Users Guide

56 Using Server Administrator

Logging In and Out

To log in to Server Administrator, type your preassigned Username and

Password in the appropriate fields on the Systems Management Log in

window. See "Single Sign-On" for information on how you can bypass the

on the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator icon on your desktop.

NOTE: You must have preassigned user rights to log in to Server Administrator.

See "Setup and Administration" for instructions on setting up new users.

If you are accessing Server Administrator from a defined domain, you will also

need to specify the correct Domain name.

NOTE: The Application drop-down menu will appear as a non-selectable field for

systems that can only access one Dell OpenManage Server Administrator

component. The drop-down menu is only functional when two or more Dell

OpenManage Server Administrator components are available on the managed

system.

Select the Active Directory Login check box to log in using Microsoft

Active Directory

To end your Server Administrator session, click Log Out on the "global

navigation bar." The Log Out button is located in the upper-right corner of

each Server Administrator home page.

Single Sign-On

The Single Sign-On option in Microsoft Windows

enables all logged-in

users to bypass the login page and access the Server Administrator Web

application by clicking the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator icon on

your desktop.

NOTE: See the Knowledge Base article at

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q258063 for

more information on Single Sign-On.

For local machine access, you must have an account on the machine with the

appropriate privileges (User, Power User, or Administrator). Other users are

authenticated against the Microsoft Active Directory.