Users Guide
2. Type passwd username and press <Enter>.
3. When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
You must assign a password to every user account that can access Dell OpenManage software to protect access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Dell OpenManage software with User group privileges.
Creating Users With Power User Privileges
1. Run the following command from the command line:
useradd -d home-directory -g root username
2. Type passwd username and press <Enter>.
3. When prompted, enter a password for the new user.
You must assign a password to every user account that can access Dell OpenManage software to protect access to your critical system components.
The new user can now log in to Dell OpenManage software with Power User group privileges.
Microsoft Active Directory
IfyouuseActiveDirectoryservicesoftware,youcanconfigureittocontrolaccesstoyournetwork.DellhasmodifiedtheActiveDirectorydatabasetosupport
remote management authentication and authorization. IT Assistant and Server Administrator, as well as Dell remote access controllers, can now interface with
Active Directory. With this tool, you can add and control users and privileges from one central database. If you use Active Directory to control user access to
your network, see "Using Microsoft® Active Directory®."
Configuring the SNMP Agent
Dell OpenManage software supports the SNMP systems management standard on all supported operating systems. The SNMP support may or may not be
installed depending on your operating system and how the operating system was installed. An installed supported systems management protocol standard,
such as SNMP, is required before installing Dell OpenManage software. See "Installation Requirements" for more information.
You can configure the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable Set operations, and send traps to a management station. To configure your SNMP
agent for proper interaction with management applications such as IT Assistant, perform the procedures described in the following sections.
The following sections provide step-by-step instructions for configuring the SNMP agent for each supported operating system:
l ConfiguringtheSNMPAgentforSystemsRunningSupportedWindowsOperatingSystems
l ConfiguringtheSNMPAgentonSystemsRunningSupportedRedHatEnterpriseLinuxOperatingSystems
l Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating Systems
ConfiguringtheSNMPAgentforSystemsRunningSupportedWindowsOperatingSystems
Dell OpenManage software uses the SNMP services provided by the Windows SNMP agent. (SNMP is one of the two supported ways of connecting to a System
Administrator session; the other is CIM/WMI.) You can configure the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable Set operations, and send traps to a
management station. To configure your SNMP agent for proper interaction with management applications such as IT Assistant, perform the procedures
described in the following sections.
Enabling SNMP Access By Remote Hosts on Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003, by default, does not accept SNMP packets from remote hosts. For systems running Windows Server 2003, you must configure the SNMP
service to accept SNMP packets from remote hosts if you plan to manage the system by using SNMP management applications from remote hosts. To enable
remote shutdown of a system from IT Assistant, SNMP Set operations must be enabled.
NOTE: You must set root as the primary group.
NOTE: For IT Assistant to retrieve management information from a system running Server Administrator, the community name used by IT Assistant must
match a community name on the system running Server Administrator. For IT Assistant to modify information or perform actions on a system running
Server Administrator, the community name used by IT Assistant must match a community name that allows Set operations on the system running Server
Administrator. For IT Assistant to receive traps (asynchronous event notifications) from a system running Server Administrator, the system running
ServerAdministratormustbeconfiguredtosendtrapstothesystemrunningITAssistant.Formoreinformation,seetheDell OpenManage IT Assistant
User's Guide.
NOTE: See your operating system documentation for additional details on SNMP configuration.