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.
To create a new connection profile using the wizard:From the Connection Profiles tab, click Create New.
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.
In the Associated Hosts panel, select the hosts for the connection profile and click Next.
View the information about credentials and connection protocols and click Next.
In the iDRAC panel, enter the iDRAC credential information.
Enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password. The passwords must match and use ASCII-printable characters only.
For Certificate Check, select Enable to download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, or select Disable to perform no check and not store the certificate.
You need to select Enable if you are using Active Directory.
Click Next.
In the Host Root Credentials panel, do the following:
Enter the User Name, Password, and Verify Password. The passwords must match.
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.
Click Next.
The Test Connection window tests the entered iDRAC and Host Root Credentials on 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.
To complete the profile, click Save.
To continue on to configure Events and Alarms, click Save and Continue.