OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 5.0 User's Guide

Configure OMIVV appliance

1. Power on the VM.
2. In the right-pane, click Launch Web Console.
3. Log in as an administrator (the default user name is admin).
4. If you are logging in for the first time, follow the instructions on the screen to set the password (Admin and ReadOnly users).
5. To configure the OMIVV time zone information, click Date/Time Properties.
   

   NOTE When the OMIVV appliance is not able to retrieve an IP address from the network (DHCP), 0.0.0.0 is displayed as the IP address. To resolve this, you must manually configure the static IP.
   1. On the Date and Time tab, select the Synchronize date and time over the network check box. The Synchronize date and time over the network check box is enabled only after NTP is configured successfully using the Admin portal. For more information about configuring NTP, see Set up Network Time Protocol servers.
   2. Click Time Zone and select the applicable time zone, and then click OK.
6. To configure network of the OMIVV appliance, click Network Configuration.
   To manage the Dell EMC servers in your vSphere environment, OMIVV requires access to both the vSphere network (vCenter and ESXi management network) and out-of-band network (iDRAC, CMC, and OME-Modular).
   If vSphere network and out-of-band network are maintained as separate isolated network in your environment, OMIVV requires access for both the networks. In this case, OMIVV appliance must be configured with two network adapters. Dell EMC recommends configuring both the networks as part of the initial configuration.
   If you can access the out-of-band network using the vSphere network, do not configure two network adapters for the OMIVV appliance. For more information about configuring a second NIC, see Configure OMIVV appliance with two network adapters.
7. Select Wired Connection 1 and click .
   
   1. Click the IPv4 Settings tab, select Manual from the Method drop-down list, and click Add.
      NOTE If you select Automatic (DHCP), do not enter any IP address because the OMIVV appliance will automatically receive IP from the DHCP server during the next restart.
   2. Enter a valid IP, netmask (in the Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) format), and gateway information.
      If you enter an IP address in the Netmask box, it is automatically converted to its respective CIDR format.
   3. Enter the DNS server IP and domains to be searched for respectively in the DNS Servers and Search Domains boxes respectively.
   4. Select the Require IPV4 addressing for this connection to complete check box and click Save.
      

      NOTE

      Sometimes, after you configure the OMIVV appliance with a static IP, the OMIVV terminal utility page does not immediately refresh and display the updated IP. To resolve this issue, exit the OMIVV terminal utility, and then log in again.

8. To change the hostname of the OMIVV appliance, click Change Hostname.
   1. Enter a valid hostname, and click Update hostname.
      NOTE If any vCenter servers are already registered with the OMIVV appliance, unregister and re-register all the vCenter instances. For more information, see the Manage un-registration and re-registration topic in the Installation Guide.
9. Restart the appliance.