New vCenter and Edit vCenter field descriptions

Last Updated : Jul 15, 2026 |
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Keywords:
Name
Description
vCenter FQDN
The FQDN of vCenter.
User Name
The user name to log in to vCenter.
Password
The password that you use to log in to vCenter.
Authentication Type
The authentication type that defines how Solution Deployment Manager performs user authentication. The options are:
  • SSO: Global username used to log in to vCenter to authenticate to an external Active Directory authentication server.
  • LOCAL: User created in vCenter
If you select the authentication type as SSO, Solution Deployment Manager displays the Is SSO managed by Platform Service Controller (PSC) field.
Is SSO managed by Platform Service Controller (PSC)
The check box to specify if PSC manages SSO service. When you select the check box, the system enables PSC IP or FQDN.
PSC IP or FQDN
The IP or FQDN of PSC.
Button
Description
Save
Saves any changes you make to FQDN, username, and authentication type of vCenter.
Refresh
Refreshes the vCenter details.

Managed Hosts

Name
Description
Host IP/FQDN
The name of the ESXi host.
Host Name
The IP address of the ESXi host.
Location
The physical location of the ESXi host.
IPv6
The IPv6 address of the ESXi host.
Host Path
The hierarchy of the host in vCenter and also includes the host name.
Button
Description
Edit
The option to edit the location and host.
Bulk Update
Provides an option to change the location of more than one ESXi hosts.
Note:
You must select a location before you click Bulk Update.
Update
Saves the changes that you make to the location or hostname of the ESXi host.
Commit
Commits the changes that you make to the ESXi host with location that is managed by vCenter.

Unmanaged Hosts

Name
Description
Host IP/FQDN
The name of the ESXi host.
ESXi Version
Displays the versions of the ESXi host linked to vCenter FQDN.
Note:
  • For Release 8.1 and later, do not select the 5.0 and 5.1 versions.
  • For Release 10.1 and later, do not select the 6.0 and 6.5 versions.
IPv6
The IPv6 address of the ESXi host.
Host Path
The hierarchy of the host in vCenter and also includes the host name.
Button
Description
Commit
Saves all changes that you made to vCenter on the Map vCenter page.