Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

Registering a vCenter Server

You can register the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter after the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is installed. OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter uses the admin user account or an user account with necessary privileges for vCenter operations. OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter currently supports 10 vCenters per OMIVV appliance that can be changed later.
  1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, go to Administration Console.

  2. To register a new server, in the left pane, click VCENTER REGISTRATION, and then click Register New vCenter Server.

  3. In the Register a New vCenter dialog box, under vCenter Name do the following:

    1. In the vCenter Server IP or Hostname text box, enter the vCenter IP address or a FQDN of the host.

    2. In the Description text box, enter an optional description.

  4. Under vCenter User Account, do the following:

    1. In the vCenter User Name text box, enter the administrator’s user name or a user name with sufficient privileges.

    2. In the Password text box, enter the password.

    3. In the Verify Password text box, enter the password again.

  5. Click Register.

NOTE: For all vCenter operations, OMIVV uses the privileges of the registered user and not the privileges of the logged-in user.
For example: Suppose, a user X with the necessary privileges registers OMIVV with vCenter and user Y has only Dell privileges. The user Y can now log in to the vCenter and can trigger a firmware update task from OMIVV. While performing the firmware update task, OMIVV uses the privileges of user X to put the machine into maintenance mode or reboot the host.

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Requirements

The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) requires information from OpenManage on older generation servers, and more current platforms are restricted to start at the version of vSphere that understands the newer chipset.  Due to this, there are limits on the version of vSphere that a given version of OMIVV will work with.

Supported ESXi versions on managed hosts:

ESXi version support

Server Generation
11G12G 13G

v5.0

Y YN

v5.0 U1

Y YN

v5.0 U2

Y YN

v5.0 U3

Y YN

v5.1

Y YN

v5.1 U1

Y YN

v5.1 U2

Y YY

v5.1 U3

NY Y

(except M830, FC830, and FC430)

v5.5

YYN

v5.5 U1

YYN

v5.5 U2

YYY

v5.5 U3

YYY

v6.0

YYY

v6.0 U1

YYY

Supported vCenter Server versions for release 3.1

The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter will work with any of these vCenter Server versions:

vCenter version

Desktop Client Support

Web Client Support

v5.1 U2

YN

v5.1 U3

YN

v5.5 U1

YY

v5.5 U2

YY

v5.5 U3

YY

v6.0

YY

v6.0 U1

YY