Users Guide

• QoS Definition: A Quality of Service (QoS) definition must be set up on the source Storage Center for replication. See the Dell Storage

Manager Administrator’s Guide for instructions on creating QoS definitions.

If you are using iSCSI connections for replications:

• The destination Storage Center must be defined as an iSCSI Remote System on the source Storage Center.

• The source Storage Center must be defined as an iSCSI Remote Connection on the destination Storage Center.

See the Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s Guide for instructions on configuring iSCSI connections between Storage Centers.

Configuring Dell Storage vSphere Web Client

Plugin

Configure the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin to communicate with a Dell Storage Manager server.

Prerequisites

Install the Dell Storage Integration Tools for VMware (DSITV), and register the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin with a vCenter

server as described in the Dell Storage Integration Tools for VMware Administrator’s Guide.

Steps

1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client.

2. Click (Go home).

The Home page opens.

3. In the Administration pane, click Dell Storage.

The Dell Storage page opens to the Getting Started tab.

NOTE:

The more Storage Centers and volumes that are managed by the Dell Storage Manager user, the longer it

takes to display the Dell Storage page.

4. Click the Manage tab.

5. Click Edit.

The Connection Manager Credentials dialog box opens.

Figure 1. Connection Manager Credentials dialog box

6. Enter the requested information:

• vCenter User (not editable) – The field displays the user that was used to log in to the vSphere Web Client. To configure the

vSphere Web Client Plugin for a different vCenter user, log out of the vSphere Web Client and log back in with that user.

NOTE:

The vSphere Web Client Plugin uses the vCenter user credentials to continue running the tasks after the

vSphere Web Client Plugin is closed.

• vCenter Password – vCenter user password.

Getting Started