Dell EMC VxBlock 240 Administration Manual page 89

Procedure
1 Log on to the VMware vSphere 6.x Web Client on the vCenter VM or Element Manager VM using
this URL account at: https://FQDN / IP:9443/vsphere-client/
2 Log on using the administrator@vsphere.local administrator account (username and password
are case-sensitive). For credentials information, refer to Converged Systems usernames and
passwords.
3 Select Administration>Deployment>System Configuration>Nodes.
4 Select Platform Services Controller 2's hostname, select the Manage tab and click Settings.
5 Under Advanced, select Active Directory, and click Join....
6 Type the AD Domain, User name, and Password (with appropriate AD domain administrative
rights). Leave Organizational unit blank, and click OK.
7 Reboot the Platform Service Controller Node under the Actions menu.
8 Repeat step 5 but select Platform Services Controller 1's hostname.
9 Reboot the Platform Service Controller Node under the Actions menu.
10 Select Administration > Single Sign-On > Configuration.
11 Select the Identity Sources tab, then click the green + icon to type the details for the AD domain
that is to be added.
12 Select Active Directory (Integrated Windows Authentication) under Identity source type.
13 Verify the domain name that was previously registered to the Platform Services Controller will be
assigned to this AD domain registration.
14 Select Use machine account and click OK.
15 The AD registration is complete. While logged into vCenter through the Web Client or vSphere
Client (6.0) as the administrator@vsphere.local administrative user, you must assign
Administrator roles/permissions for domain user accounts or groups that will require access to
vCenter 6.x. By default, only the administrator@vsphere.local administrator account can access
vCenter until additional permissions are explicitly assigned to domain users.
89 | Managing VMware vCenter SSO for VMware vSphere 6.x
Rebooting the (primary) Platform Service Controller Node 1 affects the following:
All running tasks on the node are cancelled or interrupted.
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All users currently accessing this node temporarily lose connectivity.
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If this node is a vCenter Server, features such as DRS and vMotion will temporarily
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become unavailable.
If this node is a PSC, services such as SSO, licensing and certificate, running on
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this node will temporarily go down.