Users Guide

Dell OpenManage™ Security 19
Dell OpenManage™ Security
Security Features
The Dell OpenManage systems management software components provide the following
security features:
• Authentication for users through hardware-stored user IDs and passwords, or by using the optional
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• Role-based authority that allows specific privileges to be configured for each user.
• User ID and password configuration through the Web-based interface or the command line
interface (CLI), in most cases.
• SSL encryption of 128 bit and 40 bit (for countries where 128 bit is not acceptable).
NOTE: Telnet does not support SSL encryption.
• Session time-out configuration (in minutes) through the Web-based interface or CLI.
• Configuration of many of the commonly known ports.
Built-in Security Features
Ports
Table 2-1 lists the ports used by the Dell OpenManage systems management software, other
standard operating system services, and other agent applications. Correctly configured ports are
necessary to allow Dell OpenManage systems management software to connect to a remote device
through firewalls. If the attempt to communicate with a remote device fails, you may have specified
an incorrect port number.