Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- What’s New for Version 5.1
- Setup and Administration
- Installing Server Administrator
- Using Server Administrator
- Instrumentation Service
- Remote Access Service
- Overview
- Hardware Prerequisites
- Software Prerequisites
- Adding and Configuring DRAC Users
- Configuring an Existing DRAC User
- Configuring the DRAC Network Properties
- Configuring the DRAC Alert Properties
- Configuring DRAC III Dial-in (PPP) Users and Modem Settings
- Configuring the DRAC Remote Features Properties
- Configuring DRAC Security
- Accessing and Using a Dell Remote Access Controller
- Working With the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
- Storage Management Service
- Server Administrator Logs
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
4 Contents
Configuring the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running Supported
Windows Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
X.509 Certificate Management Prerequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Firewall Configuration on Systems Running Supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4 Installing Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dell Installation and Server Management CD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Unattended and Silent Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Upgrading Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installation Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Supported Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installation Procedures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing Server Administrator with Citrix
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Considerations Before Installing Storage Management Service
. . . . . 41
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard v2.3 Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5 Using Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starting Your Server Administrator Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Logging In and Out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Single Sign-On
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Systems Running a Supported Microsoft Windows Server
™
2003
Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45