Link the vCenter Cloud Gateway Appliance to Your VMware Cloud on Dell EMC SDDC from the Gateway Client UI

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

Prerequisites

• You must have administrator privileges to perform the tasks specific to linking the vCenter Cloud Gateway Appliance to your VMware Cloud on Dell EMC SDDC.

• You must have installed the vCenter Cloud Gateway Appliance. See Install the vCenter Cloud Gateway Appliance from the Graphical Installer.

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.