Users Guide

1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 6
Installation...............................................................................................................................................................................6
What is new in this release................................................................................................................................................... 6
Updating individual system components............................................................................................................................ 7
Storage Management Service............................................................................................................................................. 7
Instrumentation Service........................................................................................................................................................7
Remote Access Controller....................................................................................................................................................8
Logs......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Systems management standards availability......................................................................................................................8
Availability on supported operating systems................................................................................................................ 8
Server Administrator Home Page........................................................................................................................................9
Other Documents You May Need....................................................................................................................................... 9
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site.............................................................................................10
Obtaining Technical Assistance..........................................................................................................................................10
Contacting Dell EMC........................................................................................................................................................... 10
2 Setup And Administration............................................................................................................ 11
Role-Based Access Control................................................................................................................................................. 11
User privileges................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Authentication...................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Microsoft Windows Authentication............................................................................................................................. 12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux And SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Authentication.......................................................12
VMware ESXi Server Authentication...........................................................................................................................12
Encryption............................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Assigning User Privileges.....................................................................................................................................................12
Adding users to a domain on Windows operating systems.......................................................................................13
Creating Server Administrator users for supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server operating systems......................................................................................................................................... 13
Disabling Guest And Anonymous Accounts In Supported Windows Operating Systems.....................................15
Configuring The SNMP Agent......................................................................................................................................15
Firewall Configuration On Systems Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems
And SUSE Linux Enterprise Server......................................................................................................................... 20
3 Using Server Administrator......................................................................................................... 22
Logging In And Out............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Server Administrator Local System Login.................................................................................................................. 22
Server Administrator Managed System Login — Using the Desktop Icon............................................................22
Server Administrator Managed System Login — Using The Web Browser..........................................................23
Central web server login............................................................................................................................................... 23
Using The Active Directory Login................................................................................................................................24
Single Sign-On................................................................................................................................................................24
Configuring Security Settings On Systems Running A Supported Microsoft Windows Operating System......24
The Server Administrator home page...............................................................................................................................25
Server Administrator user interface differences across modular and non-modular systems..............................27
Global Navigation Bar....................................................................................................................................................27
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