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Understanding How To Configure or Edit the Dell Management Plug-in
Dell Management Plug-In Home Page
Configuration Wizard Welcome Page
Creating A New Connection Profile [Wizard]
Configuring Events And Alarms [Wizard]
Setting Up A Proxy Server [Wizard]
Scheduling Inventory Jobs [Wizard]
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job [Wizard]
Configuring the Deployment Credentials [Wizard]
Setting The Default Firmware Update Repository [Wizard]
Enabling The OMSA Link [Wizard]
Configuring Dell iDRAC Auto-Discovery And Initial Start-up
Configuring NFS Shares
Settings Overview
General Settings Overview
Enabling The OMSA Link Outside the Configuration Wizard
Enable or Disable Server Warranty Expiration Notification
Creating A New Connection Profile
Configuring Events And Alarms
About Proxy Configuration
Setting Up A Proxy Server
Using The HTTP Proxy For Retrieving Web Based Data
Running Inventory Jobs
Running A Warranty Retrieval Job
Viewing or Editing Deployment Credentials
Setting Up The Firmware Repository
Server Security Settings For Deployment
Enabling A Deployable Server White List
Adding Deployable Servers To A White List
Deleting Deployable Servers From A White List
About Host, Bare Metal, and iDRAC Compliance Issues
Running The Fix Non-Compliant vSphere Hosts Wizard
Running The Fix Non-Compliant Bare Metal Server Wizard
Downloading An ISO For Manual Firmware Updates
Re-checking Bare Metal Server Compliance
iDRAC License Compliance
Upgrading Dell Management Plug-In For VMware VCenter
Upgrading From Version 1.0 To 1.5
Upgrade From Trial Version 1.5 To Full Product Version 1.5
Upgrading Dell Management Plug-in from 1.0.1 to 1.5
Upgrading Dell Management Plug-in from 1.0.1 Update 1 to 1.5
About Dell Management Plug-in Licensing
End-To-End Hardware Management
Monitoring the Datacenter And Host System
Understanding Events And Alarms
Understanding OMSA For 11G Hosts
Deploying the OMSA Agent onto an ESX System
Deploying The OMSA Agent Onto An ESXi System
Setting Up An OMSA Trap Destination
Viewing Events
vSphere Client Host Overview
About Inventory Schedule
Modifying An Inventory Job Schedule
Displaying The Inventory For A Single Host System in vCenter
Inventory And Licensing
Viewing Storage Inventory
Viewing Host Power Monitoring
Displaying The Entire Datacenter Hardware Configuration And Status
Managing Connection Profiles
Viewing Or Editing An Existing Connection Profile
Deleting A Connection Profile
Testing A Connection Profile
Refreshing A Connection Profile
Understanding System Event Logs In vSphere Client Host View
Displaying The Event Logs For An Individual Host
Displaying Logs in Dell Management Center
About Firmware Updates
Running The Firmware Update Wizard
Updating Older Firmware Versions
Advanced Host Management Using vCenter
Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator Light
Server Based Management Tools
Proactive Systems Management
Enabling Proactive Systems Management
Linking to Proactive Systems Management In Host View
Warranty Retrieval
Renewing Host Warranty
Viewing Server Warranty Information For An Entire Data Center
Viewing Server Warranty Information For A Single Host
Zero-Touch Hardware Provisioning And Deployment
Hardware Prerequisites
Provisioning Overview
Understanding Deployment Job Times
Server States Within The Deployment Sequence
Downloading Custom Dell ISO Images
Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile
Enabling CSIOR On A Reference Server
Creating A New Hardware Profile
Cloning A New Hardware Profile
About Managing Hardware Profiles
Viewing Or Editing A Hardware Profile
Duplicating A Hardware Profile
Renaming A Hardware Profile
Deleting A Hardware Profile
Refreshing An Updated Hardware Profile
Creating A New Hypervisor Profile
Managing Hypervisor Profiles
Viewing Or Editing Hypervisor Profiles
Duplicating a Hypervisor Profiles
Renaming Hypervisor Profile
Deleting A Hypervisor Profile
Refreshing Hypervisor Profiles
Building A New Deployment Template
Managing Deployment Templates
Duplicating Deployment Templates
Deleting A Deployment Template
Renaming a Deployment Template
Running The Deployment Wizard
Deployment Wizard - Step 1: Select Servers
Deployment Wizard Step 2: Deployment Templates
Deployment Wizard Step 3: Global Settings
Deployment Wizard Step 4: Server Identification
Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile
Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs
Understanding Job Queue
Managing Deployment Jobs Using The Deployment Job Queue
Adding A Server Manually
Removing A Bare Metal Server
Dell Management Plug-In Administration
Web-based Administration Portal
Managing vCenter Server Connections
Registering A vCenter Server
Modifying The vCenter Administrator Login
Updating The SSL Certificates For Registered vCenter Servers
Uninstalling The Dell Management Plug-in From VMware vCenter
Uploading A Dell Management Plug-in License To The Administrative Portal
Virtual Appliance Management
Restarting The Virtual Appliance
Updating A Repository Location And Virtual Appliance
Updating The Virtual Appliance Software Version
Downloading Troubleshooting Bundle
Setting Up The HTTP Proxy
Setting Up The NTP Servers
Generating A Certificate Signing Request
Uploading An HTTPS Certificate
Restoring The Default HTTPS Certificate
Setting Up Global Alerts
Managing Backup And Restore
Configuring Backup And Restore
Scheduling Automatic Backups
Performing An Immediate Backup
Restoring The Database From A Backup
Understanding vSphere Client Console Tab
Configuring Network Settings
Changing The Virtual Appliance Password
Setting The Local Time Zone
Rebooting Virtual Appliance
Resetting The Virtual Appliance To Factory Settings
Refresh Console Tab View
Read Only User Role
Refreshing A Connection Profile
To refresh a connection profile:
Click
Refresh
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