Use this procedure to link the vCenter Cloud Gateway Appliance to your VMware Cloud on Dell EMC SDDC using Hybrid Linked Mode.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Under Configure Hybrid Linked Mode, click Start.
  2. Enter your on-premises SSO settings and user groups that can access vCenter, and then click Finish.
    Option Description
    vCenter Server in VMC

    Enter the IP address or FQDN of the VMware Cloud on Dell EMC vCenter Server.

    Username Enter the Single Sign-On administrator user name in the form user@sso-domain.
    Password Enter the Single Sign-On administrator password.
    Identity Source Select the identity source.
    Group Enter the name of the group.
    Configuring SSO takes approximately 2–3 minutes.
  3. Accept the certificate.
  4. Click Launch vSphere Client and Connect to the VMware Cloud on Dell EMC vCenter Server.
    Option Description
    User Name Enter the user name for the cloud administrator.
    Password Enter the password for the cloud administrator.
  5. Add the groups you have defined in your on-premises environment to serve as cloud administrator groups.
    1. Select the on-premises identity source.
    2. Enter the name of the administrator group in the search box and select the group.
  6. Log in to your Cloud Gateway Appliance using the on-premises SSO domain.

What to do next

When the linking process is complete, you can use the vCenter Cloud Gateway Appliance to view and manage the inventories of your on-premises and VMware Cloud on Dell EMC SDDCs. Access this interface at http://cga-address/ui where cga-address is the IP address or FQDN of the vCenter Cloud Gateway Appliance.