The Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter is designed to streamline the management processes in your data center environment by allowing you to use VMware vCenter to manage your entire infrastructure- both physical and virtual. From firmware updates to bare metal deployment, the Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter will expand and enrich your data center management experience with Dell PowerEdge servers.
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October 11 2012 - 1.6 Release - Adds support for vSphere 5.1 and vCenters in linked mode. For other details please see the 1.6 blog post.
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August 2012 - 1.5.1 Release - Adds localization for German, French, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese in addition to support for vSphere 5.0 U1. For other details please see the release notes.
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To download a free 1 host appliance version 1.5.1 click here.
Note for version 1.6: Please us the administration portal and run the update virtual appliance task under appliance management.
For more information, the DMPVV Tech Manuals.
Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter Features Overview Video
Dell demo by Eric Kuzmack, Dell PG Strategist, providing an overview of the Dell Management Plug-In features.
Installing and Configuring the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
A step by step overview is provided on the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter installation and configuration write-up.
Installation and configuration overview. (Version 1.6)
This video demonstrates the installation and configuration of the Dell Plug-in for VMware vCenter. It covers importing the virtual machine and modifying its settings, and the configuration wizard.
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Compliance Wizard overview. (Version 1.6)
This video demonstrates how to automatcially remediate hosts that are not ready for the Dell management Plug-in for VMware vCenter to manage them.
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Alarms, Events and Firmware update. (Version 1.0.1 Update 1)
This video demonstrates configuration and use of the Alarms and Events for the Dell Plug-in for VMware vCenter, as well as updating the firmware of an existing host using the plug-in.
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Auto-Discovery and Deployment. (Version 1.0.1 Update 1)
This video demonstrates the auto-discovery of a Dell bare metal server into the Dell Plug-in for VMware vCenter, creation of a deployment template, and the scheduling and execution of a deployment job that uses the deployment template to load and configure a hypervisor on the discovered server. The video also shows configuring the server for iSCSI shared storage using the Dell Equallogic Multipathing Execution Module (MEM) setup.pl script.
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Using the Dell Repository Manager
This video demonstrates how the Dell Respository Manager and the Dell Mangement Plug-in work together to help keep hosts up to date.
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Below are screen caps of the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter.
Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter Feature List
| Features | Description |
| Inventory Detail | Complete PowerEdge Server Details
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| BIOS and Firmware Update Deployment | BIOS and Firmware
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| Built-in Deployment Wizard | Dell Servers Show up as a Bare Metal Server
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| Alert | Control Level
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| Online Warranty Info | Server Warranty Info via VMware vCenter
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| Cluster Level | Overview of Dell Servers
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Technical Whitepapers
References
Dell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter on Dell.com.