Owner's Manual

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Additional Information
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* Security Consideration for Dell Discovery Utility
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When you run Dell Discovery utility for first time on any system, to
discover the MD storage arrays, there is a delay of 40-45 seconds to launch the
utility if the system does not have access to the internet.The delay occurs
because in the .NET Framework 2.0, when the CLR loads an assembly into a process,
if the CLR finds an Authenticode signature (which involves a Certificate), it
generates Publisher Evidence from it and validates the Certificate by
contacting the issuing authority to ensure the Certificate has not been revoked.
When validating the Certificate the operating system scans the chain of
Certificates and tries to download the Certificate Revocation List
from a server on the internet. If you do not have internet access or network is too slow,
then this process is delayed – thereby delaying the start of the application.
Note: When you disable signature verification, the .NET Framework 2.0 managed
application no longer receives publisher evidence. This behavior affects the .NET
Framework 2.0 managed application only when you use publisher evidence or
when you use the PublisherIdentityPermission class.
To avoid the delay in launching the utility on a system without internet access:
1. Open the DellDiscoveryUtility.exe.config file from the location where you have extracted the
contents Dell_MDStorageArray_ABB.exe.
2. Set the value of <generatePublisherEvidence enabled="True"/> to "False".
For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936707.
* The "dell_MDStorageArray_ip.cfg" file contains sample IP addresses
separated by semi-colons. Before importing the management pack, the
operator needs to replace them with the set of MD IP addresses manually
or use the output file of Dell Discovery Utility.
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OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORT
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List of Operating Systems supported on the system where you run the Dell Discovery utility:
Servers
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- Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
- Windows Server 2003 SP2, Standard x86 Edition
- Windows Server 2003 SP2, Standard x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2003 SP2, Enterprise x86 Edition