Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Setup and Administration
- Security Management
- Assigning User Privileges
- Disabling Guest and Anonymous Accounts in Supported Windows Operating Systems
- Configuring the SNMP Agent
- Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running Supported Windows Operating Systems
- Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported VMware ESX 4.X Operating Systems to Proxy VMware MIBs
- Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported VMware ESXi 4.X Operating Systems
- Firewall Configuration on Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- 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
- Setting Alert Actions for Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating Systems
- Setting Alert Actions in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
- Setting Alert Action Execute Application in Windows Server 2008
- BMC/iDRAC Platform Events Filter Alert Messages
- Understanding Service Names
- Troubleshooting
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Index

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Frequently Asked Questions
This section lists the frequently asked questions about Dell OpenManage
Server Administrator:
NOTE: These questions are not specific to this release of Server Administrator.
1
What are the tasks that need to be performed after adding a VMware ESX
4.1 operating system to the active directory domain?
After adding a VMware ESX 4.1 operating system to the Active Directory
domain, an Active Directory user must do the following:
• Log in to the Server Administrator while using the VMware ESX 4.1
operating system as a Server Administrator and restart the DSM SA
Connection Service.
• Log in to the Remote Node while using the VMware ESX 4.1
operating system as a Remote Enablement Agent. Wait for
approximately 5 minutes for the sfcbd process to add the permission
to the new user.
2
What is the minimum permission level a user would need to install Server
Administrator?
You need to have a minimum permission level of
Administrator
to install
Server Administrator. Power Users and Users do not have permissions to
install Server Administrator.
3
Is there an upgrade path required to install
Server Administrator
?
For systems that have version Server Administrator 4.3, an upgrade path is
not required. For systems that have a version older than 4.3, you need to
first upgrade to version 4.3, and then again upgrade to a 6.x version (x
indicates the version of Server Administrator you want to upgrade to).
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