Users Guide

Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin

Installing the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client

Plugin

To install the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin, register the plugin with VMware vCenter.

Prerequisites

• Deploy DSITV and configure the time zone and network settings.

• Identify the host name or IP address of the VMware vCenter Server.

• Identify the user name and password of a VMware vCenter user with administrator privileges.

• Make sure that Dell Storage Manager Data Collector is communicating with Storage Center.

Steps

1. Log in to DSITV.

2. At the CLI prompt, type 4 and press Enter.

3. Type the host name or IP address of the VMware vCenter Server and press Enter.

4. Type the user name of a VMware vCenter Server user with administrator privileges and press Enter.

5. Type the password of the user with administrator privileges and press Enter.

6. If necessary, retype the password and press Enter to confirm the password.

NOTE: If a server certificate message is displayed, type y and press Enter to trust the certificate.

7. Type the host name or IP address of DSITV and press Enter.

8. Type y and press Enter.

9. After the vSphere Web Client Plugin is installed, press Enter to return to the main menu.

Refer to the Dell Storage vSphere Web Client Plugin Administrator’s Guide for details about managing and using the vSphere Web

Client Plugin.

Related tasks

Logging In to DSITV

Upgrade Installation

After a successful upgrade of the DSITV appliance, a reboot is required. You then must unregister and reregister the vSphere Web Client

Plugin from the DSITV appliance’s CLI menu. This action removes the old plugin and registers the new plugin to vCenter.

After performing these steps, if the Dell Storage icon does not appear in the vSphere Web Client, restart the vSphere Web Client service.

See Troubleshooting the vSphere Web Client Plugin.

Removing the vSphere Web Client Plugin

To remove the vSphere Web Client Plugin, unregister the plugin from VMware vCenter.

Prerequisites

• Identify the host name or IP address of the VMware vCenter Server.

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