Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter Quick Install Guide Version 1.
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Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2 1 Quick Start Installation...............................................................................................................5 Installation Introduction............................................................................................................................................5 Prerequisites......................................................
Quick Start Installation 1 Installation Introduction This guide provides step-by-step instructions for the installation and configuration of the Dell Management Plug-in installation on Dell servers. Once the installation is complete, refer to the Dell Management Plug-in User's Guide for information about all aspects of administration including: inventory management, monitoring and alerting, firmware updates, deployments and provisioning, and warranty management.
Software Requirements The vSphere environment must meet virtual appliance, port access, and listening port requirements. In addition, install Adobe Flash player 10.0 or higher on the vSphere client system. vSphere 5 has both a desktop client and Web client. The Dell Management Plug-in is only available in the desktop client. NOTE: It is recommended that the Dell Management Plug-in and vCenter server are located on the same network.
To deploy the Dell Management Plug-in OVF using the vSphere Client: 1. Unzip the file containing the Dell Management Plug-in virtual disk, and run setup.exe. 2. Double-click the Setup.exe file to agree to the EULA, extract the user guides, and obtain the OVF file. 3. Copy/move the OVF file to a location accessible to the VMware vSphere host to which you will upload the appliance. 4. Start the VMware vSphere client. 5. From the VMwarevSphere client, select File → Deploy OVF Template . Figure 1.
A lazy-zeroed thick disk has all the disk space allocated at the time of creation, but each block is zeroed only on first write. This results in a shorter creation time, but reduced performance the first time a block is written to. Subsequent writes have the same performance as eager-zeroed thick disks. b. Thick Provision Eager Zeroed [Recommended] An eager-zeroed thick disk has all the space allocated and zeroed out at the time of creation.
Figure 3. Administration Console 6. In the Administration Console login window, enter the password, and then click Login. Figure 4. vCenter Registration Window from within the Administration Console 7. In the vCenter Registration window, click Register a new vCenter Server. 8.
a) Under vCenter Name, in the vCenter Server IP or Hostname text box, enter the server IP or hostname and then in the Description text box, enter the optional description. b) Under Admin User Account, in the Admin User Name text box, enter the Admin user name. The Admin user account is used by the Dell Management Plug-in for vCenter administration. c) In the Password text box, enter the password. d) In the Verify Password text box, enter the password again. 9. Click Register. 10.
Understanding How To Configure the Dell Management Plug-in Using the Wizard 2 After you do the basic installation of the Dell Management Plug-in, it needs to be configured. This is typically done using the Configuration Wizard, but you can also do it using the Settings page options in the Dell Management Center Setting's options. The user interface in both areas is similar except in the wizard you Save and Continue, whereas in the Settings options you click Apply.
To create a new connection profile using the wizard: 1. From the Connection Profiles tab, click Create New. 2. In the Profile Name and Description panel, enter the Profile Name and an optional Description that are used to help manage custom connection profiles, and then click Next. 3. In the Associated Hosts panel, select the hosts for the connection profile and click Next. 4. View the information about credentials and connection protocols and click Next. 5.
– Post All Events - Post all hardware events. – Post only Critical and Warning Events - Post only critical or warning level hardware events. – 2. Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events - Post only virtualization-related critical and warning events; this is the default event posting level. To enable all hardware alarms and events, select the Enable Alarms for Dell Hosts check box. NOTE: Dell hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering maintenance mode.
The time you enter is your local time. Calculate the time difference you need to run the inventory collection at the proper time. c) To automatically run the inventory task once the wizard is complete, select the Run inventory at the end of the wizard [Recommended] check box. This check box only appears when the On Selected Days check box is selected. 3. To apply the changes and continue, click Save and Continue.
1. In the Configuration Wizard, on the Firmware Repository page, to choose the default repository for firmware updates, select one of the following: – Dell Online Default firmware repository (ftp.dell.com) with a staging folder. The Dell Management Plug-in downloads selected firmware updates and stores them in the staging folder, and then they are applied as necessary. – Local/shared repository These are created with the Dell Repository Manager application.
3. In the main pane - upper tabs, click Network/Security. 4. Click the Users sub tab, and select the user to edit by selecting the user ID link. 5. Make sure that the Configure User option button is selected, and continue to the next page. 6. To configure the user, do one of the following: – To disable a user, uncheck the Enable User check box and then click Apply. – To enable a user, check the Enable User check box and then click Apply. 7.
