Users Guide

Last Modied By Displays user’s details.
Creating A Connection Prole
You may associate multiple hosts to a single connection prole. Create a Connection Prole using the following steps:
NOTE: The vCenter hosts that display during this procedure have authenticated using the same Single Sign On (SSO). If
you do not see a vCenter host, it may be on a dierent SSO or you may be using a VMware vCenter version less than
version 5.1.
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, in the left pane, on the Manage → Proles → Credential Proles →
Connection Proles tab, click on +.
2. In the New Connection Prole page, enter the following.
3. In the Prole Name and Description area, do the following:
a. Under Prole, type the Prole Name and optional Description.
b. Under Associated Hosts, select one or multiple hosts on which you want to associate with this connection prole. This
option lets you create one connection prole for one or multiple hosts.
c. Click Next.
d. Under iDRAC Credentials page, do the following:
• The iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating rmware, applying hardware proles, and deploying
hypervisor.
• In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the username in one of these formats: domain
\username or username@domain. The user name is limited to 256 characters. Refer to Microsoft Active Directory
documentation for user name restrictions.
• In the Active Directory Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
• In the Verify Password text box, type the password again
• Perform the following actions:
– To download and store the iDRAC certicate and validate it during all future connections, select the Certicate
Check Enabled drop-down
– To perform no check and not store the certicate, do not select the Certicate Check
e. In the Hosts Root page, do the following:.
• For hosts already congured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory, select the Use
Active Directory check box; otherwise skip down to congure your Host Credentials.
In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the username in one of these formats: domain
\username or username@domain. The user name is limited to 256 characters. Refer to Microsoft Active Directory
documentation for user name restrictions.
• In the Active Directory Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
• In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
• Perform one of the following actions:
– To download and store the Host certicate and validate it during all future connections, select the box.
– To perform no check and not store the Host certicate, do not select the Enable Certicate Check box.
• To congure Host Credentials without Active Directory, do the following:
• In the User Name text box, the user name is root. This is the default username and you cannot change the username
• If the Active directory is set, you can choose any Active directory user not just root.
• In the Password text box type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials as those used for ESXi hosts.
• In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
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