OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.2 Web Client User's Guide

Creating connection profile

1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, from the Manage → Profiles → Credential Profiles → Connection Profiles tab, click .
2. On the Welcome page, read the instructions, and click Next.
3. In the Connection Profile page, enter the following details:
   1. Under Profile, type the Profile Name and optional Description.
   2. Under vCenter, select vCenter servers from the drop-down list on which to create the profile.
      This option enables you to create one connection profile for each vCenter.
   3. In the iDRAC Credentials area, perform one of the following tasks:
      NOTE The iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware, applying hardware profiles, and deploying hypervisor.

      • For iDRAC that is already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory, select Use Active Directory; otherwise skip to the next option.
        • In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the user name in one of the formats, such as domain\username or username@domain. The user name is limited to 256 characters. See the Microsoft Active Directory Documentation for user name restrictions.
        • In the Active Directory Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
        • In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
        • For verifying the iDRAC certificate, select one of the following:
          • To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate Check.
          • To not perform any verification and not store the certificate, clear Enable Certificate Check.
      • To configure the iDRAC credentials without Active Directory, perform the following actions:
        • In the User Name text box, type the user name. The user name is limited to 16 characters. See the iDRAC Documentation for information about user name restrictions for your version of iDRAC.
          NOTE The local iDRAC account requires administrative privileges for updating firmware, applying hardware profiles, and deploying hypervisor.
        • In the Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 20 characters.
        • In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
        • For verifying the iDRAC certificate, select one of the following:
          • To download and store the iDRAC certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate Check.
          • To not perform any verification and not store the certificate, do not select Enable Certificate Check.
   4. In the Host Root area, do one of the following:
      • For hosts already configured and enabled for Active Directory on which you want to use Active Directory, select the Use Active Directory check box; otherwise skip to configure your host credentials.

        • In the Active Directory User Name text box, type the user name. Type the user name in either of the formats, such as domain\username or username@domain. The user name is limited to 256 characters. See the Microsoft Active Directory Documentation for user name restrictions.
        • In the Active Directory Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
        • In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
        • For certificate check, select one of the following:
          • To download and store the host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate Check.
          • To not perform any check and not store the host certificate, do not select Enable Certificate Check.
      • To configure host credentials without Active Directory, perform the following actions:
        • In the User Name text box, the user name is root.

          The root user name is the default user name, and you cannot change it.

          NOTE If Active Directory is set, you can choose any Active Directory user name and not root.
        • In the Password text box, type the password. The password is limited to 127 characters.
        • In the Verify Password text box, type the password again.
        • For certificate check, select one of the following:
          • To download and store the host certificate and validate it during all future connections, select Enable Certificate Check.
          • To not perform any check and not store the host certificate, do not select Enable Certificate Check.

      NOTE The OMSA credentials are the same credentials used for the ESXi hosts.
4. Click Next.
5. In the Select Hosts dialog box, select hosts for this connection profile and click OK.
6. In the Associated Hosts page, add one or more hosts for the connection profile, if required.
   To add hosts, click , select hosts, and then click OK.
7. To test the connection profile, select one or more hosts and click .
   NOTE This step is optional and verifies whether the host and iDRAC credentials are correct. Although this step is optional, it is recommended that you to test the connection profile.

   NOTE The test connection fails for all hosts running ESXi 6.5 and/or later that has the WBEM service disabled. For such hosts, WBEM service is automatically enabled when you perform inventory on those hosts. Although the test connection fails, it is recommended that you complete the connection profile wizard actions, run the inventory on the hosts, and then test the connection profile again.
8. To complete the profile creation, click Next.
   For servers that do not have either an iDRAC Express or Enterprise card, the iDRAC test connection result states Not Applicable for this system.