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 Dell OpenManage Security
DellOpenManageServerAdministratorVersion6.5InstallationGuide
Security Features
Security Management
Security Features
DellOpenManagesystemsmanagementsoftwarecomponentsprovidethefollowingsecurityfeatures:
l Authentication for users through hardware-stored user IDs and passwords, or by using the optional Microsoft Active Directory.
l Support for Network Information Services (NIS), Winbind, Kerberos, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication protocols for Linux
operating systems.
l Role-basedauthoritythatallowsspecificprivilegestobeconfiguredforeachuser.
l User ID and password configuration through the Web-based interface or the command line interface (CLI), in most cases.
l SSL encryption of 128-bit and 40-bit (for countries where 128-bitisnotacceptable).
l Session time-out configuration (in minutes) through the Web-based interface or Command Line Interface (CLI).
l Port Configuration to allow Dell OpenManage systems management software to connect to a remote device through firewalls.
Security Management
Dell provides security and access administration through role-based access control (RBAC), authentication, and encryption, or through Active Directory (or
through Winbind, Kerberos, LDAP, or NIS on Linux operating systems) for both the Web-based and command line interfaces.
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RBAC
RBAC manages security by determining the operations that can be executed by users in specific roles. Each user is assigned one or more roles, and each role
is assigned one or more user privileges that are permitted to users in that role. With RBAC, security administration can correspond closely to an organization's
structure. For information about setting up users, see your operating system documentation.
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User Privileges
ServerAdministratorgrantsdifferentaccessrightsbasedontheuser'sassignedgroupprivileges.ThethreeuserlevelsareUser, Power User, and
Administrator.
Users can view most information.
Power Users can set warning threshold values and configure which alert actions are to be taken when a warning or failure event occurs.
Administrators can configure and perform shutdown actions, configure Auto Recovery actions in case a system has a non-responsive operating system, and
clear hardware, event, and command logs. Administrators can configure alert actions, including sending e-mail messages when an alert is generated.
Server Administrator grants read-only access to users logged in with User privileges; read and write access to users logged in with Power User privileges; and
read, write, and administrator access to users logged in with Administrator privileges. See Table2-1.
Table 2-1.UserPrivileges
Admin access allows you to shut down the managed system.
NOTE: Telnet does not support SSL encryption.
NOTE: For information about ports that various Dell OpenManage systems management components use, see the User Guide for that component.
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User Privileges
Access Type
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Admin
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Write
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Read
User
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X
Power User
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X
X
Administrator
X
X
X