Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5.3 Read me
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DELL OPENMANAGE(TM) SERVER ADMINISTRATOR VERSION 5.3 README
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NOTE: This readme provides information for Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator version 5.3.
This file contains updated information for your "Dell OpenManage
Server Administrator User's Guide" and any other technical
documentation included with Server Administrator.
NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage Install 5.3 readme ("readme_ins.txt"),
which is located under the "readme" folder on the
"Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) Installation and Server Management" CD
for the latest installation information and issues specifically
related to Server Administrator.
NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage Storage Management readme (located in
the "srvadmin\docs\readme" directory on the "Dell PowerEdge
Installation and Server Management" CD) for supplemental
information regarding the Storage Management Service.
NOTE: Server Administrator versioning skipped major versions 3 and 4
so that the Server Administrator and OpenManage versions
would match going forward.
The Server Administrator documentation includes the "User's Guide",
"Messages Reference Guide", "CIM Reference Guide", "Command Line
Interface (CLI) User's Guide", "SNMP Reference Guide", and
"Compatibility Guide". You can access the documentation from the
documentation CD or from the Dell support website at
"support.dell.com".
This file contains the following sections:
* Criticality
* Minimum Requirements
* Release Highlights
* Installation
* User Notes
* Known Issues
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CRITICALITY
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3 - Optional
Dell recommends that you review specifics about the update to
Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 (Web edition), Microsoft Windows Storage
determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes
that impact only certain configurations and provides new features that
may or may not apply to your environment.
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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
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This section provides information about the minimum requirements for
installing and using Server Administrator.
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INSTALLATION AND SERVER MANAGEMENT CD VERSION 5.3 SUPPORTED SYSTEMS
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Refer to the "Dell Systems Software Support Matrix 5.3" for a
complete list of supported Dell systems.
Server Administrator 5.3 is supported on the "Dell Systems Console and
Agent" CD version 5.3.
The following Dell systems are supported for "Dell Systems Console and
Agent" CD version 5.3:
600SC, 650, 700, 750, 1600SC, 1650, 1655MC, 1750, 2600, 2650, 4600,
6600, 6650, 1850, 2800, 2850, 800, 1800, 1855, 6800, 6850, 830, 850,
1950, 2900, 2950, 1955, 1900, 840, 860, 6950, 2970, M600, M605, R805,
R900, and R200.
NOTE: R805, M600, and M605 are scheduled to be available in
Q4 CY07 - Q1 CY08.
The following Dell PowerVault system is supported for
"Dell Systems Console and Agent" CD version 5.3:
NX 1950, 100, 500, and 600.
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SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Refer to the "Dell Systems Software Support Matrix 5.3" for a complete
list of supported Operating systems.
* Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Server family (32-bit extension)
(includes Windows 2000 Server SP4 and Windows 2000
Advanced Server SP4)
* Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit extensions)
(Standard, Enterprise and DataCenter editions), Microsoft Windows
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Server 2003 R2 (Express, Standard, Workgroup, and Enterprise
editions), Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SBS R2 (Standard and
Premium), Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32-bit (Web edition), and
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit extensions)
(Standard and Core, Enterprise and Core, and Datacenter and Core
editions).
NOTE: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is scheduled to be available in
the first half of 2008. For latest information,
see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx.
* Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux (AS, WS and ES), (version 4.5 and 5)
for Intel(R) x86 and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)
* SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server (version 9 SP3 and 10) for Intel
EM64T. In XEN mode, support for service console only.
* VMware ESX 3 service console (see www.dell.com/vmware for details)
NOTE: Please refer to the "ISSUES FOR DRAC 5" section of this
document for the supported managed server operating systems by
DRAC 5.
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SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS
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* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP2) on Microsoft Windows
Server 2000.
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP2) and 7.0 on Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
* Firefox 1.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AS, ES, WS) version 4.5 and
version 5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 SP3 and 10.
* FireFox 2.0 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows
Server 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AS, ES, WS) version 4.5 and
version 5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 SP3 and 10.
NOTE: Please refer to the "ISSUES FOR DRAC 5" section of this
document for the browser supported by DRAC 5.
NOTE: The Server Administrator browser attempts to use the
available browser in all cases. However, under certain
circumstances, using an unsupported (version or unsupported type)
browser may not be reported to the user. In such cases, the user
may see unexpected or incomplete results.
NOTE: The operating system media browser install may not be the
version supported by Server Administrator. See the appropriate Red
Hat Enterprise Linux operating system documentation to upgrade the
base browser install version to the supported version.
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SUPPORTED SSL VERSION
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* Server Administrator supports SSL 3.0 exclusively.
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SUPPORTED RAC FIRMWARE
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* iDRAC firmware version 1.0 or greater is required for systems
installed with iDRAC.
* DRAC 5 firmware version 1.0 or greater is required for systems
installed with DRAC 5.
* On systems installed with a DRAC 4/I and DRAC 4/P firmware version
1.0 or greater is required.
* RAC firmware version 3.20 or greater is required for DRAC III,
DRAC III/XT, ERA, and ERA/O.
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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
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* Added support for the following Dell systems: M600, M605, R805,
R200, and R900.
* Added support for the following Dell PowerVault systems: 100, 500,
and 600.
* Added support for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit),
Standard, Web, DataCenter, Enterprise, and Core editions.
* Added support for Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Version 4.5 (x86_32) and
(x86_64) for AS, ES, and WS editions.
* Added support to configure or report Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controllers' (iDRAC) Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
settings and extended settings for modular servers.
* Added interface to launch the iDRAC and Chassis Management Controller
(CMC) from GUI.
* Added support to display the modular server slot name and the slot
number in the System/Server Module Summary page.
* Added support to display the internal USB device information in the
BIOS Setup and Ports Information page.
* Added support to display Trusted Platform Module (TPM) information in
the BIOS Setup page.
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* Added support to disable baseboard management controller (BMC)
automatic system recovery (ASR) when the operating system's watchdog
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timer (WDT) is configured.
* Added support for additional LAN network ports on the motherboard.
* Added support to display embedded hypervisor information in the BIOS
Setup page and Ports Information page.
* Added support to configure the optical drive controller in the BIOS
Setup page.
* Added support to edit Server Administrator user privileges on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server operating systems.
* Added support for iSCSI enablement of Network Interface Controller.
* Added support to configure power monitoring settings.
NOTE: This feature is supported only on Dell systems with PMBus
Interface.
* Added support to update inventory for hot pluggable devices. Server
Administrator monitors and updates the inventory information when
plug-and-play USB devices such as CatFish tape drives and SAS disk
drives are attached or detached from the managed system.
* Added support to restrict remote access configuration when DRAC
in-band configuration is disabled. When inband configuration is
disabled, remote access functions can be configured only through
out-of-band (OOB) interface.
* Added support for PERC 6/i, PERC 6/E, and SAS 6/iR controllers on
limited Dell x9xx and xx0x systems.
* Added support for RAID-6 and RAID-60 on PERC 6/i and PERC 6/E
controllers.
* Added support to display storage dashboard information in Storage ->
Properties page.
* Added support to display storage alerts in the Server Administrator
Alert Action Information page.
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INSTALLATION
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For complete installation instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage
Installation and Security User's Guide".
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USER NOTES
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This section provides information to help enhance your experience with
3. Under "Internet Options", click the "Security" tab.
Server Administrator, in particular, implementations and environments.
* Server Administrator uses port 1311 as the default port. Port 1311
is a registered port number of Dell Inc. If another application is
configured to run on port 1311 before Server Administrator is
installed, the DSM SA Connection Service will not start after installation.
Before you install Server Administrator, ensure that port 1311 is
not being used.
* You need to enable client-side scripting in Internet Explorer before
starting Server Administrator. To do so, perform the following
steps:
1. Navigate to "Tools" in Internet Explorer.
2. Under Tools, click "Internet Options".
3. Under "Internet Options", click the "Security" tab.
4. Select the security zone that the system running Server
Administrator belongs to.
NOTE: This option should be set to "Trusted sites".
5. Click the "Custom Level" button.
6. For Windows 2000, perform the following steps:
- Under "Miscellaneous", select the "Allow Meta Refresh" radio
button.
- Under "Active Scripting", select the "Enable" radio button.
7. For Windows 2003, perform the following steps,
- Under "Miscellaneous", select the "Allow Meta Refresh" radio
button.
- Under "Active Scripting", select the "Enable" radio button.
- Under "Active scripting", select the "Allow scripting of
Internet Explorer web browser controls" radio button.
- Click "OK" and restart your browser.
* To allow Single Sign-on for Server Administrator, perform the
following steps:
1. Navigate to "Tools" in Internet Explorer.
2. Under "Tools", click "Internet Options"
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4. Select "Trusted sites".
current MIB files supported by PowerEdge software agents are located
5. Click the "Custom Level" button.
6. Under "User Authentication", select the "Automatic Logon with
current username and password" radio button. Press ‘OK’ to exit
the "Custom Level" window.
7. Now select the "Advanced" tab, and under "HTTP 1.1 settings",
make sure "Use HTTP 1.1" is checked.
8. Select "Trusted sites". Click "Sites". Add server to the
website. Click "Close".
9. Click "OK" and restart your browser.
* If you run a security scanner tool (such as Nessus) against the
Server Administrator Web server, certain security warnings against
port 1311 running the Server Administrator Web server may be
displayed. The following warnings have been investigated by Dell
engineering and are determined to be "false positives"
(invalid security warnings) that you can safely ignore:
* "The Web server on 1311 allows scripts to read sensitive
configuration and / or XML files." Dell has determined that this
warning is a false positive.
* "The Web server on 1311 allows to delete " / " which implies that
the Web server will allow a remote user to delete the files in
root on the server." Dell has determined that this warning is a
false positive.
* "The Web server on 1311 might be susceptible to a 'WWW Infinite
Request' attack." Dell has determined that this warning is a false
positive.
* "It is possible to make the remote thttpd server execute arbitrary
code by sending a request like: GET If-Modified-Since:AAA[...]AAAA
Solution: If you are using thttpd, upgrade to version 2.0. If you
are not, then contact your vendor and ask for a patch, or change
your Web server. CVE on this one is CAN-2000-0359". Dell has
determined that this warning is a false positive.
* Enabling Integrated Windows Authentication in Internet Explorer
is not required to activate the Single Sign-On feature.
* Server Administrator security settings are not applicable for Active
Directory users. Active Directory users with read-only login can
access Server Administrator, even after access is blocked in the
preferences page of Server Administrator.
* Dell SNMP MIB Files for Dell Systems
Dell SNMP MIB files for Dell systems allow customers to obtain
and verify information provided by supported software agents. The
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at "\support\mib" on the "Dell Systems Consoles and Agent" CD.
NOTE: A MIB-II-compliant, SNMP-supported network management station
To avoid this issue, you must disable "OS Install Mode" before
is required to compile and browse MIB files.
* OpenManage support for EFS (Encrypting File System)
To improve security, Microsoft provides the capability to encrypt files
using EFS (Encrypting File System). Please note that Server Administrator
will not function if its dependent files are encrypted.
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NOTES FOR THE INSTRUMENTATION SERVICE
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* On certain systems, user-defined thresholds set under Server
Administrator become the default thresholds after uninstalling
Server Administrator.
After you change the threshold value of a probe on certain systems
running Server Administrator and then uninstall Server Administrator,
the changed threshold value becomes the default threshold value.
* When modifying the warning threshold settings, the values are stored
in the firmware as discrete integer values and scaled for display.
If the modified value is not a discrete integer, it may change when
saved.
* Fan redundancy can have the following states:
Fully Redundant: The sensors display this status, if all the fans
in the system are present and are in a non-failure state.
OR
Redundancy Lost: The sensors display this status, whenever any
system fan fails or is removed from the chassis.
Additionally, on PowerEdge 6800, the sensors will report a fan
redundancy status of "Redundancy Lost" in the following scenarios:
- A power supply is removed and a power supply fan blank is not
inserted.
- A power supply fan blank is present but has failed.(134157)
* If a system with memory redundancy enabled enters a "redundancy
lost" state, it may not be apparent which memory module is the
cause. If you cannot determine which DIMM to replace, see the
"switch to spare memory detected" log entry in the ESM system
log to find the memory module that failed.
* If you run Server Administrator while the system is in "OS Install
Mode", memory may be reported incorrectly by Server Administrator.
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running Server Administrator.
* If you have to uninstall and reinstall the operating system SNMP
launching Server Administrator, you can access the Storage Management
service, then reinstall Server Administrator as well, so that the
Server Administrator SNMP agents are registered with the operating
system SNMP agent.
* Server Administrator Device Drivers for Linux
Server Administrator includes two device drivers for Linux: Dell
Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) and Dell BIOS Update Driver
(dell_rbu). Server Administrator uses these drivers to perform its
systems management functions. Depending on the system, Server
Administrator loads one or both of these drivers if required.
These drivers have been released as open source under the GNU
General Public License v2.0. They are available in Linux kernels
from kernel.org starting with kernel 2.6.14.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
Server Administrator provides precompiled dcdbas and dell_rbu
modules for Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.5. These drivers
also ship with Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.5 and
version 5. It is expected that future Red Hat Enterprise Linux
version 4.5 and 5 Updates will continue to ship these drivers.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:
These drivers ship with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9
Service Pack 3 (SP3) and version 10. It is expected that future
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9 and 10 Service Packs will
continue to ship these drivers.
If the drivers are available with the operating system, Server
Administrator will use those versions of the drivers. If the
drivers are not available with the operating system, Server
Administrator will use its precompiled modules on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux version 4. If precompiled drivers are not
available with the operating system or Server Administrator,
Server Administrator uses its Dynamic Kernel Support (DKS) feature
to build the drivers when needed. See the "Dell OpenManage
Installation and Security User's Guide" for more information about
DKS.
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NOTES FOR THE STORAGE MANAGEMENT SERVICE
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* When using the Storage Management Service, Stop the DSM SA Data
Manager Services before updating the Adapted(R) Controllers.
* Detailed information on the Storage Management Service is available
in the Storage Management Service online help. After installing and
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