Users Guide

42 Using Server Administrator
Using the Ignore Certificate Option
The login screen has an "Ignore certificate warnings check box".
CAUTION: You should use the "Ignore certificate warnings" option with discretion.
It is highly recommended that you use it only in trusted Intranet environments.
To ensure system security, Dell strongly recommends that you import a root
certificate or certificate chain from a Certification Authority (CA). See the
VMware documentation for details.
NOTE: If the certificate authority on the managed system is valid and if the
Server Administrator web server still reports an untrusted certificate error, you can
still make the managed system’s CA as trusted by using the certutil.exe. See your
operating system documentation for details on accessing this .exe. On supported
Windows operating systems, you can also use the certificates snap in option to
import certificates.
Using the Active Directory Login
You should select the "Active Directory Login" check box to log in using the
Dell Extended Schema Solution in Microsoft® Active Directory.
This solution enables you to provide access to Server Administrator; allowing
you to add/control Server Administrator users and privileges to existing users
in your Active Directory software. For more information see "Using Microsoft
Active Directory" in the
Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User's Guide .
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.
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