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 Dell Management Plug-in features necessary to manage and deploy
servers in VMware vCenter.
- Starts the Dell Management Plug-in Administration Console that
lets you perform vCenter registration, virtual appliance management,
alert management, and backup/restore of the Dell Management 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 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.