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Dell OpenManage™

Server Administrator Version 2.3

User’s Guide

Notes and Notices

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

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November 2005

Contents 3

Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Integrated Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Server Administrator Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Instrumentation Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Remote Access Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Storage Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Diagnostic Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Other Documents You Might Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Obtaining Technical Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 What’s New for Version 2.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3 Setup and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Security Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Encryption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Assigning User Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Creating Server Administrator Users for Supported

Windows Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Creating Server Administrator Users for Supported

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Disabling Guest and Anonymous Accounts in Supported

Windows Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Configuring the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running Supported

Windows Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

X.509 Certificate Management Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Firewall Configuration on Systems Running Supported

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4 Using Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Starting Your Server Administrator Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Logging In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Single Sign-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Systems Running a Supported Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Server Administrator Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Global Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

System Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Action Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the Preferences Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the Server Administrator Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Secure Port Server and Security Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Setting User and System Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

X.509 Certificate Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Controlling Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Starting Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Stopping Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Restarting Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Contents 5

5 Installing Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Upgrade Using the Service Pack Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD. . . . . . . . . 45

Unattended and Silent Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Upgrading Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing Server Administrator with Citrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Considerations Before Installing Storage Management Service . . . . . 50

6 Instrumentation Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Managing Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Managing System Tree Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Server Administrator Home Page System Tree Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Managing Preferences: Home Page Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . 79

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

7 Working With the Baseboard Management

Controller (BMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Viewing Basic BMC Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Configuring BMC Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Setting BMC Platform Event Filter Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Setting Platform Event Alert Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Configuring the BMC to use a Serial Over LAN (SOL) Connection . . . . . . . 85

Configuring the BMC to use a Serial Port Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Configuring the BMC to use a Virtual LAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

8 Remote Access Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Hardware Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Software Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Adding and Configuring DRAC Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Configuring an Existing DRAC User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Configuring the DRAC Network Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Configuring the DRAC Alert Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Configuring the SNMP Alert Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Configuring DRAC III Dial-in (PPP) Users and Modem Settings . . . . . . . . 95

Adding and Configuring a DRAC III Dial-In (PPP) User. . . . . . . . . . . 95

Adding and Configuring DRAC III Demand Dial-Out Entries . . . . . . . . 96

Configuring the DRAC III Modem Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Configuring the DRAC Remote Features Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Configuring DRAC Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Certificate Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuring Remote Connect Authentication Options . . . . . . . . . . 101

Accessing and Using a Dell Remote Access Controller . . . . . . . . . . . 101

9 Storage Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Software Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Hardware Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Basic Storage Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Basic Storage Management and Array Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Basic Storage Management Tree Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Contents 7

Enhanced Storage Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Enhanced Storage Management Service and Array Manager . . . . . 107

Enhanced Storage Management Tree Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Enhanced Storage Management Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Comparing the Enhanced Storage Management Service

and Array Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Migrating from Array Manager to the Enhanced

Storage Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Basic and Enhanced Storage Management

Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Displaying Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

10 Diagnostic Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Devices Supported by the Diagnostic Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Diagnostic Service Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Upgrading the Diagnostic Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring the Diagnostic Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring the Applications Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring the Test Execution Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Re-enumerating Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Running Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Scheduling Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Reviewing Scheduled Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

11 Server Administrator Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Integrated Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Log Window Task Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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Server Administrator Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Hardware Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Alert Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

POST Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Command Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

12 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Setting Alert Actions for Systems Running a Supported

Red Hat®Enterprise Linux Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

BMC Platform Events Filter Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Introduction 9

Introduction

Overview

Server Administrator provides a comprehensive, one-to-one systems management solution in two

ways: from an integrated, Web browser-based GUI (the Server Administrator home page) and from a

command line interface (CLI) through the operating system. Server Administrator is designed for

system administrators to both locally and remotely manage systems on a network.

Server Administrator allows system administrators to focus on managing their entire network by

providing comprehensive one-to-one systems management.

NOTE: For the purposes of Server Administrator, a system can be a stand-alone system, a server with

attached network storage units in separate chassis, or a modular system consisting of one or more server

modules in a chassis.

Server Administrator provides information about:

• Systems that are operating properly and systems that have problems

• Systems that require updates

• Systems that require remote recovery operations

Integrated Features

Server Administrator provides easy-to-use management and administration of local and remote systems

through a comprehensive set of integrated management services. Server Administrator resides solely

on the system being managed and is accessible both locally and remotely from the Server Administrator

home page. Remotely monitored systems may be accessed by dial-in, LAN, or wireless connections.

Server Administrator ensures the security of its management connections through role-based access

control (RBAC), authentication, and industry-standard secure socket layer (SSL) encryption.

Installation

You can install Server Administrator by using several methods. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ Installation

and Server Management CD provides a setup program to install, upgrade, and uninstall Server

Administrator and other managed system software components on your managed system.

The Dell Systems Management Consoles CD provides a setup program to install, upgrade, and

uninstall management station software components on your management station. Additionally, you

can install Server Administrator on multiple systems through an unattended installation across a

network. Lastly, if you have a modular system, or if your Microsoft®Windows®operating system

was preinstalled, you already have the Server Administrator installed on your system.

10 Introduction

NOTE: If you have a modular system, you must install Server Administrator on each server module that is installed

in the chassis.

To update individual Server Administrator components, use component specific Dell Update Packages.

Use the Dell Server Update Utility application CD to view the complete version report and to update an

entire system. The Server Update Utility is a CD-ROM based application for identifying and applying

updates to your server. The Server Update Utility can be downloaded from support.dell.com.

See the Server Update Utility User's Guide for more information about obtaining and using the Server

Update Utility (SUU) to update your Dell PowerEdge server or to view the updates available for any

server listed in the Repository.

Server Administrator Home Page

The Server Administrator home page provides easy to set up and easy-to-use Web browser-based system

management from the managed system or from a remote host through a LAN, dial-up service, or wireless

network. When the Server Administrator secure port server is installed and configured on the managed

system, you can perform remote management functions from any system that has a supported Web

browser and connection. Additionally, the Server Administrator home page provides extensive,

context-sensitive online help.

Instrumentation Service

The Instrumentation Service provides rapid access to detailed fault and performance information

gathered by industry-standard systems management agents and allows remote administration of

monitored systems, including shutdown, startup, and security.

Remote Access Service

NOTE: The Remote Access Service is not available on modular systems. You must directly connect to the Dell

Remote Access Controller (DRAC) on a modular system. See the Dell Embedded Remote Access/MC User's Guide

for more information.

The Remote Access Service provides a complete, remote system management solution for systems

equipped with a DRAC solution. The Remote Access Service provides remote access to an inoperable

system, allowing you to get the system up and running as quickly as possible. The Remote Access Service

also provides alert notification when a system is down and allows you to remotely restart a system.

Additionally, the Remote Access Service logs the probable cause of system crashes and saves the most

recent crash screen.

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