Vmware Vcenter Plug-In; Registering A Vcenter Server - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24 User Manual

VMware vCenter plug-in

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You must have host management privileges to access the Plug-in for VMware vCenter dialog box.
The VMware vCenter plug-in is a web application hosted on the Management server. This web
application sends dynamic HTML content to the vSphere or VI client and the client renders the
HTML content. The content includes the following:
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The VMware vCenter plug-in is supported on the following configurations:
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Registering a vCenter server

1. Select Tools > Plug-in for VMware vCenter.
2. Click Add.
3. Enter an IP address or fully qualified domain name for the vCenter host in the Host field.
4. Enter the port number in the Port field.
5. Enter your user ID and password.
6. Click OK on the Add vCenter Server dialog box.
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SAN connectivity information of each virtual machine (VM) (across all managed ESX hosts of
the vCenter server)
Switch or AG port statistics of the switch to which the Host is directly connected
End-to-end (EE) monitor statistics (collected by EE monitors on the switch)
SAN events based on Fabric OS events displayed in the vSphere client. These events include a
crossed threshold at the switch or AG ports for transmit or receive percent utilization as well an
adapter port logging out of the fabric.
ESX 4.0 and 3.5
vCenter 4.0
Management application Professional Plus or Enterprise edition 10.4
Plug-in will support managing ESX hosts with adapters from following vendors:
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Brocade Communications
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Q-Logic
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Emulex
The Plug-in for VMware vCenter dialog box displays.
The Add vCenter Server dialog box displays.
The Management application accepts IP addresses in IPv4 and IPv6 formats. The IPv4 format
is valid when the operating system has IPv4 mode only or dual stack mode. The IPv6 format is
valid when the operating system has IPv6 mode only or dual stack mode.
Default is 443. Valid port number are between 1 and 65535.
Click Close on the Plug-in for VMware vCenter dialog box.
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