Connection Profiles

Connection profiles are used to establish connection credentials for hosts by associating them with iDRAC or OMSA agent credentials. The Connection Profiles window allows you to:
  • Display or edit a current connection profile
  • Delete a connection profile
  • Refresh the connection profile list to reflect vCenter host changes

Tasks

 

To view or edit an existing connection profile:
  1. Select the profile to edit, and click Edit/View. The Connection Profile: Profile Name pop-up displays.
  2. Select the profile section to edit/view, and make the appropriate changes:
    • Profile Name and Description: Rename profile or change description.
    • Associated Hosts: Hosts using connection profiles.
    • iDRAC credentials: User name, password, and certificate check.
    • OMSA agent credentials: User name, password, and certificate check.
  3. Click Save to apply changes, or click Cancel to eliminate changes.
  4. Click X (upper-right corner) to close the pop-up .
To delete a connection profile:
  1. Select a profile and click Delete; a message displays.
  2. On the message box, click Delete to remove the profile, or click Cancel to cancel the delete action.
To test a connection profile:
  1. Click Test Connection to test the entered iDRAC and OMSA agent credentials on the selected servers. Click Test Selected to begin the test, and click Abort All Selected to cancel the testing.
To refresh the connection profiles:
  1. Click Refresh.
Note: If a host is removed from vCenter, then it is removed from the connection profile.

Related Topics

View or download Dell virtualization documentation at: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/
View or download Dell hardware documentation for PowerEdge™ Servers