Software Requirements
The vSphere environment must meet virtual appliance, port access, and listening port requirements. In addition, install
Adobe Flash player 10.0 or higher on the vSphere client system.
vSphere 5 has both a desktop client and Web client. The Dell Management Plug-in is only available in the desktop client.
NOTE: It is recommended that the Dell Management Plug-in and vCenter server are located on the same network.
For specific software requirements, refer to the
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter Release Notes
.
Dell Management Plug-in Port Requirements
• 443 (https) and 80 (http) - Administration Console
• 4433 (https) - For auto discovery and handshake
• 162 and 11620 - For SNMP trap listener
• 2049, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004 - NFS share
Installation and Configuration Overview
The following high-level steps outline the overall installation procedure for the Dell Management Plug-in. These
procedures assume that the required hardware is in place and running the required VMware vCenter software. With this
release, and with installations on PowerEdge 12th Generation servers, OMSA agent installation is not required. For
installations on PowerEdge 11th Generation servers, the OMSA agent is now automatically installed during the
deployment process. For more information about OMSA, please see the
Dell Management Plug-in User's Guide
.
The following information is an outline of the installation process. To begin the actual installation, see Deploy Plug-In
OVF Using the vSphere Client.
Installation Overview
1. Install the Dell Management Plug-in.
a. Be sure systems are connected, and vCenter server and vSphere client are running.
b. Deploy a Open Virtualization Format (OVF) file that contains the Dell Management Plug-in using the vSphere
client.
c. Upload the license file.
d. Register the Dell Management Plug-in with vCenter server using the Administration Console.
2. Complete Configuration Wizard.
3. Enable Dell events.
a. Set up event filter options on the Settings page.
4. Enable firmware updates.
a. Download firmware updates, and make them available to applicable systems.
5. Configure the Dell iDRAC user name and password.
Deploying the Dell Management Plug-in OVF Using the vSphere Client
This procedure assumes you have downloaded the zip file from the Dell Web site.
NOTE: Thick Provision Eager Zeroed is the disk format recommended during this installation.
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