Dell Compellent Series 40 - Manual (Page 103)

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Setting Up SMI-S
Local Service Account: Select this option to run the Data Collector under a local
service account. Note that this option requires you to manually add at least one Pegasus
user to the Pegasus CIM server. See
Manually Managing Pegasus Users on page 97
for details.
Local User Account or Domain User Account: Select this option to run the Data
Collector under a specific user account. The account must have administrative
privileges and be able to log on as a service. See
To enable a domain or local user
account to log on as a service on page 96 . Note these account types allow the Data
Collector to automatically add and manage a Pegasus user to the Pegasus server.
4 Click Apply Changes.
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To set SMI-S properties
1 In the Data Collector Properties window, click SMI-S to display SMI-S properties.
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2 Click Change. Select SMI-S properties:
Enable SMI-S Server: Select this option to enable SMI-S. When enabled, the Data
Collector installs and starts the Pegasus service. Note that the Pegasus service runs as
a separate task from the Data Collector; therefore when the Data Collector is stopped,
the Pegasus service is not automatically stopped.
Use SMI-S Server SLP Service: Select this option to force the Pegasus server to use
the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to broadcast the availability of the server. The
default is not to use SLP.
Use Https for SMI-S Server Connections: Select this option to force the Pegasus
server to use Https for connections. The default is to not use Https. When enabled,
specify the Https port for the SMI-S server. When disabled, specify the Http port to use
for the SMI-S server. The the default Http port is 5988; the default Https port is 5989.