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
Managing Preferences Home Page Configuration
Options
The left pane of the Preferences home page (where the system tree is displayed on the Server Administrator home page)
displays all available configuration options in the system tree window. The options displayed are based on the systems
management software installed on the managed system.
The available Preferences home page configuration options are:
● General Settings
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Server Administrator
General settings
Click the General Settings object to set user and DSM SA Connection Service (web server) preferences for selected Server
Administrator functions. The General Settings object action window has the following tabs, depending on the user's group
privileges: User and Web Server.
Subtab: Properties
User
Under the User tab, you can set user preferences, such as the home page appearance and the default email address for the
E-mail button.
● Web Server
● Subtabs: Properties | X.509 Certificate
Under the Web Server tab, you can:
● Set DSM SA Connection Service preferences. For instructions on configuring your server preferences, see Dell EMC
Systems Management Server Administration Connection Service and Security Setup.
● Configure the SMTP server address and Bind IP address in either the IPv4 or IPv6 addressing mode.
● Perform X.509 certificate management by generating a new X.509 certificate, reusing an existing X.509 certificate, or
importing a certificate chain from a Certification Authority (CA). For more information about certificate management, see
X.509 Certificate Management.
Server Administrator
Click the Server Administrator object to enable or disable access to users with User or Power User privileges. The Server
Administrator object action window can have the following tab, depending on the user's group privileges: Preferences.
Subtabs: Access Configuration
Preferences
Under the Preferences tab, you can enable or disable access to users with User or Power User privileges.
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Server Administrator services