Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator Version 9.1 User's Guide
- Introduction
- Installation
- What is new in this release
- Updating individual system components
- Storage Management Service
- Instrumentation Service
- Remote Access Controller
- Logs
- Systems management standards availability
- Server Administrator Home Page
- Other Documents You May Need
- Obtaining Technical Assistance
- Contacting Dell EMC
- Setup And Administration
- Role-Based Access Control
- Authentication
- Encryption
- Assigning User Privileges
- Adding users to a domain on Windows operating systems
- Creating Server Administrator users for supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems
- Disabling Guest And Anonymous Accounts In Supported Windows Operating Systems
- Configuring The SNMP Agent
- Configuring the SNMP agent on systems running supported Windows operating systems
- Changing the SNMP community name
- Configuring Your System To Send SNMP Traps To A Management Station
- Configuring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SNMP Agent Access Control Configuration
- Server Administrator SNMP Agent Install Actions
- Changing The SNMP Community Name
- Configuring Your System To Send Traps To A Management Station
- Configuring the SNMP agent on systems running supported SUSE Linux enterprise server
- Sever Administrator SNMP Install Actions
- Enabling SNMP Access From Remote Hosts
- Changing The SNMP Community Name
- Configuring the SNMP agent on systems running supported Ubuntu server
- Configuring the SNMP agent on systems running supported VMware ESXi 6.X operating systems
- Configuring Your System To Send Traps To A Management Station
- Firewall Configuration On Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems And SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Using Server Administrator
- Logging In And Out
- Server Administrator Local System Login
- Server Administrator Managed System Login — Using the Desktop Icon
- Server Administrator Managed System Login — Using The Web Browser
- Central web server login
- Using The Active Directory Login
- Single Sign-On
- Configuring Security Settings On Systems Running A Supported Microsoft Windows Operating System
- The Server Administrator home page
- Using The Online Help
- Using The Preferences Home Page
- Using The Server Administrator Command Line Interface
- Logging In And Out
- Server Administrator services
- Managing your system
- Managing system or server module tree objects
- Server Administrator Home Page System Tree Objects
- Managing Preferences Home Page Configuration Options
- Server Administrator logs
- Working with remote access controller
- Viewing Basic Information
- Configuring The Remote Access Device To Use A LAN Connection
- Configuring The Remote Access Device To Use A Serial Port Connection
- Configuring The Remote Access Device To Use A Serial Over LAN Connection
- Additional Configuration For iDRAC
- Configuring Remote Access Device Users
- Setting Platform Event Filter Alerts
- Setting Alert Actions
- Troubleshooting
- Frequently Asked Questions
● Upgraded Tomcat version to 8.5.15
● Minimum supported TLS version is TLSv1.1
● Encryption Ciphers list has been updated as per OWASP Apache Tomcat Security Standards
● Supports NVDIMM (Non Volatile DIMM) monitoring in PowerEdge 14G servers
● Supports System Configuration Lockdown Mode in PowerEdge 14G servers
● Supports “Full Power Cycle” capability under BIOS settings which enables DC Power cycle followed by AC Power cycle of
the auxiliary components (includes iDRAC, CPLD, etc.)
● From 14G onwards, Server Administrator Shared Service which is used to invoke the Inventory Collector would be disabled
by default during installation of Server Administrator. In order to invoke Inventory Collector explicitly customer should enable
it through OM command line interface
● Support for the following operating systems:
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
○ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
○ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
○ VMware ESXi 6.5
○ VMware ESXi 6.0 U3
○ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus) from PowerEdge 14G servers onwards
○
NOTE: Citrix XenServer operating system support has been dropped for Server Administrator and Storage
Management.
● Support for the following browsers:
○ Internet Explorer - 10, 11
○ Google Chrome - 57, 58
○ Safari - 10.x
○ Mozilla Firefox - 52, 53
● Supported network cards are:
○ Emulex LightPulse LPe31000-M6-D 1-Port 16Gb Full Height Fibre Channel Adapter
○ Emulex LightPulse LPe31000-M6-D 1-Port 16Gb Low Profile Fibre Channel Adapter
○ Emulex LightPulse LPe31002-M6-D 2-Port 16Gb Full Height Fibre Channel Adapter
○ Emulex LightPulse LPe31002-M6-D 2-Port 16Gb Low Profile Fibre Channel Adapter
○ Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port EDR VPI QSFP28 Low Profile Adapter
○ Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port EDR VPI QSFP28 Full Height Network Adapter
○ Mellanox ConnectX-4 Single Port EDR VPI QSFP28 Low Profile Adapter
○ Mellanox ConnectX-4 Single Port EDR VPI QSFP28 Full Height Network Adapter
○ Harbor Channel - Intel(R) Ethernet 25G 2P XXV710 Adapter (25GBE PCIe Adapter)
○ QLogic Duluth - FH – 10Gb Dual Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41162HFRJ-DL-BK (without
optics)
○ QLogic Duluth – LP - 10Gb Dual Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41162HLRJ-DL-BK (without
optics)
○ QLogic Dunkirk - 10- FH – 10Gb Dual Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41112HFCU-DL-BK
(without optics)
○
QLogic Dunkirk - 10– LP - 10Gb Dual Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41112HLCU-DL-BK
(without optics)
○ QLogic Dunkirk - FH – 10/25Gb Dual Port SFP28 Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41262HFCU-DL-BK
(without optics)
○ QLogic Dunkirk – LP - 10/25Gb Dual Port SFP28 Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41262HLCU-DL-BK
(without optics)
○ QLogic Dundee - FH – 10Gb Quad Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HFRJ-DL (without
optics)
○ QLogic Dundee – LP – 10Gb Quad Port BT Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HLRJ-DL (without
optics)
○ QLogic Delray - FH – 10Gb Quad Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HFCU-DL (without
optics)
○ QLogic Delray – LP - 10Gb Quad Port SFP Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41164HLCU-DL (without
optics)
○ QLogic Dardanelle – rNDC - 10/25Gb Dual Port SFP28 Arrowhead based Converged Network Adapter QL41262HMCU-
DL (without optics)
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