Users Guide

4 Contents
3 Setup and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installation Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Supported Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
System Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Dependencies and Prerequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Upgrading from Dell OpenManage Software Versions 1.x, 2.x,
and 3.x–4.2
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Configuring a Supported Web Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configuring Internet Explorer to Connect to the
Web-Based Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Viewing Localized Versions of the Web-Based Interface
. . . . . . . . . 35
Assigning User Privileges
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Creating Users for Supported Windows Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . 35
Creating Users for Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating Systems
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Microsoft Active Directory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring the SNMP Agent
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running
Supported Windows Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Secure Port Server and Security Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting User and Server Preferences
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
X.509 Certificate Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4 Using Server Assistant to Install an
Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installation Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing Your Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54