Administrator Guide

Steps
1. Start the Registry Editor application.
2. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click Yes to continue. The Registry Editor window appears.
3. Disable CN verication for the storage provider certicate.
a. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following folder:
• Windows Server 2008R2: Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE→ SOFTWARE→ Microsoft→ Storage Management.
• Windows Server 2012: Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE→ Software→ Microsoft→ Windows→ CurrentVersion→
Storage Management.
b. If the DisableHttpsCommonNameCheck entry does not exist, select Edit→ New→ DWORD (32-bit) Value, and then type
DisableHttpsCommonNameCheck to create it.
c. Double-click DisableHttpsCommonNameCheck.
d. In the Value data box, type 1, then click OK.
4. If the server that hosts SCVMM is running Windows Server 2012, disable client certicate checking.
a. In Registry Editor, select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE→ Software→ Microsoft → Windows→ CurrentVersion→ Storage
Management
.
b. Double-click EnableHTTPListenerClientCerticateCheck.
c. In the Value data box, type 0, then click OK.
5. If the server that hosts SCVMM is running Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008R2 with January 2012 Microsoft
Security Update KB2585542 installed, perform the following steps to modify the registry.
a. In Registry Editor, select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE→ System→ CurrentControlSet→ Control→ SecurityProviders→
SCHANNEL.
b. If the SendExtraRecord entry does not exist, select Edit→ New→ DWORD (32-bit) Value, and then type
SendExtraRecord to create it.
c. Double-click SendExtraRecord.
d. In the Value data box, type 2, then click OK.
NOTE: For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2643584.
6. Close Registry Editor.
Prepare the SCVMM 2012 Server for Indications
If you are using the Dell SMI-S Provider with SCVMM 2012 running on Windows Server 2012 or later, congure the SCVMM server
to accept SMI-S indications.
About this task
These steps are not required for SCVMM 2012 running on Windows Server 2008R2.
Steps
1. Make sure the Windows Standards-Based Storage Management feature is installed.
2. In Windows PowerShell, run the following command to open the required ports:
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="CIM-XML" dir=in protocol=TCP localport=5990
action=allow
3. In Windows PowerShell, run the following command to allow the Network Service to bind to the HTTPS port:
netsh http add urlacl url=https://*:5990/ user="NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE"
Use SCVMM 2012 to Discover the Dell SMI-S Provider
The Add Storage Devices wizard allows you to add the Dell SMI-S Provider.
About this task
Depending on the conguration of your Storage Centers, it can take several minutes to discover the Dell SMI-S provider.
Steps
1. Start the Microsoft SCVMM 2012 Administrator Console.
2. Select and open the Fabric workspace.
3. On the Home tab, click Add Resources, then select Add Storage Devices. The Add Storage Devices wizard appears.
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SMI-S