User's Manual

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Introduction
Whether you are using the graphical user interface (GUI) or the command line interface (CLI),
Dell OpenManage
™ Server Administrator performs essential systems management tasks.
The reporting and viewing features allow retrieval of overall health status for systems on your network.
At the component level, you can view information about the voltages, temperatures, current, fan
RPM, memory functioning, and many other critical component details. You see a detailed account of
many relevant cost of ownership (COO) facts about your system in summary view. Version
information for BIOS, firmware, operating system, and all installed software is easy to retrieve.
Configuration features allow the Server Administrator to perform essential tasks described in detail
in the following sections.
NOTE: You can use the CLI instead of the Server Administrator home page, and turn the Server Administrator
Web server off if you have security concerns. The CLI does not use the Web server. Use the omconfig system
webserver action=stop command to turn off the Web server. The Web server starts automatically after a
reboot, so this command must be issued every time a system starts up. See "omconfig system webserver" for
more information.
What's New for Version 5.1
• Diagnostics is no longer available through Server Administrator. To run diagnostics on your
system, install Dell
™ PowerEdge ™ Diagnostics from your Dell PowerEdge Service and Diagnostic
Utilities
CD or download and install Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics from the Dell Support website
at
support.dell.com . Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics is a stand-alone application that can be run
without installing Server Administrator.
• Added support for SUSE
®
LINUX Enterprise Server (version 10) on Intel
®
Extended Memory 64
Technology (Intel EM64T) systems.
• Added support for Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Small Business Server 2003 R2 on Intel EM64T systems.