New vCenter and Edit vCenter field descriptions

Last Updated : Jul 03, 2023 |

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 10.2 and later, do not select the 6.7 version.

  • For Release 10.1 and later, do not select the 6.0 and 6.5 versions.

  • For Release 8.1 and later, do not select the 5.0 and 5.1 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.