User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
- Overview
- Dell Management Plug-in Configuration
- Understanding How To Configure or Edit the Dell Management Plug-in
- Dell Management Plug-In Home Page
- Configuration Wizard Welcome Page
- Creating A New Connection Profile [Wizard]
- Configuring Events And Alarms [Wizard]
- Setting Up A Proxy Server [Wizard]
- Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard]
- Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard]
- Configuring the Deployment Credentials [Wizard]
- Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository [Wizard]
- Enabling The OMSA Link [Wizard]
- Configuring Dell iDRAC Auto-Discovery And Initial Start-up
- Configuring NFS Shares
- Settings Overview
- About Host, Bare Metal, and iDRAC Compliance Issues
- Upgrading Dell Management Plug-In For VMware VCenter
- About Dell Management Plug-in Licensing
- End-To-End Hardware Management
- Monitoring the Datacenter And Host System
- vSphere Client Host Overview
- About Inventory Schedule
- Viewing Storage Inventory
- Viewing Host Power Monitoring
- Displaying The Entire Datacenter Hardware Configuration And Status
- Managing Connection Profiles
- Understanding System Event Logs In vSphere Client Host View
- About Firmware Updates
- Advanced Host Management Using vCenter
- Zero-Touch Hardware Provisioning And Deployment
- Hardware Prerequisites
- Provisioning Overview
- Understanding Deployment Job Times
- Server States Within The Deployment Sequence
- Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images
- Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile
- About Managing Hardware Profiles
- Creating A New Hypervisor Profile
- Managing Hypervisor Profiles
- Building A New Deployment Template
- Running The Deployment Wizard
- Deployment Wizard - Step 1: Select Servers
- Deployment Wizard Step 2: Deployment Templates
- Deployment Wizard Step 3: Global Settings
- Deployment Wizard Step 4: Server Identification
- Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile
- Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs
- Understanding Job Queue
- Adding A Server Manually
- Removing A Bare Metal Server
- Dell Management Plug-In Administration
- Web-based Administration Portal
- Managing vCenter Server Connections
- Virtual Appliance Management
- Setting Up Global Alerts
- Managing Backup And Restore
- Understanding vSphere Client Console Tab
- Troubleshooting
- Upgrading Issues
- Common Questions
- How Do I Test Event Settings By Using OMSA To Simulate A Temperature Hardware Fault?
- I Have The OMSA Agent Installed On A Dell Host System, But I Still Get An Error Message That OMSA Is Not Installed.What Should I Do?
- Can The Dell Management Plug-in Support ESX/ESXI with Lockdown Mode Enabled?
- Inventory is Failing on Hosts ESXi 4.0 Update2 and ESXi Update 3 in Lockdown Mode After a Reboot.
- When I tried to use lockdown mode, it failed.
- What Setting Should I Use For UserVars.CIMoeMProviderEnable With ESXi 4.1 U1?
- I Am Using A Reference Server To Create A Hardware Profile But It Failed. What Should I Do?
- I Am Attempting To Deploy ESX/ESXi On A Blade Server And It Failed. What Should I Do?
- Why Do I See Auto-discovered Systems Without Model Information In The Deployment Wizard
- The NFS Share Is Set Up With The ESX/ESXI ISO, But Deployment Fails With Errors Mounting The Share Location.
- How Do I Force Removal Of The Virtual Appliance?
- Entering A Password In The Backup Now Screen Receives An Error Message
- In vSphere, Clicking The Dell Server Management Tab Or Dell Management Icon Returns A 404 Error
- My Firmware Update Failed. What Do I Do?
- My vCenter Update Failed. What Can I Do?
- Performance during Connection Profile Test Credentials is extremely slow or unresponsive
- Bare Metal Deployment Issues
- Contacting Dell
- Where To Get Additional Help For This Software
- Dell Management Plug-in For VMware vCenter Related Information
- Virtualization—Related Events

NOTE: For detailed iDRAC information, including setting options and explanations, refer to the
iDRAC User’s Guide
for the selected server.
17. In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings → User List. To include user list information in the profile, select the Include
User List in this Hardware Profile
check box. Under iDRAC Local User List, do one of the following:
a) Add User: Manually enter an iDRAC user and the required information. When finished, click Save to save your
changes or Cancel to cancel.
b) Delete User: Delete the selected user. Select the check box for the user and click Delete, or click Cancel to
cancel.
c) Edit User: Manually edit an iDRAC user’s information. When finished, click Save to save your changes or Cancel
to cancel.
NOTE: For detailed iDRAC information, including setting options and explanations, refer to the
iDRAC User’s Guide
for the selected server.
18. In the left pane, select RAID Configuration. To include RAID configuration information in the profile, select the
Include RAID Configuration in this Hardware Profilecheck box. The window is updated with all RAID information.
The profile is saved, and displays in the Hardware Profiles window under Available Profiles
Cloning A New Hardware Profile
To clone a new hardware profile:
1. In the Dell Management Center, select Deployment → Deployment Templates → Hardware Profile.
2. Click Create New.
3. In the New Hardware Profile page, do the following:
– In the Profile Name text box, enter the profile name
– In the Description text box, enter an optional description.
4. Click Save.
5. In the left pane, click Reference Server.
6. In the Reference Server window, click Edit.
7. To extract all hardware settings from the reference server, click the Clone Reference Server Settings option button.
8. Click Save.
9. A dialog box that states extracting the settings will take several minutes is displayed, then click Continue. The
settings are populated, and the selected server’s name, iDRAC IP address, and service tag are displayed in the
Reference Server window.
The profile is saved, and displays in the Hardware Profiles window under Available Profiles.
About Managing Hardware Profiles
Hardware profiles define a server's hardware configuration using a reference server. From the Dell Management
Center, there are several management actions you can perform on existing hardware profiles, including:
• Viewing or Editing A Hardware Profile
• Duplicating Hardware Profiles
• Renaming A Hardware Profile
• Deleting A Hardware Profile
• Refreshing Hardware Profiles
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