Owner's Manual
268 Configuring Protocols to Send Information to IT Assistant
3
On the menu bar, click
Action
and then click
New User
.
a
In the
New User
dialog box, fill in the required information fields with
the user name
CIMUser
and password
DELL
.
b
Ensure that you clear (deselect) the
User must change password at
next logon
check box.
c
Click
Create
.
4
In the right pane of the
Computer Management
dialog box, double-click
CIMUser
.
You may have to scroll through the list to locate
CIMUser
.
5
In the
CIMUser Properties
dialog box, click the
Member Of
tab.
6
Click
Add
.
7
Click
Administrators
, click
Add
, and then click
OK
.
8
Click
OK
again, and then close the
Computer Management
dialog box.
9
Install Client Instrumentation 7.
x
or Server Administrator, depending on
whether the system is a client or a server.
10
Restart the system.
Configuring the IPMI
For IT Assistant to be able to discover IPMI-compliant devices, you should
configure the BMC on your managed system. You can also configure the
BMC to send alerts to IT Assistant.
You can configure the BMC from the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
GUI or from the BIOS-POST (pre-operating system environment).
Configuring BMC From the Server Administrator
1
Log into the Server Administrator home page of your managed system.
2
On the left pane, click the
System
object.
3
Click the
Main System Chassis
object.