The Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter, which allows Systems Administrators use VMware vCenter to manage their entire infrastructure, both physical and virtual, was released in June 2011. The plug-in was received well at launch, but at the time it did not support the newly released VMware ESXi 5.0 hypervisor or the vCenter 5 management platform.
Today, Dell released Update 1 of the Dell Management Plug-in for vCenter, which supports both ESXi 5.0 and vCenter 5 and introduces several bug fixes. The update is delivered as a patch through the Dell Management Plug-in Admin Console. For full instructions on how to obtain and install the update, refer to page 41 of the Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter Version 1.0.1 Update 1 User’s Guide. On the Dell TechCenter wiki page we also created a detailed page that explains how to update the plug-in.
For more details about the features of plugin and for a hands on look, visit the Dell Management Plug-in demo page on Dell TechCenter or read customer feedback on the plugin in this Dell Systems Management blog post from VMworld. The plugin is currently available to try for free for 30 days.
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter Update 1 Highlights
Version 1.0.1 Update 1 (Release to Web on 10/3/2011)