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OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter for
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Contents
1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................9
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter .......................................................................................................9
Key Features............................................................................................................................................................. 9
How Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Help With vCenter Administration......................... 9
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Features.......................................................................................10
2 OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Configuration..........................................11
Security Roles and Permissions............................................................................................................................. 11
Data Integrity....................................................................................................................................................11
Access Control Authentication, Authorization, And Roles...............................................................................12
Dell Operation Role.......................................................................................................................................... 12
Dell Infrastructure Deployment Role................................................................................................................12
Understanding Privileges.................................................................................................................................13
3 Understanding How To Configure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for
VMware vCenter.......................................................................................................................... 16
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Home Page.................................................................................. 17
Configuration Wizard Welcome Page.................................................................................................................... 17
Creating A New Connection Profile [Wizard]......................................................................................................... 17
Configuring Events And Alarms [Wizard]............................................................................................................... 18
Setting Up A Proxy Server [Wizard]........................................................................................................................19
Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard]...................................................................................................................... 19
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard].......................................................................................................... 20
Configuring the Deployment Credentials [Wizard]................................................................................................. 20
Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository [Wizard]................................................................................... 21
Enabling The OMSA Link [Wizard]..........................................................................................................................21
Configuring NFS Shares..........................................................................................................................................22
Settings Overview...................................................................................................................................................22
General Settings Overview...............................................................................................................................22
Creating A New Connection Profile................................................................................................................. 23
Configuring Events And Alarms .......................................................................................................................25
About Proxy Configuration............................................................................................................................... 26
Running Inventory Jobs................................................................................................................................... 27
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job...................................................................................................................27
Viewing or Editing Deployment Credentials.....................................................................................................28
Setting Up The Firmware Repository ...............................................................................................................28
Server Security Settings For Deployment........................................................................................................29
About Host, Bare Metal, and iDRAC Compliance Issues........................................................................................30
Running The Fix Non-Compliant vSphere Hosts Wizard..................................................................................30
Running The Fix Non-Compliant Bare Metal Server Wizard............................................................................31
iDRAC License Compliance..............................................................................................................................32
Upgrading OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter....................................................................................33
Upgrading From a Trial Version To a Full Product Version.............................................................................. 33
About OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Licensing...........................................................................33
4 End-To-End Hardware Management.....................................................................................34
Monitoring the Datacenter And Host System.........................................................................................................34
Understanding Events And Alarms.................................................................................................................. 34
vSphere Client Host Overview................................................................................................................................ 37
Resetting iDRAC............................................................................................................................................... 39
About Inventory Schedule...................................................................................................................................... 39
Modifying An Inventory Job Schedule.............................................................................................................39
Displaying The Inventory For A Single Host System in vCenter.......................................................................40
Inventory And Licensing...................................................................................................................................41
Viewing Storage Inventory..................................................................................................................................... 42
Viewing Host Power Monitoring.............................................................................................................................42
Displaying The Entire Datacenter Hardware Configuration And Status................................................................ 43
Managing Connection Profiles............................................................................................................................... 43
Viewing Or Editing An Existing Connection Profile.......................................................................................... 44
Deleting A Connection Profile..........................................................................................................................45
Testing A Connection Profile............................................................................................................................45
Refreshing A Connection Profile......................................................................................................................46
Understanding System Event Logs In vSphere Client Host View........................................................................... 46
Displaying Logs in Dell Management Center................................................................................................... 46
Displaying The Event Logs For An Individual Host...........................................................................................47
About Firmware Updates........................................................................................................................................47
Running The Firmware Update Wizard............................................................................................................ 48
Updating Older Firmware Versions ................................................................................................................. 49
Running the Update Firmware Wizard for Clusters and Datacenters..............................................................49
Advanced Host Management Using vCenter......................................................................................................... 51
Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Light.............................................................................................52
Server Based Management Tools....................................................................................................................52
Warranty Retrieval........................................................................................................................................... 52
5 Hardware Management...........................................................................................................54
Provisioning Overview............................................................................................................................................55
Understanding Deployment Job Times...................................................................................................................55
Server States Within The Deployment Sequence.................................................................................................. 55
Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images...................................................................................................................56
Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile.......................................................................................... 56
Creating A New Hardware Profile................................................................................................................... 57
Cloning A Hardware Profile..............................................................................................................................59
About Managing Hardware Profiles.......................................................................................................................60
Viewing Or Editing A Hardware Profile............................................................................................................ 60
Duplicating A Hardware Profile....................................................................................................................... 60
Renaming A Hardware Profile..........................................................................................................................60
Deleting A Hardware Profile............................................................................................................................ 60
Refreshing An Updated Hardware Profile........................................................................................................61
Creating A New Hypervisor Profile.........................................................................................................................61
Managing Hypervisor Profiles................................................................................................................................ 62
VLAN Support...................................................................................................................................................62
Viewing Or Editing Hypervisor Profiles............................................................................................................ 63
Duplicating a Hypervisor Profiles.....................................................................................................................63
Renaming Hypervisor Profile............................................................................................................................64
Deleting A Hypervisor Profile...........................................................................................................................64
Refreshing Hypervisor Profiles........................................................................................................................ 64
Building A New Deployment Template...................................................................................................................64
Managing Deployment Templates................................................................................................................... 64
Running The Deployment Wizard........................................................................................................................... 65
Deployment Wizard - Step 1: Select Servers .................................................................................................. 66
Deployment Wizard Step 2: Deployment Templates........................................................................................66
Deployment Wizard Step 3: Global Settings.....................................................................................................66
Deployment Wizard Step 4: Server Identification............................................................................................ 67
Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile............................................................................................... 68
Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs.................................................................................................. 68
Understanding Job Queue............................................................................................................................... 68
Adding A Server Manually............................................................................................................................... 69
Removing A Bare Metal Server........................................................................................................................70
6 Console Administration............................................................................................................ 71
Web-based Administration Console.......................................................................................................................71
Managing vCenter Server Connections................................................................................................................. 71
Registering a vCenter Server........................................................................................................................... 71
Uploading A OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter License To The Administration Console...........73
Virtual Appliance Management..............................................................................................................................74
Restarting The Virtual Appliance..................................................................................................................... 74
Updating A Repository Location And Virtual Appliance.................................................................................. 74
Updating the Virtual Appliance Software Version........................................................................................... 75
Downloading the Troubleshooting Bundle.......................................................................................................75
Setting Up The HTTP Proxy.............................................................................................................................. 75
Setting Up the NTP Servers............................................................................................................................. 75
Generating a Certificate Signing Request........................................................................................................76
Setting up Global Alerts..........................................................................................................................................77
Managing Backup And Restore..............................................................................................................................77
Configuring Backup And Restore.....................................................................................................................77
Scheduling Automatic Backups.......................................................................................................................78
Performing An Immediate Backup................................................................................................................... 78
Restoring The Database From A Backup......................................................................................................... 78
Understanding the vSphere Client Console ...........................................................................................................79
Configuring Network Settings..........................................................................................................................79
Changing The Virtual Appliance Password......................................................................................................79
Setting The Local Time Zone............................................................................................................................80
Rebooting Virtual Appliance.............................................................................................................................80
Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings...................................................................................... 80
Refreshing the Console View........................................................................................................................... 80
Read-only User Role.........................................................................................................................................80
Migration Path to migrate from 1.6/1.7 to 2.3....................................................................................................81
7 Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................................82
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)......................................................................................................................... 82
Using OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter to update an Intel Network card with the
firmware version of 13.5.2 is not supported..................................................................................................... 82
On trying a firmware update with an invalid DUP, the hardware update job status on the vCenter
console neither fails nor times-out for hours, though the job status in LC says ‘FAILED’. Why is this
happening?.......................................................................................................................................................82
Administration Portal is still showing the unreachable Update Repository location.......................................82
Why is the DNS configuration settings restored to original settings after appliance reboot if using
DHCP for appliance IP and DNS settings overwritten..................................................................................... 83
Why did my system not enter maintenance mode when I performed a one-to-many firmware update?....... 83
Even if my repository has bundles for selected 11G system, why is firmware update showing that I
have no bundles for Firmware Update?........................................................................................................... 83
Why Does My ESX / ESXi Deployment Fail on Servers Having a PERC S300 Boot Controller?....................... 83
How Come I See An Error Message Displayed After Clicking The Firmware Link?.........................................83
What generation of Dell servers does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter configure
and support for SNMP traps?.......................................................................................................................... 84
How does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support more than three vCenters in
Linked Mode?...................................................................................................................................................84
Does OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support vCenter in linked mode?................................. 84
What are the Required Port Settings for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter?...................... 85
What are the Minimum requirements for successful installation and operation of the virtual appliance?.... 86
Why is the password not changed for the user used for bare-metal discovery after successfully
applying the hardware profile that has the same user with new changed credentials in the iDRAC
user list?........................................................................................................................................................... 86
Why is the processor version “Not Applicable” in Processor view in the System overview page?...............87
Why is the DNS configuration settings restored to original settings after appliance reboot if using
DHCP for appliance IP and DNS settings overwritten..................................................................................... 87
How come I do not see my new iDRAC version details listed on the vCenter Hosts & Clusters page?.......... 87
How Do I Test Event Settings by Using OMSA to Simulate a Temperature Hardware Fault?.........................87
I Have the OMSA Agent Installed on a Dell Host System, But I Still Get an Error Message That OMSA
is Not Installed. What Should I Do?
Can the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Support ESX/ESXI with Lockdown Mode
Enabled?...........................................................................................................................................................88
Inventory is Failing on Hosts ESXi 4.0 Update2 and ESXi Update 3 in Lockdown Mode After a Reboot..........88
When I tried to use lockdown mode, it failed...................................................................................................88
On trying a firmware update with an invalid DUP, the hardware update job status on the vCenter
console neither fails nor times-out for hours, though the job status in LC says ‘FAILED’. Why is this
happening?.......................................................................................................................................................88
What Setting Should I Use For UserVars.CIMoeMProviderEnable With ESXi 4.1 U1?....................................89
I Am Using A Reference Server to Create a Hardware Profile But it Failed. What Should I Do?....................89
I Am Attempting To Deploy ESX/ESXi On A Blade Server And It Failed. What Should I Do?...........................89
Why Are My Hypervisor Deployments Failing On R210 II Machines?............................................................. 89
Why Do I See Auto-discovered Systems Without Model Information in the Deployment Wizard..................89
The NFS Share is Set Up With the ESX/ESXI ISO, but Deployment Fails with Errors Mounting the
Share Location................................................................................................................................................. 89
How Do I Force Removal of the Virtual Appliance?......................................................................................... 89
Entering a Password in the Backup Now Screen Receives an Error Message.............................................. 90
My Firmware Update Failed. What Do I Do?....................................................................................................90
My vCenter Registration Failed. What Can I Do?.............................................................................................90
Performance during Connection Profile Test Credentials is extremely slow or unresponsive....................... 90
Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support the VMware vCenter Server
appliance?........................................................................................................................................................91
Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter support the vSphere Web Client?..........................91
In the Administration Console, why the Update Repository Path is not set to default path after I reset
the appliance to factory settings?....................................................................................................................91
After backup and restore of OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, why alarm settings are
not restored? ................................................................................................................................................... 91
Bare Metal Deployment Issues.............................................................................................................................. 91
Enabling Auto-Discovery On A Newly Purchased System.............................................................................. 91
Contacting Dell....................................................................................................................................................... 92
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Related Information.....................................................................92
................................................................................................................. 88
8 Virtualization-related Events For Dell PowerEdge Servers................................................93
A Understanding Auto-Discovery............................................................................................101
Auto-Discovery Prerequisites...............................................................................................................................101
Enabling or Disabling Administrative Accounts on iDRAC Servers......................................................................102
Manually Configuring a Server For Auto-Discovery (11th Generation of PowerEdge Servers)...........................102
Manually Configuring a Server for Auto–Discovery (12th Generation of PowerEdge Servers)...........................104
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Overview
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
VMware vCenter is the primary console used by IT administrators to manage and monitor VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi
hosts. In a standard virtualized environment, VMware alerts and monitoring are used to prompt an administrator to
launch a separate console to resolve hardware issues. Today, using the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter,
administrators have new capabilities to manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized environment, such as:
• Alerting and environment monitoring
• Single server monitoring and reporting
• Firmware updates
• Enhanced deployment options
Key Features
Dell customers can use the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter to perform:
Inventory Inventory key assets, perform configuration tasks, and provide cluster and datacenter views of
Dell platforms.
Monitoring and
Alerting
Firmware
Updates
Deployment and
Provisioning
Service
Information
Detect key hardware faults and perform virtualization-aware actions (for example, migrate
workloads or place host in maintenance mode).
Update Dell hardware to the most recent version of BIOS and firmware.
Create hardware profiles, hypervisor profiles, and deploy any combination of the two on baremetal Dell PowerEdge servers, remotely and without PXE using vCenter.
Retrieve warranty information from Dell online.
How Does the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Help With vCenter Administration
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter provides additional virtualization functionality that supplements the
current vCenter administration functions:
• Compresses tasks and adds management processes, such as firmware updates and bare-metal deployment, to the
vCenter Server Administration Console.
• Organizes deployment of multiple bare-metal servers without requiring Preboot Execution Environment (PXE).
• Provides additional intelligence (inventory, events, alarms) to diagnose server problems.
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• Integrates with standard vCenter authentication, rules, and permissions.
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Features
The following are high-level features of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter:
• Monitor Dell servers using the standard vCenter event and alarm subsystem
• Perform advanced hardware management and configuration
• Perform zero touch deployment of VMware ESX / ESXi hypervisors on bare-metal systems without using PXE
• Build hardware and VMware ESX / ESXi hypervisor profiles
• Perform firmware updates
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues
• Generate at report at the Datacenter and Cluster view—export to CSV file
• Integrate OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter capabilities with standard vCenter roles and permissions
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OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Configuration
The following sections provide step-by-step instructions for the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter initial
configuration. Upgrade, uninstallation, and security role information are also covered in the following sections.
Security Roles and Permissions
The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter stores user credentials in an encrypted format. It does not provide
any passwords to client applications to avoid any improper requests that could lead to issues. The Backup Database are
fully encrypted using custom security phrases, and therefore the data cannot be misused.
By default, users in the Administrators group have all the privileges. Administrators can use all the functions of the
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter within VMware vSphere Client or Web Client. If you want a nonadmin
user to manage the product, then create a role including both the Dell roles and then assign permission on the root/top
node in the inventory and propagate permissions, as needed, on the child nodes to which you want to give access to the
user. For example, if you want a user to manage only Cluster A, then keep the permissions on Cluster A and remove
permissions from other clusters.
Data Integrity
Communication between the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter virtual appliance, Administration Console,
and vCenter is accomplished using SSL/HTTPS. The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter generates an SSL
certificate used for trusted communication between vCenter and the appliance. It also verifies and trusts the vCenter
server's certificate before communication and the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter registration. The
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Console tab (in VMware vCenter) uses security procedures to avoid
improper requests while the keys are transferred back and forth from the Administration Console and back-end
services. This type of security causes cross-site request forgeries to fail.
A secure Administration Console session has a five-minute idle timeout, and the session is only valid in the current
browser window and/or tab. If the user tries to open the session in a new window or tab, a security error is created that
asks for a valid session. This action also prevents the user from clicking any malicious URL that could try to attack the
Administration Console session.
Figure 1. Error Message
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Access Control Authentication, Authorization, And Roles
The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses the vSphere Client's current user session and the stored
administration credentials for the virtual appliance to perform vCenter operations. The OpenManage Integration for
VMware vCenter uses the vCenter server's built-in roles and privileges model to authorize user actions with the virtual
appliance and the vCenter managed objects (hosts and clusters).
Figure 2. vCenter vSphere Client Roles and Privileges
Dell Operation Role
Contains the privileges/groups to accomplish appliance and vCenter server tasks including firmware updates, hardware
inventory, restarting a host, placing a host in maintenance mode, or creating a vCenter Server task
This role contains the following privilege groups.
Privilege Group Dell.Configuration
Privilege Group Dell.Inventory
Privilege Group Dell.Monitoring
Privilege Group Dell.Reporting
(Not used)
Privilege - Perform Host-Related Tasks, Perform vCenter-Related Tasks, Configure SelLog,
Configure ConnectionProfile, Configure ClearLed, Firmware Update
Privilege - Configure Inventory, Configure Warranty Retrieval, Configure ReadOnly
Privilege - Configure Monitoring, Monitor
Privilege - Create a Report, Run a Report
Dell Infrastructure Deployment Role
This role contains the privileges specifically related to the hypervisor deployment features.
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Figure 3. Dell Infrastructure Deployment Role
The privileges that his role provides are Create Template, Configure HW Configuration Profile, Configure Hypervisor
Deployment Profile, Configure Connection Profile, Assign Identity, and Deploy.
Dell.Deploy —
Provisioning
Create Template, Configure HW Configuration Profile, Configure Hypervisor Deployment
Profile, Configure Connection Profile, Assign Identity, Deploy
Understanding Privileges
Every action performed by the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is associated with a privilege. The
following sections list the available actions and the associated privileges:
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• Dell.Configuration.Perform vCenter-Related Tasks
– Exit and enter maintenance mode
– Get the vCenter user group to query the permissions
– Register and configure alerts, for example enable/disable alerts on the event settings page
– Post events/alerts to vCenter
– Configure event settings on the event settings page
– Restore default alerts on the event settings page
– Check DRS status on clusters while configuring alerts/events settings
– Reboot host after performing update or any other configuration action
– Monitor vCenter tasks status/progress
– Create vCenter tasks, for example firmware update task, host configuration task, and inventory task
– Update vCenter task status/progress
– Get host profiles
– Add host to data center
– Add host to cluster
– Apply profile to host
– Get CIM credentials
– Configure hosts for compliance
– Get the compliance tasks status
• Dell.Inventory.Configure ReadOnly
– Get all vCenter hosts to construct the vCenter tree while configuring connection profiles
– Check if the host is a Dell server when the tab is selected
– Get the vCenter's Address/IP
– Get host IP/Address
– Get the current vCenter session user based on the vSphere client session ID
– Get the vCenter inventory tree to display the vCenter inventory in a tree structure.
• Dell.Monitoring.Monitor
– Get host name for posting the event
– Perform the event log operations, for example get the event count, or change the event log settings
– Register, unregister, and configure events/alerts – Receive SNMP traps and post events
• Dell.Configuration.Firmware Update
– Perform firmware update
– Load firmware repository and DUP file information on the firmware update wizard page
– Query firmware inventory
– Configure firmware repository settings
– Configure staging folder and perform update using the staging feature
– Test the network and repository connections
• Dell.Deploy-Provisioning.Create Template
– Create, display, delete, and edit deployment templates
• Dell.Configuration.Perform Host-Related Tasks
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– Blink LED, Clear LED, Configure OMSA URL from the Dell Server Management tab
– Launch OMSA Console
– Launch iDRAC Console
– Display and clear SEL log
• Dell.Inventory.Configure Inventory
– Display system inventory in the Dell Server Management tab
– Get storage details
– Get power monitoring details
– Create, display, edit, delete, and test connection profiles on the connection profiles page
– Schedule, update, and delete inventory schedule
– Run inventory on hosts
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Understanding How To Configure or Edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
After you complete the basic installation of the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, you can proceed to
configure the appliance using one of the following methods described later in this section:
• Configuration Tasks Using the Configuration Wizard
• Configuration Tasks Using the Settings Options
Although using the Configuration Wizard is the most common method used, you can also accomplish this through the
appliance's Settings page in the Dell Management Center.
The user interface in both areas is similar except in the wizard you click
options you click
Configuration Tasks Using the Configuration Wizard
Use these tasks when configuring the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter using the Configuration Wizard:
1. Configuration Wizard Welcome Page
2. Creating A New Connection Profile
3. Configuring Events And Alarms
4. Setting Up A Proxy Server
5. Scheduling Inventory Jobs
6. Running A Warranty Retrieval Job
7. Configuring The Deployment Credentials
8. Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository
9. Enabling The OMSA Link
Apply
.
Save and Continue
, whereas in the Settings
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Configuration Tasks Using the Settings Options
Use these tasks to set up or edit the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter configuration tasks:
• Creating A New Connection Profile
• Configuring Events And Alarms
• Setting Up A Proxy Server
• Modifying An Inventory Job Schedule
• Warranty Retrieval
• Viewing Or Editing Deployment Credentials
• Setting Up The Firmware Repository And Credentials
• Enabling The OMSA Link
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OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Home Page
When you log in to the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter home page, the navigation buttons are in the left
pane, and the right pane provides useful links and information. This design provides key links into the tasks you do most
often. While all these tasks are found under the left-pane navigation, you can also find them on the home page for ease
of use. The tasks provided on this page belong to the following categories:
• Hosts and Server Deployment
This section provides more information on hosts and server deployment.
• vSphere Host and Bare Metal Server Compliance
This section provides more information and lets you view details about non-compliant hosts or bare metal servers or
run the wizards to fix them.
• Inventory Schedule
In this section, you can learn more about inventory scheduling.
• Warranty Data Retrieval Schedule
This section lets you learn more or view/change warranty schedules.
• Licensing
This section lets you learn more about licensing. Use the links to go to the licensing tasks.
• Events and Alarms Settings
Learn more about event and alarm settings or take the link that lets you configure them.
• Host Connection Licenses
Here you can view the host connection licenses in real time. In addition, you can use the Buy Now link to purchase a
full version license to manage more than one host. The Buy Now link only appears if you are using a demo license.
• vCenter Connection Licenses. Here you can view the VMware vCenter connection license related information. For
more information on vCenter connection license, see About OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Licensing
Configuration Wizard Welcome Page
After you install the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, it must be configured.
1. In the vSphere Client, from Home page, under Management tab, click the Dell Management Center icon.
2. The first time you click on the Dell Management Center icon, it opens the Configuration Wizard. You can also
access this wizard on the Dell Management Center → Settings page.
3. In the Welcome tab, review the steps you will step through, and then click Next.
Creating A New Connection Profile [Wizard]
A connection profile stores the credentials that the virtual appliance uses to communicate with Dell servers. Each Dell
server must be associated with a connection profile to be managed by the Dell Management Plug-in. You may assign
multiple servers to a single connection profile. Creating the Connection Profile is similar between the Configuration
Wizard and from the Dell Management Center, Settings option.
NOTE: With installations on hosts that are using 12th or later generation of the Dell PowerEdge servers, the OMSA
agent installation is not required. For installations on 11th generation servers, OMSA agent is now automatically
installed during the deployment process.
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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 host(s) associated with the Connection Profile, and click Next.
4. View the information about credentials and connection protocols and click Next.
5. In the iDRAC panel, enter the iDRAC credential information.
a. Enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password. The user name can contain up to 16 characters
including white space..The passwords must match and use ASCII-printable characters only.
NOTE: Passwords can contain up to 20 printable ASCII characters. The domain name can contain
alphanumeric characters, - (dash), or . (period) only.
b. For Certificate Check, select Enable to download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future
connections, or select
You need to select Enable if you are using Active Directory.
6. Click Next.
7. In the Host Root Credentials panel, do the following:
a. Enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password. The passwords must match.
NOTE: Passwords cannot exceed 127 characters and cannot contain any special characters.
NOTE: For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise, when the iDRAC test
connection is run,
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials used for ESX and ESXi hosts.
b. For Certificate Check, select Enable to download and store the OMSA certificate and validate it during all future
connections, or select Disable to perform no check and not store the certificate. Select Enable if you use Active
Directory.
8. Click Next.
9. The Test Connection window tests the entered iDRAC and Host Root Credentials on the selected servers. Do one of
the following:
Disable to perform no check and not store the certificate.
Not Applicable for this system
message is displayed.
• To begin the test, click Test Selected. The other options are inactive.
• To stop the tests click Abort All Tests.
10. To complete the profile, click Save.
11. To continue on to configure Events and Alarms, click Save and Continue.
Configuring Events And Alarms [Wizard]
Configure events and alarms using the Configuration Wizard or from the Dell Management Center, Settings option for
Events and Alarms.
NOTE: On hosts prior to 12th generation, this feature requires that the virtual appliance is configured as a trap
destination in OMSA to display host events in vCenter.
To configure events and alarms:
1. In the Configuration Wizard, under Event Posting Levels, select one of the following:
• Do not post any events - Block hardware events.
• Post All Events - Post all hardware events.
• Post only Critical and Warning Events - Post only critical or warning level hardware events.
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• Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events - Post only virtualization-related critical and
warning events; this is the default event posting level.
2. 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.
3. In the dialog box that displays, click Continue to accept this change, or click Cancel.
NOTE: This step is only seen if Enable Alarms For Dell Hosts is selected.
4. To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers, click Restore Default Alarms.
It may take up to a minute before the change takes effect.
5. To continue the wizard, click Save and Continue.
Restoring the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter appliance backup does not restore all the Alarm settings.
However, in the OpenManage Integration for VMware GUI, the Alarms and Events field displays the restored settings. To
resolve this issue, in the OpenManage Integration for VMware GUI, in the Manage → Settings tab, manually change the
Events and Alarms settings.
NOTE: After restoring the appliance the Events and Alarms settings are not enabled even if the Graphic User
Interface shows it as enabled. You need to enable the Events and Alarms settings again from the Settings page
Setting Up A Proxy Server [Wizard]
Set the proxy server in the Configuration Wizard or later using the Dell Management Center, Settings → Proxy page.
To set up a proxy server:
1. In the Configure HTTP Proxy window, do one of the following:
• To not use a proxy server, click Save and Continue.
• To use a proxy server, under Settings enter a Proxy Server Address.
2. Enter the Proxy Port number.
3. Select the Credentials Required check box, if needed.
4. If you selected Credentials Required, do the following:
a. In the Proxy User Name text box, type the proxy user name.
b. In the Proxy Password text box, type the proxy password.
c. In the Verify Password text box, re-type the proxy password.
5. Under Proxy, select the Use Proxy check box.
6. To save these options and continue, click Save and Continue.
Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard]
The inventory schedule configuration is similar between the Configuration Wizard and from the Dell Management Center
→ Settings option. The only difference is that the wizard supplies an option to select if you want to run the inventory
immediately.
NOTE: To make sure that the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter continues to display updated
information, it is recommended that you schedule a periodic inventory job. The inventory job consumes minimal
resources and will not degrade host performance.
To schedule an inventory job:
1. In the Configuration Wizard, in the Inventory Schedule window, do one of the following:
• To run inventory schedules, click On Selected Days.
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• To not run inventory schedules, select Do not run inventory on Dell hosts.
2. If you select On Selected Days, then do the following:
a. Select the check box next to each day of the week that you want to run the inventory.
b. In the text box, enter the time in HH:MM format.
The time you enter is your local time. Therefore, if you want to run the inventory at the virtual appliance time
zone, calculate the time difference between your local and virtual appliance time zone, and then enter the time
appropriately.
3. To apply the changes and continue, click Save and Continue.
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard]
The warranty retrieval job configuration is similar between the wizard and from the Dell Management Center → Settings
option. In addition, you can run the Warranty Retrieval Job now, from Job Queue.
To run a warranty retrieval job:
1. In the Configuration Wizard, on the Warranty Schedule window, do one of the following:
• To run warranty schedules, click On Selected Days.
• To not run warranty schedules, select Do not retrieve Warranty Data.
2. If you selected On Selected Days, then do the following:
a. Select the text box next to each day of the week that you want to run the warranty jobs.
b. In the text box, enter the time in HH:MM format.
The time you enter is your local time. Therefore, if you want to run the inventory at the virtual appliance time
zone, calculate the time difference between your local and virtual appliance time zone, and then enter the time
appropriately.
3. To apply the changes and continue, click Save and Continue.
Configuring the Deployment Credentials [Wizard]
Deployment credentials are used to communicate securely with a bare-metal system that is discovered using
AutoDiscovery. For secure communication, it uses iDRAC from initial discovery until the end of the deployment process.
Once deployment completes, the credentials are changed to those in the connection profile matched to the bare-metal
system from the Deployment wizard. If the deployment credentials are changed, all newly discovered systems from that
point on are provisioned with the new credentials; however, the credentials on servers discovered prior to the change
are not affected.
NOTE: OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter acts as a provisioning server. The Deployment credentials
are set on the iDRAC that uses the plug-in as a provisioning server in the Auto Discovery process.
To configure the deployment credentials:
1. In the Deployment Credential window you can view or change the credentials. The bare— metal server switches
from these credentials to those specified in the Connection Profile.
2. To change these credentials, under Credentials for Bare Metal Server Deployment, do the following:
a. In the User name text box, edit the user name.
b. In the Password text box, edit the password.
c. In the Verify Password, text box, confirm the password.
3. To save the specified credentials and continue with the Configuration Wizard, click Save and Continue.
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Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository [Wizard]
Firmware repository settings contain the firmware catalog location used to update deployed servers. You can set up
firmware repository initially here in the wizard or later from the Dell Management Center → Settings option. In addition,
you can run the firmware update later from the OpenManage Integration tab.
To set the default firmware update repository:
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 OpenManage Integration for VMware
vCenter 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. These local repositories should be located on
file shares.
2. If you selected Local/shared repository, do the following:
a. Enter the Catalog File Location using the following format:
• NFS share for xml file: host:/share/filename.xml
• NFS share for gz file: host:/share/filename.gz
• CIFS share for xml file: \\host\share\filename.xml
• CIFS share for gz file: \\host\share\filename.gz
b. If using a CIFS share, enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password; the passwords must match. These
fields are only active when entering a CIFS share.
NOTE: The @ character is not supported for use in shared network folder user names/passwords.
c. To validate your entries click Begin Test.
3. To save this selection and continue the Configuration Wizard, click Save and Continue.
Enabling The OMSA Link [Wizard]
To launch OpenManage Server Administator (OMSA) within the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter virtual
appliance, the OMSA Web Server must be installed and configured. See the
Installation Guide
NOTE: OMSA is only required on Dell servers prior to 12th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers.
You can use OMSA to:
• Manage vCenter elements (detailed sensor/component-level health information).
• Clear command logs and system event logs (SELs).
• Obtain NIC statistics.
• Make sure that the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter captures events from a selected host.
1. In the Configuration Wizard, on the OpenManage Server Admin page, use the OMSA Web Server URL text box to
enter the OMSA URL. You must include the full URL including the HTTPS and the port number. For example,
https:\\<OMSA_Server_IP_or_hostname>:1311.
2. To save this URL and finish the Configuration Wizard, click Finish.
for instructions on how to install and configure the Web Server.
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Configuring NFS Shares
To use NFS shares with the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter for backup and restore operations, firmware
updates, and as a staging folder, there are certain configuration items that you must complete. CIFS shares do not
require additional configuration.
To configure NFS shares:
1. On the Linux or Unix OS machine hosting the NFS shares, edit /etc/exports to add: /share/path <appliance IP> (rw)
*(ro).
This allows the virtual appliance full read and write access to the share, but limits all other users to read only.
2. Start nfs services:
service portmap start
service nfs start
service nfslock status
NOTE: The steps above may vary depending on the Linux distribution in use.
3. If any of the services were already running:
exportfs -ra
Settings Overview
You can perform the following tasks from the Settings section:
• General: Set the OMSA URL that displays on the Dell Hosts tab in vCenter. You can also enable or disable Warranty
Expiration Notification.
• Events And Alarms: Enables or disables all hardware alarms (current alert status is displayed on the Alarms tab).
Also configures incoming event and alert filtering.
• HTTP Proxy: Enable or disable HTTP proxy usage during communication with Internet sites.
• Inventory Schedule: Sets vCenter Host Inventory Schedule.
• Warranty Schedule: Sets warranty information retrieval schedule for Dell hosts from Dell Online.
• Deployment Credentials: Sets up credentials to be used for communication with Dell servers during initial discovery
and bare metal server deployment.
• Firmware Repository: Lets you edit where your firmware updates are stored.
• Security: Provides a server white list that limits the servers that are deployed.
General Settings Overview
General settings are used to:
• Define the OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) URL.
• Enable or Disable Warranty Expiration Notification.
The OMSA software can be used to:
• Manage vCenter elements (detailed sensor, component-level health information).
• Clear command logs and system event logs (SELs).
• Obtain NIC statistics.
• Make sure that the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter captures events from a selected host.
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NOTE: OMSA software is only required on Dell servers prior to 12th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers.
Warranty Expiration Notification can be used to:
• Monitor the warranty expiration date.
• Set a minimum number of warranty days left threshold beyond which either a warning or critical alert is generated.
The alert appears as an icon on the host's OpenManage Integration tab.
Related Tasks:
• Enabling The OMSA Link
• Enable or Disable Warranty Expiration Notification
Enabling The OMSA Link Outside the Configuration Wizard
To launch OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) within the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter virtual
appliance, the OMSA Web Server must be installed and configured. See the
Installation Guide
NOTE: OMSA is only required on Dell servers prior to 12th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers.
To enable the OMSA link:
1. In the Dell Management Center, Settings → General under OMSA Launcher, click Edit.
2. Use the OMSA Web Server URL text box to enter the URL for OMSA. You must include the full URL including the
HTTPS and the port number 1311.
3. To save this URL, click Apply.
For information about setting up an OMSA trap destination, see Setting Up An OMSA Trap Destination.
for the version of OMSA in use for instructions on how to install and configure the Web Server.
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
Enable or Disable Server Warranty Expiration Notification
Warranty settings control when server warranty information is retrieved from Dell online by enabling or disabling the
warranty schedule and then setting the Minimum Days Threshold alert. Use this page to enable or disable server
warranty expiration notifications for hosts and clusters. Set or edit this feature in the Dell Management Center on the
Settings, General Page.
To enable or disable server warranty expiration notification:
1. In the Dell Management Center, click Settings → General.
2. In the General page, to enable notifications, select the Enable Warranty Status Notifications check box.
3. To set the Minimum Days Threshold Alert do the following:
a. To set warnings, in the Warnings drop-down list select the number of days for warnings about server warranty
status.
b. To set critical license status, in the Critical drop-down list set the number of days for warning of critical server
warranty status.
4. To apply the changes, click Apply.
Creating A New Connection Profile
A connection profile stores the credentials that the virtual appliance uses to communicate with Dell servers. Each Dell
server must be associated with only one connection profile to be managed by the
vCenter. You may assign multiple servers to a single connection profile. Creating the Connection Profile is similar
between the Configuration Wizard and from the Dell Management Center → Settings. You can run the Configuration
Wizard when you first access the Dell Management Console, or run it later on the Settings window.
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NOTE: With installations on hosts that are 12th and later generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the OMSA agent
installation is not required. For installations on 11th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the OMSA agent is now
automatically installed during the deployment process.
NOTE: Refer the About OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Licensing for more information about
licensing.
NOTE: You are not allowed to create a connection profile if the number of hosts added exceeds the license limit.
To create a new connection profile:
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter , in the left pane, click Connection Profiles.
2. In the Profile Name and Description page, enter the Connection Profile Name and an optional Connection Profile
Description that are used to help manage custom connection profiles.
3. In the Associated Hosts page, select the hosts for the connection profile and click Next.
4. In the Credentials page, read the information and click Next.
5. In the iDRAC page, under Credentials, do one of the following:
NOTE: The iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware, applying hardware
profiles, and deploying hypervisor.
• For iDRACs already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory,
select the Use Active Directory check box; otherwise skip down to configure the iDRAC credentials.
– In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the username in one of these formats:
domain\username or 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.
– In the Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
* To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select
Enable .
* To perform no check and not store the certificate, select Disabled.
• To configure iDRAC credentials without Active Directory, do the following:
– In the User Name text box, type the user name. The user name is limited to 16 characters. Refer to the
iDRAC documentation for information about user name restrictions for your version of iDRAC.
NOTE: The local iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware, applying
hardware profiles, and deploying hypervisor.
– In the Password text box type the password. The password is limited to 20 characters.
– In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
– In the Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
* To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable.
* To perform no check and not store the iDRAC certificate, select Disabled.
6. Click Next.
7. In the Host Credentials page, under Credentials, do one of the following:
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• For hosts already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory,
select the Use Active Directory check box; otherwise skip down to configure 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 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.
– In the Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
* To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable .
* To perform no check and not store the Host certificate, select Disabled.
• To configure Host Credentials without Active Directory, do the following:
– In the User Name text box, type the user name. The read only default user name is root. If you select Use
Active Directory the user name can be different from root.
– In the Password text box type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
NOTE: The OMSA credentials are the same credentials used for ESX and ESXi hosts.
– In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
– In the Certificate Check drop-down list, select one of the following:
* To download and store the Host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable .
* To perform no check and not store the Host certificate, select Disabled.
8. Click Next.
9. The Test Connection link is used to validate the provided iDRAC and Host Credentials for the selected servers. Do
one of the following:
• To begin the test, click Test Selected. The other options are inactive.
• To stop the tests click Abort Tests.
NOTE: For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise, the iDRAC test connection
result states Not Applicable for this system.
10. To complete the profile, click Save.
To manage connection profiles, see Managing Connection Profiles.
Configuring Events And Alarms
The Dell Management Center Events and Alarms page enables or disables all hardware alarms. The current alert status
is displayed on the vCenter Alarms tab. A critical event indicates actual or imminent data loss or system malfunction. A
warning event is not necessarily significant, but may indicate a possible future problem. Events and alarms can also be
enabled using the VMware Alarm Manager. Events are displayed on the vCenter Tasks & Events tab in the Hosts and
Clusters view.
NOTE: On hosts prior to 12th generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, this feature requires that the virtual appliance
is configured as a trap destination in OMSA to display host events in vCenter. For more information on OMSA, see
Setting Up An OMSA Trap Destination.
You can configure events and alarms using in the Dell Management Center under the Settings option for Events and
Alarms.
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To configure events and alarms:
1. In the Dell Management Center, under Settings → Events and Alarms , click Edit.
2. Under Event Posting Levels, select one of the following:
• Do not post any events - Block hardware events.
• Post All Events - Post all hardware events.
• Post only Critical and Warning Events - Post only critical or warning level hardware events.
• Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events - Post only virtualization-related critical and
warning events; this is the default event posting level.
3. 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.
4. In the dialog box that displays, click Continue to accept this change, or click Cancel.
5. To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers, click Restore Default Alarms.
It may take up to a minute before the change takes effect.
6. To save, click Save.
About Proxy Configuration
The proxy settings define the HTTP proxy and any required credentials used to retrieve information from the Web
(including from Dell online), such as:
• Enable or disable the proxy server
• Enter the proxy server and port number needed
• Define any required credentials - user name and password
Related Tasks:
• Setting Up A Proxy Server
• Using The HTTP Proxy For Retrieving Web Based Data
• Setting Up The HTTP Proxy Using The Administration Console
Setting Up A Proxy Server
Set up the proxy server in the Configuration Wizard or later using the Settings option, Proxy.
NOTE: Proxy passwords cannot exceed 31 characters.
To set up a proxy server:
1. In the Dell Management Center, select Settings → HTTP Proxy, and then click Edit.
2. In the HTTP Proxy window, do one of the following:
• To not use a proxy server, click Save and Continue.
• To use a proxy server, under Settings enter a Proxy Server Address.
3. Enter the Proxy Port number.
4. Select the Credentials Required check box, if needed.
5. If you selected Credentials Required, do the following:
a. In the Proxy User Name text box, enter the proxy user name.
b. In the Proxy Password text box, enter the proxy password.
c. In the Verify Password text box, re-enter the proxy password you just typed.
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6. Under Proxy, select the Use Proxy check box.
7. To save these options, click, Save.
Using The HTTP Proxy For Retrieving Web Based Data
To use the HTTP proxy for retrieving Web based data:
1. In the Dell Management Center, select Settings → HTTP Proxy, and then click Edit.
2. Select the Use Proxy check box.
3. Click Apply.
4. To validate settings, click Test Connection.
Running Inventory Jobs
To run the inventory job:
1. Once the Configuration Wizard is complete, click Job Queue → Inventory → Run Now to immediately run an
inventory job.
2. To see the status of the inventory job, click Refresh.
3. Navigate to the Host and Cluster view, click on any Dell host, then click the OpenManage Integration tab. The
following info should be available:
• Overview Page
• System Event Log
• Hardware Inventory
• Storage
• Firmware
• Power Monitoring
• Warranty Status
NOTE: Inventory job for hosts exceeding the license limit will be skipped and marked as Failed.
The following host commands work within the OpenManage Integration tab:
• Blink Indicator Light
• Run Firmware Update Wizard
• Launch Remote Access
• Launch OMSA
• Launch CMC
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job
The warranty retrieval job configuration is similar between the wizard and from the Dell Management Center → Settings
option. After running the wizard you can edit at anytime from the Dell Management Center → Settings → Warranty
Schedule page. You can run the Warranty Retrieval job now from the Job Queue → Warranty History page.
To schedule a warranty retrieval job:
1. In the Dell Management Center, select Settings → Warranty Schedule.
2. In the Warranty Schedule window, click Edit.
3. To configure the schedule, do one of the following:
a. To run Warranty Schedules, click On Selected Days.
b. To not run Warranty Schedules, select Do not run inventory on Dell hosts.
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4. If you selected On Selected Days, then do the following:
a. Select the check box next to each day of the week that you want to run the warranty jobs.
b. In the text box, enter the time in HH:MM format.
The time you enter is your local time. Calculate the time difference you need to run the warranty jobs at the
proper time.
5. To run the warranty jobs now, navigate to Job Queue → Warranty History and then click Run Now.
Viewing or Editing Deployment Credentials
In Dell Management Center, you can edit the deployment credentials. Deployment credentials are used to securely
communicate with a bare-metal system using the iDRAC from initial discovery, until the end of the deployment process.
Once deployment completes, the credentials are changed to those in the connection profile matched to the bare-metal
system from the deployment wizard. If the deployment credentials are changed, all newly discovered systems from that
point on will be provisioned with the new credentials - the credentials on servers discovered prior to the change of
credentials are not affected by this change. The user name should be 16 characters or less (only ASCII printable
characters). The password should be 20 characters or less (only ASCII printable characters).
To view or edit deployment credentials:
1. In Dell Management Center → Settings → Deployment Credentials, click Edit.
2. In the Credentials for Bare Metal Server Deployment, under Credentials, do the following:
• In the User Name text box, enter the user name.
The user name should be 16 characters or less (only ASCII printable characters).
• In the Password text box, enter the password.
The password should be 20 characters or less (only ASCII printable characters).
• In the Verify Password text box, enter the password again.
The passwords must match.
3. Click Apply.
Setting Up The Firmware Repository
To set up the firmware repository and credentials:
1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter , select Settings → Firmware Repository and then click Edit.
2. On the Firmware Repository page, to choose the default repository for firmware updates, select one of the
following:
• Dell Online
This uses the default firmware update repository of Dell online (ftp.dell.com) with a required staging folder. The
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter downloads selected firmware updates and stores them in the
staging folder, and then they are applied as necessary.
• Shared Network Folder
Hosts using Lifecycle Controller can update from a custom repository which is hosted on a accessible network
shared folder. To create a custom repository, Dell recommends using Dell Repository Manager to create it and
then save it to a shared location where the hosts and OpenManage Integration can access it. Enter the location
of the repository's catalog file below.
3. If you select Shared Network Folderenter the full the of catalog file in the Catalog File Location field
4. Click Begin Test.
5. Click Apply.
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Server Security Settings For Deployment
Restrict the set of deployable servers using a white list. If a server is in the white list, it is provided with credentials
during the Auto-Discovery and handshake process and is displayed in the list of servers that are used for deployment.
The white list is maintained by manually adding server service tags, deleting service tags, or importing a list of service
tags from a CSV file.
NOTE: Use a CSV-delimited file to import servers. This contains multiple records on different lines where each
record has one or more service tags separated by commas.
To set up and manage white lists choose from the following:
• Enabling A Server White List
• Adding Servers To A White List
• Deleting Servers From A WhiteList
Enabling A Deployable Server White List
For information about security settings for deployable servers, see Server Security Settings For Deployment.
To enable a server white list:
1. In the Dell Management Center, in the left pane, select Settings.
2. In the right-pane, select Security.
3. In the Security window, click Edit.
4. To use the white list to restrict server deployment, select the Enforce Server White List check box.
5. Click Apply, and the server white setting changes to ENABLED.
Adding Deployable Servers To A White List
For information about security settings for deployable servers, see Server Security Settings For Deployment. When
enforced, only Dell servers on the Server White List are available for deployment using the OpenManage Integration for
VMware vCenter. You can add deployable servers to a white list manually or import using a list.
To add deployable servers to a white list:
1. In the Dell Management Center, in the left pane, select Settings → Security.
2. In the Server White List window, click Edit, then do one of the following:
• To add servers to the white list manually, click Add Server.
– In the Add Service Tags, dialog , enter the service tags.
– To add the tags, click Continue.
• To import a list of service tags, click Import White List.
– When the Select File to Upload dialog box displays, navigate to the CSV file and click Open.
For an example white list:
ASDFG12
SDCNRD0
TESCVD3
AS243AS, ASWERF3, FGVCSD9
– When the We found these service tags in your file dialog displays, click Apply.
The service tags are now displayed in the Service Tag list.
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Deleting Deployable Servers From A White List
For information about security settings for deployable servers, see Server Security Settings For Deployment.
To delete deployable servers from a white list:
1. In the Dell Management Center, in the left pane, select Settings.
2. In the right-pane, select Security.
3. In the Security window, click Edit.
4. Do one of the following:
• To delete an individual server, click the Service Tag check box, and then click Delete Selected.
• To delete all servers, click the Service Tag check box, and then click Delete Selected.
5. When the Are you sure you want to delete the selected service tags dialog displays, click Apply , or click Cancel to
cancel.
6. To complete the changes, click Apply.
About Host, Bare Metal, and iDRAC Compliance Issues
To manage hosts, bare metal servers, and iDRAC with the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter each must
meet certain minimum criteria. If not compliant, then they are not managed properly by the OpenManage Integration for
VMware vCenter. Use the Fix Non-Compliant Hosts, Bare Metal Server, and iDRAC compliance links to see which host/
bare metal servers/iDRACs in your configuration are not compliant and fix them. This wizard displays hosts/bare metal
servers/iDRACs where:
• Hosts have not been assigned to a connection profile.
If a connection profile is not assigned to a host, a dialog box is offered to take you to the Connection Profile screen.
This configuration is outside this wizard. Return later to run this wizard.
• Collect System Inventory on Reboot (CSIOR) is disabled or has not been run, which requires a manual reboot.
• The OMSA agent (Host Root credentials ) is not installed, is out of date, or not configured properly.
• Bare metal servers have outdated Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) firmware, Lifecycle Controller
(LC) firmware, or BIOS versions.
CAUTION: Hosts in Lockdown Mode will not appear in compliance checks even if they are non-compliant. They do
not display because their compliance status cannot be determined. Make sure to check the compliance of these
systems manually. When this is the case a warning displays.
In each case, you need to fix the compliance issues by running one of the following:
• To fix vSphere host compliance issues, see Running The Fix Non-Compliant vSphere Hosts Wizard
• To fix bare metal servers that have compliance issues, see Running The Fix Non-Compliant Bare Metal Server
Wizard
• To fix iDRAC compliance issues: iDRAC License Compliance
Related Information:
• Re-Checking Bare Metal Server Compliance
• Downloading An ISO For Manual Firmware Updates
Running The Fix Non-Compliant vSphere Hosts Wizard
Run the Fix Non-Compliant vSphere Hosts Wizard to fix non-compliant hosts. For information about compliance, see
About Host And Bare Metal Compliance Issues. Some non-compliant ESXi hosts require reboots. An ESXi host reboot is
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