Dell EMC Unity: How to configure Dell EMC Unity systems to communicate with Unisphere Central (User Correctable)

Summary: Steps to configure Dell EMC Unity systems to communicate with Unisphere Central

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Instructions

Unisphere Central is a vApp that enables administrators to remotely monitor the status, activity, and resources of multiple Dell EMC Unity systems that reside on a common network. The administrator must configure Dell EMC Unity systems to communicate with Unisphere Central.
  1. To configure Dell EMC Unity systems to communicate with Unisphere Central, you must open the Settings window, and then select Unisphere Central under management.
  2. In the Unisphere Central Configuration page, select the check box Configure this storage system for Unisphere Central to enable it.
  3. If the security policy on the Unisphere Central server was set to manual, you only need to enter the IP address of the Unisphere Central server in the Unisphere Central IP field.
  4. However, if the security policy on the Unisphere Central server is set to Automatic, then you must retrieve from the server the security information: the Certificate > Hash that was automatically generated (8 to 256 characters) and the Challenge Phrase that was manually configured.
  5. Select the Use additional security information from Unisphere Central checkbox.
  6. Type the Unisphere Central Hash - the Certificate Hash that was configured in the Unisphere Central server.
  7. Type and confirm the Challenge Phrase - the 8 characters long passphrase configured in the Unisphere Central server.
  8. Click Apply to commit the changes to the configuration.


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Additional Information

Note that Unisphere Central does not provide active management capability or real-time performance views of the Dell EMC Unity systems in the environment. However, it does provide a means to "link-and-launch" to the management interfaces of individual Dell EMC Unity systems in order to perform these tasks.

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity Family

Products

Dell EMC Unity Family, Dell EMC Unity Hybrid
Article Properties
Article Number: 000010857
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 21 Apr 2021
Version:  3
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