User's Manual

Setup and Administration 19

Microsoft Windows Authentication

For supported Microsoft

Windows

operating systems, Server Administrator

authentication uses Integrated Windows Authentication (formerly called

NTLM) to authenticate. This authentication system allows Server

Administrator security to be incorporated in an overall security scheme for

your network.

NOTE: Microsoft integrated authentication is supported only when managing the

Server Administrator Web server.

Encryption

Server Administrator is accessed over a secure HTTPS connection using

secure socket layer (SSL) technology to ensure and protect the identity of the

system being managed. Java

™

Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) is used by

supported Microsoft Windows operating systems to protect the user

credentials and other sensitive data that is transmitted over the socket

connection when a user accesses the Server Administrator home page.

Assigning User Privileges

To ensure critical system component security, assign user privileges to all

Dell

™

OpenManage

™

software users before installing Dell OpenManage

software. New users can log into Dell OpenManage software using their

operating system user privileges.

CAUTION: To protect access to your critical system components, assign a

password to every user account that can access Dell OpenManage software.

Users without an assigned password cannot log into Dell OpenManage software

on a system running Windows Server 2003 due to the operating system design.

CAUTION: Disable guest accounts for supported Windows operating systems to

protect access to your critical system components. Consider renaming the

accounts so that remote scripts cannot enable the accounts using the name.

NOTE: For instructions on assigning user privileges for each supported operating

system, see your operating system documentation.

NOTE: Add new users to the operating system if you want to add users to

OpenManage software. You do not have to create new users from within the

OpenManage software.

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