Owner's Manual

Perform the following steps to set up your secure port server preferences:
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1. Click Preferences on the global navigation bar.
The Preferences home page appears.
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2. Click General Settings, and the Web Server tab.
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3. In the Server Preferences window, set options as necessary.
l The Session Timeout feature can set a limit on the amount of time that a session can remain active. Select the Enable radio button to allow a
time-out if there is no user interaction for a specified number of minutes. Users whose sessions time-out must log in again to continue. Select the
Disable radio button to disable the Server Administrator session time-out feature.
l The HTTPS Port field specifies the secure port for Server Administrator. The default secure port for Server Administrator is 1311.
l The IP Address to Bind to field specifies the IP address(es) for the managed system that Server Administrator binds to when starting a session.
Select the All radio button to bind to all IP addresses applicable for your system. Select the Specific radio button to bind to a specific IP address.
l The SMTP Server name and DNS Suffix for SMTP Server fields specify your organization's Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and domain
nameserver(DNS)suffix.ToenableServerAdministratortosende-mails, you must type the IP address and DNS suffix for the SMTP server for
yourorganizationintheappropriatefields.
l The Command Log SizefieldspecifiesthelargestfilesizeinMBforthecommandlogfile.
l The Support Link field specifies the Web address for the business entity that provides support for your managed system.
l The Custom Delimiter field specifies the character used to separate the data fields in the files created using the Export button. The ; character is
the default delimiter. Other options are !, @, #, $, %, ^, *, ~, ?, :,|, and ,.
4. When you finish setting options in the Server Preferences window, click Apply Changes.
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X.509 Certificate Management
Web certificates are necessary to ensure the identity of a remote system and ensure that information exchanged with the remote system cannot be viewed or
changedbyothers.Toensuresystemsecurity,itisstronglyrecommendedthatyoueithergenerateanewX.509certificate,reuseanexistingX.509certificate,
or import a root certificate or certificate chain from a Certification Authority (CA).
You can manage X.509 certificates for Server Administrator and IT Assistant from the respective Preferences Web page. Click General Settings, select the
Web Server tab, and click X.509 Certificate.UsetheX.509certificatetooltoeithergenerateanewX.509certificate,reuseanexistingX.509certificate,or
importarootcertificateorcertificatechainfromaCA.AuthorizedCAsincludeVerisign,Entrust,andThawte.
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Best Practices for X.509 Certificate Management
To ensure that the security of your system is not compromised while using server administrator, you should keep in mind the following:
l Unique host name - All systems that have server administrator installed should have unique host names.
l Change 'localhost' to unique - All systems with host name set to 'localhost' should be changed to a unique host name.
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NOTE: Changing the port number to an invalid or in-use port number may prevent other applications or browsers from accessing Server
Administrator on the managed system.
NOTE: AuserwithAdministratorprivilegescannotuseServerAdministratorwhenloggedintothesystemremotely.
NOTE: Changing the IP Address to Bind to value to a value other than All may prevent other applications or browsers from remotely accessing
Server Administrator on the managed system.
NOTE: For security reasons, your organization might not allow e-mails to be sent through the SMTP server to outside accounts.
NOTE: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to perform certificate management.