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.