Users Guide

46 Using Server Administrator
NOTE: When you launch Server Administrator using either Mozilla Firefox version
3.0 and 3.5 or Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 or 8.0, an intermediate warning
page may appear displaying the problem with security certificate. To ensure system
security, it is strongly recommended that you generate a new X.509 certificate,
reuse an existing X.509 certificate, or import a root certificate or certificate chain
from a Certification Authority (CA). To avoid encountering such warning messages
about the certificate, the certificate used must be from a trusted CA. For more
information on X.509 Certificate Management, see "X.509 Certificate Management."
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 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 Windows operating systems 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
support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q258063 for more information
on Single Sign-On.
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