Users Guide

Introduction 7
Features
• Ease of installation
You can install Server Administrator Web Server on any computer (laptop,
desktop, or server) with a supported operating system using a simple and
straight-forward GUI (Graphical User Interface). For the list of supported
operating systems, see "Supported Operating Systems for Server
Administrator on the Management Station".
• Elimination of Server Administrator Web Server installation on every
managed system
From a single system, you can use multiple instances of Server
Administrator Web Server to log on to various systems pre-installed with
VMware ESXi 3.5. You can then access and monitor the managed system
on those systems. This eliminates the need to install Server Administrator
Web Server on every Dell system that has VMware ESXi 3.5 installed.
• Remote management capabilities
Server Administrator 6.0.3 offers remote management capabilities.
You need not have physical access to the system to perform system
management tasks on that system. You can log on to any computer and
remotely monitor the managed system.
• Greater disk space and memory on the managed system
Server Administrator Web Server is installed on a separate system and not
on the managed system thus resulting in considerable savings on the disk
space and memory of the managed system.
Support Information
This section lists:
• Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 6.0.3 System Support for VMware
ESXi 3.5
• Supported Operating Systems for Server Administrator on the
Management Station
• Supported Browsers for Server Administrator on the Management Station
For information about hardware system requirements, see your system’s
Getting Started With Your System guide.