Users Guide

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SSL Server Certificates
Server Administrator Web server is configured to use the industry-standard SSL security protocol to transfer encrypted
data over a network. Built on an asymmetric encryption technology, SSL is widely accepted for providing authenticated and
encrypted communication between clients and servers to prevent eavesdropping across a network.
An SSL-enabled system can perform the following tasks:
Authenticate itself to an SSL-enabled client
Allow the two systems to establish an encrypted connection
The encryption process provides a high level of data protection. Server Administrator uses the most secure form of encryption
generally available for Internet browsers in North America.
Server Administrator Web server has a Dell self-signed unique SSL digital certificate by default. You can replace the default
SSL certificate with a certificate signed by a well-known Certificate Authority (CA). A Certificate Authority is a business entity
that is recognized in the Information Technology industry for meeting high standards of reliable screening, identification, and
other important security criteria. Examples of CAs include Thawte and VeriSign. To initiate the process of obtaining a CA-signed
certificate, use the Server Administrator Web interface to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) with your companys
information. Then, submit the generated CSR to a CA such as VeriSign or Thawte. The CA can be a root CA or an intermediate
CA. After you receive the CA-signed SSL certificate, upload the certificate to Server Administrator.
For each Server Administrator to be trusted by the management station, the SSL certificate of that Server Administrator must
be placed in the certificate store of the management station. After the SSL certificate is installed on the management stations,
supported browsers can access Server Administrator without certificate warnings.
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:
Properties
Shutdown
Logs
Alert Management
Session Management
Upgrading web server
CAUTION:
Factory reset is not possible after a web server update. For a factory reset, reinstall the Server
Administrator.
You can upgrade the Apache Tomcat web server, whenever required, using the omwsupdateutility, without affecting the
Server Administrator functionality. The utility allows upgrade to a minor version of web server, but does not support upgrade to
a major version. For example, upgrade from version A.x to A.y is supported, but not A.x to B.x or B.y. Also, using the utility you
can move the version of the web server to an earlier version, provided it is a minor version. The utility is saved to the following
default location during web server installation:
On systems running a Windows operating system: C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\omsa\wsupdate
On systems running a Linux operating system: /opt/dell/srvadmin/lib64/openmanage/wsupdate
You can download the required version of Tomcat web server package and run the utility from a command prompt. Download
the Tomcat web server core distribution package from tomcat.apache.org. The distribution package must be a .zip
or .tar.gz file; Windows installer wrapper packages are not supported.
To update web server, browse to thewsupdate folder and then run the following command:
On Windows: omwsupdate.bat [SysMgt folder path] [apache-tomcat.zip/.tar.gz file path]
On Linux: omwsupdate.sh [srvadmin folder path] [apache-tomcat.zip/.tar.gz file path]
The default SysMgt folder path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt and srvadmin folder path is /opt/dell/
srvadmin.
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