreshing An Updated Hardware Profile........................................................................................................68
Creating A New Hypervisor Profile.........................................................................................................................68
Managing Hypervisor Profiles................................................................................................................................ 69
VLAN Support...................................................................................................................................................69
Viewing Or Editing Hypervisor Profiles............................................................................................................ 70
Duplicating a Hypervisor Profiles.....................................................................................................................70
Renaming Hypervisor Profile............................................................................................................................71
Deleting A Hypervisor Profile...........................................................................................................................71
Refreshing Hypervisor Profiles........................................................................................................................ 71
Building A New Deployment Template...................................................................................................................71
Managing Deployment Templates................................................................................................................... 72
Running The Deployment Wizard........................................................................................................................... 72
Deployment Wizard - Step 1: Select Servers .................................................................................................. 73
Deployment Wizard Step 2: Deployment Templates........................................................................................73
Deployment Wizard Step 3: Global Settings.....................................................................................................74
Deployment Wizard Step 4: Server Identification............................................................................................ 74
Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile............................................................................................... 75
Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs.................................................................................................. 75
Understanding Job Queue............................................................................................................................... 76
Adding A Server Manually............................................................................................................................... 77
Removing A Bare Metal Server........................................................................................................................77
6 Console Administration............................................................................................................ 79
Web-based Administration Console.......................................................................................................................79
Managing vCenter Server Connections................................................................................................................. 79
Registering A vCenter Server...........................................................................................................................79
Uploading A Dell Management Plug-in License To The Administration Console............................................81
Virtual Appliance Management..............................................................................................................................81
Restarting The Virtual Appliance..................................................................................................................... 81
Updating A Repository Location And Virtual Appliance.................................................................................. 81