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• The Server Administrator security settings are not applicable for Active Directory users. Active
Directory users with read-only login can access Server Administrator, even after the access is
blocked in the Server Administrator Preferences page.
• Dell SNMP MIB Files for Dell Systems
Dell SNMP MIB files for Dell systems allows you to obtain and verify information provided by
supported software agents. The current MIB files supported by PowerEdge(TM) software agents are
located at "\support\mib" on the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD.
NOTE: A MIB-II-compliant, SNMP-supported network management station is
required to compile and browse MIB files.
• OpenManage support for Encrypting File System (EFS)
To improve security, Microsoft provides the capability to encrypt files using EFS. Note that OMSA will not
function if its dependent files are encrypted.
• Server Administrator GUI and CLI Response Time
On Dell PowerEdge x9xx and later systems, the response time for some parts of the Server Administrator
GUI and CLI has increased to several seconds as Server Administrator no longer caches some of the
DRAC/iDRAC data. The data must be retrieved from the DRAC/iDRAC when you request for it.
Following are the Server Administrator GUI pages whose response time may have increased:
• Server Administrator home page on log in
• Remote Access -> Users
• Alert Management -> Platform Events
Following are the Server Administrator CLI commands whose response time may have increased:
• omreport chassis remoteaccess config=user
• omreport system platformevents
• omreport system pedestinations
The amount of time varies depending on the hardware system and operating system.
Notes
Notes for Instrumentation Service
• On 11G systems, if conflicting BIOS settings exist while configuring BIOS setup options through
Server Administrator, the update attempt may fail at system reboot and none of the BIOS setup
options may be updated.
For example, when you configure Embedded SATA Controller to RAID and Boot Mode to UEFI
simultaneously (UEFI does not support RAID option), this conflict prevents updates to any BIOS
configuration (at system reboot).
• On certain systems, user-defined thresholds set under Server Administrator become the
default thresholds after uninstalling Server Administrator.
After you change the threshold value of a probe on certain systems running Server Administrator
and then uninstall the application, the changed threshold value becomes the default threshold value.