Dell VxRail™ Appliance 4.7x Administration Guide

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Configure a network proxy server

Configure proxy settings to allow connections to an external network through your proxy server. You can update, enable, and disable the proxy settings.

Prerequisites

You must supply an existing HTTP or SOCK4/5 proxy server.

The following table lists the supported proxy types for VxRail Manager and Secure Remote Services VE.

Table 1. Supported proxy typesSupported proxy types
Proxy Type VxRail Manager Secure Remote Services VE
SOCKS4 without authentication Supported Not supported
SOCKS5 without authentication Supported Supported
SOCKS5 with authentication Supported Not supported
HTTP without authentication (anonymous) Supported Supported
HTTP with authentication (basic authentication) Supported Supported

About this task

The proxy is used for the Internet connection to the VxRail community, knowledge base search, appliance market download, and so on.

The proxy configuration is applied to the Secure Remote Services virtual environment during Secure Remote Services enablement and activation. After Secure Remote Services is activated, the proxy information can be set from the Secure Remote Services side independently but it will always be overwritten if a new proxy is set from VxRail Manager.

Steps

  1. From the main page of the vSphere Client, click Hosts and Clusters in the left navigation bar.
  2. Select your VxRail cluster and then click the Configure tab.
  3. Select VxRail > Networking from the inner left navigation bar.
    The Configure Network Environment Settings tab is displayed.
  4. Verify the value of Proxy Status in the Configure Proxy Settings section:
    • Disabled: Proxy is not enabled.
    • Enabled: Proxy is enabled.
  5. Click Edit in the Configure Proxy Settings section.
  6. Do one of the following:
    • If your proxy status is Disabled, and you need to configure the proxy, go to step 7.
    • If your proxy status is Enabled, and you need to update the proxy, go to step 8.
    • If your proxy status is Enabled, and you need to disable the proxy, go to step 9.
  7. Click Enable Proxy Setting and enter the information for the proxy you want to configure:
    1. Select the expected proxy type from the Type dropdown box.
      The supported proxy types include HTTP SOCKS4, and SOCKS5.
    2. Enter the IP/Hostname and Port number of the proxy server that you are using.
    3. If you choose HTTP or SOCKS5, you can provide credentials for accessing the proxy server by checking Autenticate Credential.
    4. If Secure Remote Services is enabled, enter the Secure Remote Services admin password in the Secure Remote Services password field.
  8. Click OK.
    The configured proxy settings are enabled for VxRail Manager.
    When your proxy status is Enabled, the process is complete.
  9. To disable the proxy, do the following:
    1. Click the triangle button beside the Update Proxy.
    2. Click Disable Proxy.
    3. If Secure Remote Services is enabled, input the Secure Remote Services admin password in the Secure Remote Services password field and click Disable Proxy.
    When your proxy status is Disabled, the process is complete.

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