Users Guide

70 Using Server Administrator

X.509 Certificate Management

Web certificates are necessary to ensure the identity of a remote system and

ensure that information exchanged with the remote system cannot be viewed or

changed by others. To ensure system security, it is strongly recommended that

you generate a new X.509 certificate, reuse an existing X.509 certificate, or

import a root certificate or certificate chain from a Certification Authority (CA).

NOTE: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to perform certificate

management.

To manage X.509 certificates through the Preferences home page, click

General Settings, click the Web Server tab, and click X.509 Certificate.

Use the X.509 certificate tool to either generate a new X.509 certificate, reuse

an existing X.509 certificate, or import a root certificate or certificate chain

from a CA. Authorized CAs include Verisign, Entrust, and Thawte.

Controlling Server Administrator

Server Administrator automatically starts each time you reboot the managed

system. To manually start, stop, or restart Server Administrator, use the

following instructions.

NOTE: To control Server Administrator, you must be logged in with administrator

privileges (logged in as

root for supported Red Hat

Enterprise Linux

or SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server operating systems).

Starting Server Administrator

Supported Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

To start Server Administrator on systems running a supported Microsoft

Windows operating system, perform the following steps:

Open the

Services

window.

Right-click the

Dell Systems Management Server Administration (DSM

SA) Connection Service

icon.

Click

Start