Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.0.1 Read me

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DELL(TM) OPENMANAGE(TM) SERVER ADMINISTRATOR VERSION 6.0.1 README

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Version: 6.0.1 Release Date: March 2009

NOTE: This readme provides information for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator version 6.0.1.

This file contains updated information for your "Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide" and any other technical documentation included with Server Administrator.

NOTE: Dell OpenManage System Management software, including Server Administrator, is available only on the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD.

NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage Storage Management readme for detailed information regarding the Storage Management Service.

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 Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD 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

##################################################################### CRITICALITY #####################################################################

3 - Optional

Dell recommends that you review specifics about the update to 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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This section provides information about the minimum requirements for installing and using Server Administrator.

* Please see the latest Dell Systems Software Support Matrix contained on the media for the latest and complete list of supported operating systems and platforms.

===================================================================== SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS =====================================================================

* 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 2.0 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10. * FireFox 3.0 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AS, ES, WS) version 4.7 and version 5.2 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10.

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 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.

NOTE: If you are unable to launch server administrator using IPv6 address, check the operating system and browser support for IPv6.

===================================================================== SUPPORTED SSL VERSION =====================================================================

* Server Administrator supports SSL 3.0 exclusively.

===================================================================== SUPPORTED RAC FIRMWARE =====================================================================

* iDRAC firmware version 1.0 or greater is required for systems installed with iDRAC.

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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS

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* Added installation support for the following operating systems:

* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32-bit (Web edition) * Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit extensions) (Standard and Core, Enterprise and Core, and Datacenter and Core editions).

* Added support for the following Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems: R710, R610, T610, M610, and M710

* For a detailed table of supported servers and operating systems, refer to the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix.

##################################################################### INSTALLATION #####################################################################

For complete installation instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User's Guide".

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This section provides information to help enhance your experience with 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.

8. 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"

3. Under "Internet Options", click the "Security" tab.

4. Select "Trusted sites".

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 current MIB files supported by PowerEdge(TM) software agents are located at "\support\mib" on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.

NOTE: A MIB-II-compliant, SNMP-supported network management station 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). Note that Server Administrator will not function if its dependent files are encrypted.

* Server Administrator GUI and CLI Response Time

On Dell PowerEdge x8xx and later systems, the response time for some parts of the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator GUI and CLI have increased to several seconds because some of the iDRAC data is no longer cached by Server Administrator. The data must be retrieved from the iDRAC when requested by the user.

The following Server Administrator GUI pages are of note:

- Server Administrator home page on log in

- Remote Access -> Users

- Alert Management -> Platform Events

The following Server Administrator CLI commands are of note:

- omreport chassis remoteaccess config=user

- omreport system platformevents

- omreport system pedestinations

The amount of time varies by hardware system and operating system. [188345]

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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.

Redundancy Lost: The sensors display this status, whenever any system fan fails or is removed from the chassis.

* 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. To avoid this issue, you must disable "OS Install Mode" before running Server Administrator.

* If you have to uninstall and reinstall the operating system SNMP 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 10. It is expected that future SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 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.

===================================================================== NOTES FOR THE STORAGE MANAGEMENT SERVICE =====================================================================

* When using the Storage Management Service, Stop the DSM SA Data Manager Services before updating the Adaptec(R) Controllers.

* Detailed information on the Storage Management Service is available in the Storage Management Service online help. After installing and launching Server Administrator, you can access the Storage Management Service online help by selecting the Storage or lower-level tree object and clicking the Help button on the global navigation bar.

===================================================================== NOTES FOR THE REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE =====================================================================

* This service is available on supported systems in this release only. It enables remote access to a server that has lost its network connection or that has become unresponsive. In this release of Server Administrator, the Remote Access Service uses Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).

* iDRAC also have their own CLI that is accessed through the "racadm" command. You can add racadm commands to a batch or script file to automate various user tasks. To limit the stress load on the managed system and RAC, add "sleep" or "delay" commands of one or two seconds between the individual racadm commands.

* After installing Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, you may notice that the automatic configuration and proxy setting information for each connection is separate from the same information used for the LAN connection. If you have a dial-up and a LAN connection at the same time, Internet Explorer may block your access to the Internet.

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