Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.0.3 Owner's Manual

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DELL(TM) OPENMANAGE(TM) SERVER ADMINISTRATOR VERSION 6.0.3 README

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Version 6.0.3
Release Date: March 2009

NOTE: This readme provides information for Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator version 6.0.3.

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

NOTE: 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". You can access the documentation 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
determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes
that impact only certain configurations and provides new features that

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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.

* Please see the latest Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
Installation Guide for VMware(R) ESXi 3.5. for the latest and
complete list of supported operating systems and platforms.

NOTE: See 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 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: See 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 results.

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

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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

* You need to enable client-side scripting in Internet Explorer

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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.

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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
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* Added support for the following operating systems:

- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP SP2

- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Vista - Business and Enterprise
editions.

- VMware(R) ESX Version 3.5i Update 4 or later.

* See the "Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide
for VMware(R) ESXi 3.5." for a complete list of supported Dell
systems and operating systems.

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INSTALLATION
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For complete installation instructions, see the
"Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide
for VMware ® ESXi 3.5.".

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USER NOTES
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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.

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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"

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.

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8. Select "Trusted sites". Click "Sites". Add server to the

website. Click "Close".

Administrator will not function if its dependent files are

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

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encrypted.

* Server Administrator GUI Response Time

Mode", memory may be reported incorrectly by Server Administrator.

On Dell PowerEdge x9xx and later systems, the response times
for some parts of the OMSA GUI and CLI have increased to several
seconds because some of the BMC/iDRAC data is no longer cached
by Server Administrator. The data must be retrieved from the
BMC/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 amount of time varies by hardware system and operating system.
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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.

* 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

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