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• Ability to set hosts to maintenance mode (to use VMware

vMotion™)

• A plug-in is created in vCenter for centralized IT and power management

• UPS events are accessible and configurable through vCenter

Solution 2

In this solution, ESX and ESXi hosts are not controlled by vCenter (paid version only), which provides

following features:

• Dell ULNM application is installed on VMware Infrastructure Management Agent (VIMA) / vMA for

each host

• Dell ULNM configurations and actions can be managed centrally from the Dell MUMC client

• Some command line programming is required

• Remote graceful shutdown of multiple ESX / ESXi servers and hosted VMs

NOTE: For paid versions, VMware suppresses the ability to control VM shutdown profiles in non-licensed ESXi

installations. There are third-party methodologies for avoiding this restriction, but this is not covered in this user

guide.

Solution 3

This solution is for ESX-only hosts (paid or free versions), which provides following features:

• Dell ULNM application is installed on each host (on either Windows or Linux VM)

• Remote graceful shutdown of each ESX host and hosted VMs

• Dell ULNM configurations and actions can be managed centrally from Dell MUMC client

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