Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Server Administrator 8.5 Release Notes
- Release Type and Definition
- Importance
- Platform(s) Affected
- What is Supported
- What’s New
- Important Notes
- Known Issues for Server Administrator
- Issues of Server Administrator on VMware ESX Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on all Linux Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2003 Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on All Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2008 Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2012 Operating Systems
- Issues of Server Administrator on All Supported Operating Systems
- Issues for Remote Access
- Issues of Server Administrator on all Operating Systems
- Known Issues and Workarounds for Storage Management Service
- Installation Prerequisites
- Installation Procedure
- Firmware for PERC controllers
- Microsoft Windows Drivers for PERC Controllers
- Linux Drivers for PERC Controllers
- Installation and Configuration Notes
2. In Active Scripting, select the Enable radio button.
3. Under Active scripting, select the Allow scripting of Microsoft web browser controls radio button.
g. Click OK and restart your browser.
• To allow Single Sign-on for Server Administrator, perform the following steps:
a. In Internet Explorer, navigate to Tools.
b. Click Internet Options.
c. Click the Security tab.
d. Select Trusted sites.
e. Click the Custom Level button.
f. Under User Authentication, select the Automatic Logon with current username and passwordradio button. Click OK to
exit the Custom Level window.
g. Select the Advanced tab and in HTTP 1.1 settings, make sure Use HTTP 1.1 is checked.
h. Select Trusted sites. Click Sites. Add the server to the website.
i. Click Close.
j. Click OK and restart your browser.
• If you run a security scanner tool such as Nessus, against the Server Administrator Web server, security warnings may be
displayed against port 1311, the port running the Server Administrator Web server. The warnings have been investigated by
engineering and are determined to be "false positives" (invalid security warnings) that you can ignore. The following are the
warnings:
– The Web server on 1311 allows scripts to read the sensitive conguration and/or XML les.
– The Web server on 1311 allows to delete "/" which implies that the web server will allow a remote user to delete the les in
root on the server."
– The web server on 1311 may be susceptible to a 'www Innite Request' attack.
• It is possible to make the remote thttpd server execute arbitrary code by sending a request like: GET If-Modied-
Since:AAA[...]AAAA
Solution: If you are using thttpd, upgrade to version 2.0. Else, contact the vendor for a patch or change the web server. CVE on
this one is CAN-2000-0359".
• Enabling Integrated Windows Authentication in Internet Explorer is not required to activate the Single Sign-On feature.
• The Server Administrator security settings are not applicable for Active Directory users. Active Directory users with read-only
login can access Server Administrator, even if the access is blocked in the Server Administrator Preferences page.
• Dell SNMP MIB Files for Dell Systems:
• Dell SNMP MIB les for Dell systems allow you to obtain and verify information provided by supported software agents. The
current MIB les supported by PowerEdge software agents are located at \support\mib on the Systems Management Tools and
Documentation DVD.
NOTE:
A MIB-II-compliant, SNMP-supported network management station is required to compile and browse MIB les.
OpenManage support for Encrypting File System (EFS)
• To improve security, Microsoft allows encrypting les using EFS. Note that SERVER ADMINISTRATOR will not function if its
dependent les are encrypted.
• Server Administrator GUI and CLI Response Time
• On PowerEdge 10th generation of PowerEdge servers or later, the response time for some components of the Server
Administrator GUI and CLI has increased to several seconds as Server Administrator does not cache some of the DRAC/iDRAC
data. The data is retrieved from the DRAC/iDRAC when you request for it.
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