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Table Of Contents

Contents
About This Guide
- Intended Audience
- Organization
- Conventions
- Documentation Lineup
Chapter 1
Active System Manager Overview
- Active System Manager User Roles
- Active System Manager User Interface Elements
Chapter 2
Getting Started
- Active System Manager Client Application Requirements
- Installing the Active System Manager Client Software
- Launching the Active System Manager Client Software on Windows
- Connecting to the Active System Manager Server
- Uninstalling the Active System Manager Client Software
Chapter 3
Account Management
- Creating New Server Accounts
- Connecting to Server Accounts
- Editing Server Accounts
- Deleting Server Accounts
Chapter 4
User Profile Management
- Managing Security Functions
- Managing Groups
- Defining Permissions
- Modifying Permissions
- Managing Authentication Repositories
  - Activating Authentication Repositories
  - Deactivating Authentication Repositories
Chapter 5
Inventory Management
- Understanding Resource Modeling
- Building a Standard Active System Manager Inventory
- Configuring Discovery Setup
- Running Discovery
- Using Resource Types
- Using Resource Instances
- Using Resource Interface Types
- Linking Resources
- Importing Inventory
- Importing Connectivity
- Exporting Connectivity
- Managing Resource Pools
- Managing Maintenance Windows
- Managing Virtual Resources
Chapter 6
Firmware Management
- Creating Active System Manager Software Repositories
  - Creating Repository with Dell Chassis Firmware Repository Type
    - Prerequisites
    - Steps to Create Repository with Dell Chassis Firmware Repository Type
  - Creating Repository with Dell Server Firmware Repository Type
    - Prerequisites
    - Steps to Create a Repository with Dell Server Firmware Repository Type
- Updating Dell Chassis Firmware from the Operations Center
  - Prerequisites
  - Steps to Update Dell Chassis Firmware from the Operations Center
- Updating Dell Server Firmware
- Minimum Firmware Versions for Active System Manager Components
Chapter 7
Server Template and Profiles
- Creating a Server Template
- Editing a Server Template
- Adding or Editing BIOS Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing RAID Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Firmware Settings on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Networks Settings on a Server Template
- Naming Conventions when using Orchestrations
- Server Profiles
Chapter 8
Using Inventory
- Introducing the Inventory Perspective
- About Resource Types and Resource Instances
- Accessing Inventory
- Using the Resource Allocation Calendar
  - Using the Resource Availability Calendar Options
    - Accessing Calendar Menu Options for Resource Availability Calendar
    - Displaying Aspects of the Resource Availability Calendar
  - Analyzing Resource Instance Availability in Existing Sessions
- Understanding Resource Allocation
  - Viewing Provisioned Domains List
  - Setting the Default Domain
Chapter 9
Repository Management
- Introducing the Setup Perspective
  - Opening Views on the Setup Perspective
- Managing Repositories
- Working with Resource Adapters
Chapter 10
Network Management
- Understanding Global Identity Pools
- Understanding Networks
Chapter 11
Template Management
- Template Types
  - Physical Template
  - Logical Template
- Working with Templates
Chapter 12
Session Management
- Introducing the Sessions Perspective
- Working with Running Sessions
- Configuring Session Notifications and Reminders
- Starting and Stopping ASAP Rescheduling
- Managing Virtual Resources
Chapter 13
Orchestration Management
- Understanding Orchestration
- Working with Orchestrations
- Executing Orchestration
  - Monitoring Orchestration Execution
Chapter 14
Working with Test and Script Execution
- Working with Test Cases
- Working with Resource Scripts
- Working with Session Scripts
  - Setting Preferences for Session Scripts
    - Setting a Default Remote Script Execution Environment
    - Setting Default Runtime Environment Variables
  - Browsing and Executing Session Scripts
- Customizing Script Execution
- Working with the Execution Queue View
Chapter 15
Reports
- Using Standard User Report Types
- Resource Usage Showback Report
  - Running a Session Audit Report
  - Running Custom Reports
- Using Standard Administrator Report Types
  - Running a User Management Report
  - Running a Template Utilization Report
- Printing Reports
  - Printing Reports from an HTML Browser
  - Printing Reports from a Web Browser
Chapter 16
Settings
- Configuring Settings
  - Settings
  - Database
- License
- Script Servers
  - Defining New Script Server
  - Deleting Server
- Properties
  - Updating Properties
    - Importing Properties
    - Exporting Properties
Chapter 17
Dashboard
- Managing Widgets

Account Management 3-1

Chapter 3

Account Management

This chapter defines how to set up one or more Active System Manager server accounts and to switch

between a number of Active System Manager servers.

Creating New Server Accounts

After launching the Active System Manager client software, you can create or add one or more server

accounts, by performing the following steps:

1. Launch the Active System Manager client software; see the “Launching the Active System Manager

Client Software on Windows” section on page 2-3.

The Connect to Active System Manager server dialog box displays; see Figure 3-1.

Figure 3-1 Connect to Active System Manager Server Dialog Box