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
Frequently Asked Questions 119
9
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 Administrator 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.
As Server Administrator is not installed on Clients/Workstations, so CIM
discovery is used when the target is running the OpenManage Client
Instrumentation.
For many other devices such as network printers, the standard is still
SNMP to communicate with (primarily discover) the device.
Devices such as EMC storage have proprietary protocols. Some
information about this environment can be gathered from looking at the
ports used tables in the OpenManage documentation.
10
Are there any plans for SNMP v3 support?
No, there are no plans for SNMP v3 support in this release.
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