Editing a Connection Profile
After you have configured a connection profile, you can edit the profile name, description, associated hosts, and credentials.
In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Profiles > Credential Profiles > Connection Profiles tab, select a connection profile.
Click the Edit icon.
In the Connection Profile window, on the Welcome tab, read the information and click Next.
In the Name and Credentials tab, do the following:
Under Profile, type the Profile Name and optional Description.
Under vCenter, view the associated hosts for this connection profile. See the note above about why you see the hosts displayed here.
Under iDRAC Credentials, do the following:
The user name is root and this entry cannot be modified if you do not select the Active Directory. If the Active directory is set, you can choose any Active directory user not just root.
Domain\Username: Type the username in one of these formats: domain\username, or domain@username.
The domain can contain alphanumeric characters and - (dash) and . (period) only (254 character limit). The first and last characters for domain must be alphanumeric.
Password: Type your password.
The following characters are not allowed for the password: / (forward slash), &, \ (backslash), . (period), " (quotation mark).
Verified password: Type your password again.
Enable Certificate Check: The default is a cleared check box. To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate Check, or clear the Enable Certificate Check check box to perform no certificate check and not store the certificate.
Under Host Root, do the following:
Select the Use Active Directory check box to access all the consoles associated with the active directory.
Username: The default usertname is root and cannot be modified. If the Use Active Directory is selected, you can use any active directory user name.
Password: Type your password.
The following characters are not allowed for the password: / (forward slash), &, \ (backslash), . (period), " (quotation mark).
Verified password: Type your password again.
Enable Certificate Check: The default is a cleared check box. To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate Check, or clear the Enable Certificate Check check box to perform no certificate check and not store the certificate.
Click Next.
In the Select Hosts dialog box, select the hosts for this connection profile.
Click OK.
The Associated Host tab lets you test the iDRAC and Host Credentials on the selected servers. Do one of the following:
- To begin the test, select the hosts to check and then click the Test Connection icon. The other options are inactive.
When the test is done click Finish.
To stop the tests click Abort All Tests. In the Abort Tests dialog box, click OK, and then click Finish.
- To begin the test, select the hosts to check and then click the Test Connection icon. The other options are inactive.