Users Guide

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The following are the available options:
• Generate a new X.509 certificate — Creates a certificate for access to
Server Administrator.
•
Certificate Maintenance — Selects an existing certificate that your
company has title to, and uses this certificate to control access to Server
Administrator.
•
Import a root certificate — Allows you to import the root certificate, as
well as the certificate response (in PKCS#7 format), received from the
trusted certificate authority.
•
Import certificate chain from a CA — Allows you to import the certificate
response (in PKCS#7 format) from the trusted certificate authority. Some of
the reliable certificate authorities are Verisign, Thawte, and Entrust.
Server Administrator Web Server Action Tabs
The following are the action tabs that are displayed when you log in to
manage the Server Administrator web server:
• Shutdown
•Logs
• Session Management
Using the Server Administrator Command Line
Interface
The Server Administrator command line interface (CLI) allows users to
perform essential systems management tasks from the operating system
command prompt of a monitored system.
The CLI allows a user with a very well-defined task in mind to rapidly retrieve
information about the system. Using CLI commands, for example,
administrators can write batch programs or scripts to execute at specific
times. When these programs execute, they can capture reports on
components of interest, such as fan RPMs. With additional scripting,
the CLI can be used to capture data during periods of high system usage to
compare with the same measurements at times of low system usage.
Command results can be routed to a file for later analysis. The reports can
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