User's Manual

Using the CMC Web Interface 165
Enable SSL
Certificate
Valid ation
Enables SSL certificate validation for CMC's Active Directory
SSL connection. To disable the SSL certificate validation, clear
the check box.
Warning: Disabling this feature may expose the authentication
to a man-in-the-middle attack.
The browser operation requires that CMC be accessed through
a HTTP URL which contains a fully qualified domain address
for CMC, that is http://cmc-6g2wxf1.dom.net. A plain IP
address for CMC does not result in proper Single Sign-On
operation. To support fully qualified domain addresses, it is
necessary to register CMC with the Domain Name Service of
the Active Directory Server.
If a Single Sign-On browser authentication is unsuccessful, the
usual Local or Active Directory username/password browser
authentication method is automatically presented. Similarly, a
Logout action after a successful Single Sign-On presents the
username/password method. Single Sign-On usage is intended
for convenience and is not meant to be restrictive.
NOTE: Smart Card based browser authentication is only
supported for Microsoft Windows Clients and Internet Explorer
browsers.
The Dell supplied, auto-loaded, browser plug-in (ActiveX
control) is dependent on the Microsoft Windows Client
operating system having the following runtime component pre-
installed - Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package
(x86). The following link may help locate the component:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=
32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-
220B62A191EE&displaylang=en. The Windows Client needs
'elevated privileges' to successfully install the ActiveX Control.
Similarly, the browser configuration needs the capability to
accept installation of 'unsigned' ActiveX Controls.
Table 5-44. Common Settings
(continued)
Field Description