OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.3

Creating or cloning hardware profile

Steps

  1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Deployment tab, select Deployment Templates > Hardware Profiles.

  2. Click Create a new
Hardware Profile.

  3. In the Hardware Profile Wizard, click Next on the Welcome page and perform the following actions:

    • In the Profile Name text box, enter the profile name.
    • In the Description text box, enter Description. The description is optional.

  4. Click Next.

  5. To select a reference server that is compliant, managed by vCenter, and successfully inventoried by the Dell EMC OpenManage plugin, in the Reference Server page, click Browse.

    NOTE: You can select the reference server whose inventory is successfully generated by OpenManage Integration or the compliant bare-metal servers. However, you cannot select a host as a reference server which is managed through Chassis profile.

  6. To extract all hardware settings from the reference server, click the Clone Reference Server Settings option.

  7. Click Next.

    Extracting the settings takes several minutes to complete.
  8. Click Next.

    The settings are populated, and the selected server’s name, the iDRAC IP address, and service tag are displayed in the reference server window.
The profile is saved and displayed in the Hardware Profiles window under Available Profiles.