Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter 1.6 White Paper

Irfan Azam

James Watt

Enterprise Product Group

Dell Management Plug-in for VMware

vCenter with Dell Repository Manager

Firmware update lifecycle and baseline management using Dell
Repository Manager in a VMware vCenter environment

Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter with Dell Repository Manager

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Contents

Executive summary ................................................................................................... 4

Introduction ........................................................................................................... 4

Using Dell Repository Manager ..................................................................................... 4

Bundle Limitations .................................................................................................. 4

Automatically creating a repository using Repository Manager Plug-in Integration Feature ............ 5

Setting up a share with a custom repository .................................................................... 5

Using Repository Updates in the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter ........................... 6

Configuring a local repository in the Dell Management Plug-in .............................................. 6

Performing an update from a configured repository ........................................................... 7

Checking datacenter or cluster view for out-of-date firmware .............................................. 9

Updating a custom repository using Dell Repository Manager ................................................ 10

Getting updates from ftp.dell.com .............................................................................. 10

Saving Updates to Plug-in Configured Repository ............................................................. 10

Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 10

Figures

Figure 1. Pointing the Dell Management Plug-in to your Dell Repository Manager ........................ 6

Figure 2. Select the Shared Network Folder option ............................................................ 7

Figure 3. Performing an update from the repository. ......................................................... 8

Figure 4. Select Update from repository ......................................................................... 8

Figure 5. High level host status view ............................................................................. 9

Figure 6. Use filters to view specific devices ................................................................... 9

Figure 7. Closing the filter ......................................................................................... 9

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