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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process is running. This authentication scheme ensures that all Server
Administrator functions, whether accessed through the Server Administrator
home page or CLI, are properly authenticated.
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
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Authentication
For supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
operating systems, Server Administrator uses various authentication methods
based on the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) library. Users can log
in to Server Administrator either locally or remotely using different account
management protocols, such as LDAP, NIS, Kerberos, and Winbind.
VMware ESX Server 4.X
VMware ESX Server uses the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
structure for authentication when users access the ESX Server host. The PAM
configuration for VMware services is located in /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd,
which stores paths to authentication modules.
The default installation of ESX Server uses /etc/passwd authentication, just as
Linux does, but you can configure ESX Server to use another distributed
authentication mechanism.
NOTE: On systems running VMware ESX Server 4.1 operating system, to login to
the Server Administrator, all users require Administrator privileges. For information
on assigning roles, see the VMware documentation.
VMware ESXi Server 4.X
ESXi Server authenticates users accessing ESXi hosts using the vSphere/VI
Client or Software Development Kit (SDK). The default installation of ESXi
uses a local password database for authentication. ESXi authentication
transactions with Server Administrator are also direct interactions with the
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