Add New Connection Profiles

Connection Profiles associate access/deployment credentials with a set of host servers and typically contain:
  • Name and unique description (to help with profile management)
  • A list of hosts associated with the connection profile
  • iDRAC credentials
  • OMSA agent credentials
NOTE: Credential passwords cannot exceed 31 characters.

Tasks

To add a new connection profile:
  1. Click Create New. The New Connection Profile pop-up displays.
  2. Enter the Profile Name and an optional Description that can be used to help manage custom connection profiles and click Next. To stop adding a new profile, click Cancel. To return to a previous section, click Back.
  3. For Associated Hosts select the hosts that will use the connection profile and click Next.
  4. View the information about credentials and connection protocols and click Next.
  5. Enter the iDRAC credential information and click Next:
    • User Name, Password, and Verify Password; the passwords must match.
    • For Certificate Check, select Enable to download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, or select Disable to bypass validation and not store the certificate.
  6. Enter the in-band OMSA agent credential information and click Next:
    • Password and Verify Password; the passwords must match. The User Name cannot be changed.
    • For Certificate Check, select Enable to download and store the ESX host certificate and validate it during all future connections, or select Disable to bypass validation and not store the certificate.
  7. The Test Connection tests the entered iDRAC and OMSA agent credentials on the selected servers. Click Test Selected to begin the test; the other options are inactive. To stop the tests click Abort Tests.
  8. Click Save to complete the profile.

Related Topics

View or download Dell virtualization documentation at: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/
View or download Dell hardware documentation for PowerEdge™ Servers