Settings Overview
The Dell Management Plug-in Settings section:
- Lists the Dell Management Plug-in configuration settings.
- Starts the initial Configuration Wizard that steps you through the Management Plug-In features necessary to manage and deploy servers in VMware vCenter.
- Starts the Management Plug-In administration portal that lets you perform vCenter registration, virtual appliance management, alert management, and backup/restore of the plug-in database.
Related Tasks:
- General: Set the OMSA URL that displays on the Dell Hosts tab in vCenter. You can also enable or disable Proactive Systems Management or 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.
- Proxy: Enable or disable 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.