Users Guide

108 Frequently Asked Questions
Note that changing the port number to an invalid or in-use port number
might prevent other applications or browsers from accessing Server
Administrator on the managed system. See the Dell OpenManage Installation
and Security User's Guide for the list of default ports.
6
Can I install OMSA on Fedora, College Linux, Mint, Ubuntu, Sabayon
or PClinux?
Ans: No, Server Administrator does not support any of these Operating
Systems.
7
Can OMSA send e-mails when there is a problem?
Ans: No, Server Administrator is not designed to send e-mails when there is a
problem.
8
Is SNMP Required for ITA Discovery, inventory and software updates on
PowerEdge
™ systems? Can CIM be used by itself for discovery, inventory,
and updates or is SNMP required?
ITA communicating with Linux systems:
SNMP is required on the Linux system for discovery, status polling and
inventory.
Dell software updates are done through an SSH session and secure FTP and
root level permissions/credentials are required for this discrete action and
asked for when the action is setup or requested. Credentials from the
discovery range are not assumed.
ITA communicating with Windows systems:
For servers (systems running Windows Server operating systems), the system
may be configured with either or both of SNMP and CIM for discovery by
ITA. Inventory requires CIM.
Software updates, as in Linux, are not related to discovery and polling and the
protocols used.
Using adminstrator level credentials asked for at the time the update is
scheduled or performed, an administrative (drive) share is established to a
drive on the target system, and file(s) copying from somewhere (possibly
another network share) is done to the target system. WMI functions are then
invoked to execute the software update.
For clients/workstations, OMSA is not installed, so CIM discovery is used
when the target is running the OpenManage Client Instrumentation.
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