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Table 7‑12. Host Profile Options that Prompt for Storage User Input
Information to Request User Input For
You are setting up the Fixed PSP configuration and want to
prompt for the adapter and target IDs for the storage
arrays that should use the Fixed PSP.
Configure FCoE adapter activation based on a user-
specified MAC address.
Table 7‑13. Host Profile Options that Prompt for Security User Input
Information to Request User Input For
Administrator password for ESXi host when the host boots
for the first time.
Preconfigures a user for the ESXi host but prompts for the
password for that user on each host when the host boots for
the first time.
Prompt the user for credentials when the host joins the
Active Directory domain.
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Setting the Host Profile Option
You can set the option only if the adapter is set up to use
the Fixed PSP.
1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Storage configuration.
2 Click Native Multipathing (NMP).
3 Click Path Selection Policy (PSP) configuration.
4 In the Preferred Path window, select Prompt the user
for adapter and target IDs on the host.
You can set the option only if an activation profile exists.
1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Storage configuration.
2 Click Software FCoE configuration.
3 Click Adapter Configuration.
4 Click the activation profile and click Policy Profile.
5 Select Activation policy based on adapter MAC
address from the drop-down menu.
Setting the Host Profile Option
1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Security Settings and
click Security configuration.
2 In the right panel, select User Input Password to be
Used to Configure Administrator Password from the
Administrator password drop-down menu.
You can perform this task only if a user configuration
already exists. Configure the user by selecting one of the
options.
Assigned fixed user configurations is available for
n
compatibility with ESX/ESXi 4.1 system, this option
displays the password in the clear.
Assign advanced fixed user configurations is for
n
users of ESXi 5.0 and later systems.
Specify the user configuration in the profile but
n
prompt for password during host configuration
allows you to specify the information about the user
but prompt for a password on each host.
1 Set the Authentication configuration profile to use a
fixed domain.
a Select Edit Host Profile, click Security and
Services and click Authentication configuration.
b Click Active Directory configuration.
c In the Domain Name drop-down menu, select
Configure a fixed domain name.
2 Set the method for joining the domain to prompt the
user.
a Select Edit Host Profile, click Security and
Services and click Authentication configuration.
b Click Active Directory configuration.
c In the Join Domain Method drop-down menu,
select Use user specified AD credentials to join
the host to domain.
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