Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Introduction
- What’s New for Version 6.1
- Setup and Administration
- Using Server Administrator
- Server Administrator Services
- Working With Remote Access Controller
- Overview
- Viewing Basic Information
- Configuring the Remote Access Device to use a LAN Connection
- Configuring the Remote Access Device to use a Serial Port Connection
- Configuring the Remote Access Device to use a Serial Over LAN Connection
- Additional Configuration for iDRAC
- Configuring Remote Access Device Users
- Setting Platform Event Filter Alerts
- Server Administrator Logs
- Setting Alert Actions
- Troubleshooting
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Glossary
- Index
114 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
Server Administrator
on Fedora, College Linux, Mint,
Ubuntu, Sabayon or PClinux?
Ans: No, Server Administrator does not support any of these Operating Systems.
7
Can
Server Administrator
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, Server Administrator is not installed, so CIM
discovery is used when the target is running the OpenManage Client
Instrumentation.
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