Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide Version 10.1.0.0
- Contents
- Introduction
- OMSA Customer Survey
- Installation
- What is new in this release
- Supported operating systems
- Updating individual system components
- Storage Management Service
- Instrumentation Service
- Remote Access Controller
- Logs
- Systems management standards availability
- Server Administrator Home Page
- Other Documents You May Need
- Obtaining Technical Assistance
- Contacting Dell EMC
- Setup And Administration
- Role-Based Access Control
- Authentication
- Encryption
- Assigning User Privileges
- Adding users to a domain on Windows operating systems
- Creating Server Administrator users for supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems
- Disabling Guest And Anonymous Accounts In Supported Windows Operating Systems
- Configuring The SNMP Agent
- Configuring the SNMP agent on systems running supported Windows operating systems
- Changing the SNMP community name
- Configuring Your System To Send SNMP Traps To A Management Station
- Configuring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SNMP Agent Access Control Configuration
- Server Administrator SNMP Agent Install Actions
- Changing The SNMP Community Name
- Configuring Your System To Send Traps To A Management Station
- Configuring the SNMP agent on systems running supported SUSE Linux enterprise server
- Sever Administrator SNMP Install Actions
- Enabling SNMP Access From Remote Hosts
- Changing The SNMP Community Name
- Configuring the SNMP agent on systems running supported Ubuntu server
- Configuring the SNMP agent on systems running supported VMware ESXi 6.X operating systems
- Configuring Your System To Send Traps To A Management Station
- Firewall Configuration On Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems And SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Using Server Administrator
- Logging In And Out
- Server Administrator Local System Login
- Server Administrator Managed System Login — Using the Desktop Icon
- Server Administrator Managed System Login — Using The Web Browser
- Central web server login
- Using The Active Directory Login
- Single Sign-On
- Configuring Security Settings On Systems Running A Supported Microsoft Windows Operating System
- The Server Administrator home page
- Using The Online Help
- Using The Preferences Home Page
- Using The Server Administrator Command Line Interface
- Logging In And Out
- Server Administrator services
- Managing your system
- Managing system or server module tree objects
- Server Administrator Home Page System Tree Objects
- Managing Preferences Home Page Configuration Options
- Server Administrator logs
- Working with remote access controller
- Viewing Basic Information
- Configuring The Remote Access Device To Use A LAN Connection
- Configuring The Remote Access Device To Use A Serial Port Connection
- Configuring The Remote Access Device To Use A Serial Over LAN Connection
- Additional Configuration For iDRAC
- Configuring Remote Access Device Users
- Setting Platform Event Filter Alerts
- Setting Alert Actions
- Troubleshooting
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 6
OMSA Customer Survey....................................................................................................................................................6
Installation............................................................................................................................................................................. 6
What is new in this release................................................................................................................................................ 7
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................... 7
Updating individual system components........................................................................................................................7
Storage Management Service.......................................................................................................................................... 8
Instrumentation Service.....................................................................................................................................................8
Remote Access Controller.................................................................................................................................................8
Logs.........................................................................................................................................................................................8
Systems management standards availability.................................................................................................................8
Availability on supported operating systems...........................................................................................................8
Server Administrator Home Page....................................................................................................................................9
Other Documents You May Need....................................................................................................................................9
Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site.............................................................................10
Obtaining Technical Assistance...................................................................................................................................... 10
Contacting Dell EMC.........................................................................................................................................................10
Chapter 2: Setup And Administration...........................................................................................12
Role-Based Access Control............................................................................................................................................. 12
User privileges...............................................................................................................................................................12
Authentication.....................................................................................................................................................................13
Microsoft Windows Authentication......................................................................................................................... 13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux And SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Authentication..............................................13
VMware ESXi Server Authentication...................................................................................................................... 13
Encryption............................................................................................................................................................................13
Assigning User Privileges................................................................................................................................................. 14
Adding users to a domain on Windows operating systems................................................................................ 14
Creating Server Administrator users for supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server operating systems.................................................................................................................. 14
Disabling Guest And Anonymous Accounts In Supported Windows Operating Systems........................... 16
Configuring The SNMP Agent.................................................................................................................................. 16
Firewall Configuration On Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating
Systems And SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.................................................................................................... 22
Chapter 3: Using Server Administrator........................................................................................ 24
Logging In And Out........................................................................................................................................................... 24
Server Administrator Local System Login............................................................................................................. 24
Server Administrator Managed System Login — Using the Desktop Icon................................................... 24
Server Administrator Managed System Login — Using The Web Browser................................................. 25
Central web server login............................................................................................................................................25
Using The Active Directory Login............................................................................................................................26
Single Sign-On..............................................................................................................................................................26
Configuring Security Settings On Systems Running A Supported Microsoft Windows Operating
System....................................................................................................................................................................... 26
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