Users Guide

messages about the certificate, the certificate used must be from a trusted CA. For more information about X.509
Certificate Management, see X.509 Certificate Management.
NOTE: To ensure system security, it is recommended that you import a certificate chain from a Certification Authority
(CA). For more information, see the VMware documentation.
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
file. For information about accessing this .exe file, see your operating system documentation. 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 Active Directory Login 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 Server Administrator Installation Guide at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
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 Server Administrator icon on your desktop.
NOTE:
For more information about Single Sign-On, see the Knowledge Base article at support.microsoft.com/
default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q258063.
For local machine access, you must have an account on the machine with the appropriate privileges (User, Power User, or
Administrator). Other users are authenticated against the Microsoft Active Directory. To launch Server Administrator using
Single Sign-On authentication against Microsoft Active Directory, the following parameters must also be passed:
authType=ntlm&application=[plugin name]
where plugin name = omsa, ita,, and so on.
For example,
https://localhost:1311/?authType=ntlm&application=omsa
To launch Server Administrator using Single Sign-On authentication against the local machine user accounts, the following
parameters must also be passed:
authType=ntlm&application=[plugin name]&locallogin=true
Where plugin name = omsa, ita, and so on.
For example,
https://localhost:1311/?authType=ntlm&application=omsa&locallogin=true
Server Administrator has also been extended to allow other products (such as Dell OpenManage Essentials) to directly access
Server Administrator web pages without going through the login page (if you are currently logged in and have the appropriate
privileges).
Configuring Security Settings On Systems Running A Supported
Microsoft Windows Operating System
You must configure the security settings for your browser to log in to Server Administrator from a remote management system
that is running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system.
The security settings for your browser may prevent the execution of client-side scripts that are used by Server Administrator.
To enable the use of client-side scripting, perform the following steps on the remote management system.
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