Users Guide

16 Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
ESXi 5.0 Authentication
ESXi authenticates users accessing ESXi hosts using the vSphere/VI Client or
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 vmware-hostd process. To make sure that
authentication works efficiently for your website, perform basic tasks such as
setting up users, groups, permissions, and roles, configuring user attributes,
adding your own certificates, and determining whether you want to use SSL.
Creating Server Administrator Users for ESXi 5.0
1 Log on to the host using the vSphere Client.
2 Click the Local Users & Groups tab and click Users .
3 Right-click anywhere in the Users table and click Add to open the Add
New User
dialog box.
4 Type the login, user name, a numeric user ID (UID), and password;
specifying the user name and UID are optional. If you do not specify the
UID, the vSphere Client assigns the next available UID.
5 To allow a user to access the host through a command shell, select
Grant shell access to this user . Users that access the host only through the
vSphere Client do not need shell access.
6 To add the user to a group, select the group name from the Group
drop-down menu and click Add .
7 Click OK .
NOTE: To login to Server Administrator, the user needs to be assigned
Administrator role. To assign roles and permissions, refer to the VMware
documentation.
Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
for ESXi
To install Server Administrator on systems running VMware ESXi 5.0,
download the OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip
file.
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