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Host Profile Options that Prompt for Storage User Input, Information to Request User Input
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vSphere Installation and Setup Table 7‑12. Host Profile Options that Prompt for Storage User Input Information to Request User Input For Setting the Host Profile Option 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. 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. Configure FCoE adapter activation based on a userspecified MAC address. 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. Table 7‑13. Host Profile Options that Prompt for Security User Input Information to Request User Input For Setting the Host Profile Option Administrator password for ESXi host when the host boots for the first time. 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. 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. You can perform this task only if a user configuration already exists. Configure the user by selecting one of the options. n Assigned fixed user configurations is available for compatibility with ESX/ESXi 4.1 system, this option displays the password in the clear. n Assign advanced fixed user configurations is for users of ESXi 5.0 and later systems. n Specify the user configuration in the profile but prompt for password during host configuration allows you to specify the information about the user but prompt for a password on each host. Prompt the user for credentials when the host joins the Active Directory domain. 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. 198 VMware, Inc.