###################################################################### DELL(TM) OPENMANAGE(TM) SERVER ADMINISTRATOR VERSION 5.5 README ###################################################################### Version - 5.5 Release Date - September 2008 NOTE: This readme provides information on Dell(TM) OpenManage(TM) Server Administrator version 5.5.
that impact only certain configurations and provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment. ##################################################################### MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ##################################################################### This section provides information about the minimum requirements for installing and using Server Administrator.
===================================================================== * Server Administrator supports SSL 3.0 exclusively. ===================================================================== SUPPORTED RAC FIRMWARE ===================================================================== * 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.
* See the "Dell Systems Software Support Matrix" for a complete list of supported Dell systems and operating systems. ##################################################################### INSTALLATION ##################################################################### For complete installation instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User's Guide".
- 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. 8. For Windows 2008, 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.
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[..
- Server Administrator home page on log in - Remote Access -> Users - Alert Management -> Platform Events You may notice a delayed response on the following Server Administrator CLI commands: - omreport chassis remoteaccess config=user - omreport system platformevents - omreport system pedestinations – The response time varies depending on the system hardware and operating 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.
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.
To correct this problem, you must apply Microsoft IE HotFix Q818060 or KB839571 to Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Windows 2000 server or Windows 2003 server. HotFix Q818060 and KB839571 are available on the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD" in the "SYSMGMT\srvadmin\windows\HotFix" directory. See the following Microsoft support articles for further instructions on applying this HotFix: (Windows 2000 Server) "http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=818060" (Windows 2003 Server) "http://support.
using Server Administrator GUI or CLI, the configuration will appear to be successful but the changes will not take effect on next reboot. If UA USB ports settings are changed from All Ports On to All Ports Off or Only Back Ports On, it will automatically set the Internal USB Port to Off on next reboot. * Due to resource non-availability, inventory collection may terminate unexpectedly and restart. If this occurs, the folder "C:\Temp\invcol" may be left as an artifact.
* When issuing the Server Administrator command line "omreport system version -outc ", make sure you specify an absolute path name for the output file, for example, "c:\out.txt"; otherwise, the output file will be empty. * Issuing the "omreport system esmlog/alertlog/cmdlog -fmt tbl" command on the CLI can result in XML parsing errors if the size of the log is very large. Use the GUI or the "omreport system esmlog/alertlog/cmdlog" CLI command to view the contents of the log.
"C:\program files\dell\SysMgt\iws\config". 3. Copy "keystore.db.bak" to "keystore.db". 4. Type: omconfig system webserver action=start * A temperature that drops below a minimum failure threshold does not cause a system reset even if this alert action is set. * A reporting error, for the amount of memory enabled, may exist for the Level 2 (L2) cache memory when you view "Processor interface" for Dell PowerEdge 6600 and 6650 systems. It may be incorrectly displayed as 256 K.
" request for connection with the server receives an invalid response. * If the browser used with Server Administrator indicates that it cannot display a page or perform an action, ensure that the browser is in online mode. To go online, perform the following: - If you are using Internet Explorer, click "File" on the menu bar and deselect the "Work Offline" option. When "Work Offline" is selected, a check displays to the left of the option on the "File" menu.
in the new time zone specified. Server Administrator needs to be restarted so that the correct time zone time is displayed in the Session Management page. * Server Administrator Auto Recovery feature may execute configured action when system is under heavy stress. The Auto Recovery feature can be set to execute an action (e.g. reboot system) to recover a hung system.
* While installing Windows Server 2008 or post installation,if you set the Time and Currency formats to any of the newly added languages (in comparison with Windows Server 2003), then DSM SA Connection service and DSM SA Shared Service of Dell OpenManage Server Administrator may fail to start and Command Line Interface options may fail to execute.
OPERATING SYSTEMS ==================================================================== * Warning messages ("A provider, omprov, has been registered in the WMI namespace, Root\CIMV2\Dell, to use the LocalSystem account. This account is privileged and the provider may cause a security violation if it does not correctly impersonate user requests") may be displayed after installing Server Administrator.
the Event log: - Uninstall the "Update Root certificates" component as described in the first knowledge base article mentioned above. Note: This procedure may affect other programs as discussed in the article. - Install the Server Administrator certificate as a trusted certificate. Note: This procedure may still prompt you to accept the certificate when you log on to Server Administrator, but will prevent the crypt32 errors from being logged to the Event log.
service is started. For each execution of the interactive application, there will be an entry for the application process in the Processes tab in Task Manager. If you need to execute an interactive application for an Alert Action on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, you must configure the DSM SA Data Manager service to be allowed to interact with the desktop. To allow interaction with the desktop, right-click on the DSM SA Data Manager service in the Services control panel and select Properties.
2. Restart "syslog" by executing "/etc/init.d/syslog restart". * When using the Mozilla browser on Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems, the font and type size on the Server Administrator global navigation bar appear different from the default font and type size that Server Administrator uses.
"omconfig system webserver action=restart" from the command line. Refresh the web interface and log back into Server Administrator to continue. * On systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 with KDE desktop, running Server Administrator storage commands to create and delete Virtual Disk continuously might cause KDE Suseplugger hang and JRE crash while accessing Server Administrator web interface. To recover from this issue, logout and login back to the KDE desktop.
* If a physical disk in a RAID 1-concatenated virtual disk fails, the virtual disk is in a "Degraded" state. Rebooting the system may cause the virtual disk to change to a "Failed" state yet the virtual disk is still fully operational and can be restored to "OK" status once a functional physical disk is added back to the RAID-1 set. Dell is working to resolve this problem.
ISSUES FOR DRAC 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------Download the DRAC 5 readme from the Dell support site at support.dell.com for the latest information on all known issues, supported web browsers and managed server operating systems. * DRAC 5 support on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (version 10) is limited to the Manage Node and to the CLI only. DRAC 5 does not support the Out of Band GUI on the Management station. * DRAC 5 GUI supports Mozilla Firefox 1.0.
3. Click "OK" and save the file to a temporary location (should be your home directory, by default). 4. Close the browser after saving the file. 5. Restart the browser, and specify the Web address of the "rac4vm.xpi" file (for example: file:///root/rac4vm.xpi). 6. Mozilla presents you with the "Software Installation" dialog: Click the "Install" button to continue. 7. After installation completes, close and restart the browser. 8. Log in to DRAC 4, and navigate to the Virtual Media link.
* The cfgDNSServer1 and cfgDNSServer2 properties of group cfgLanNetworking may be set to identical values while swapping addresses. Some performance may be lost temporarily during the swapping. The cfgLanNetworking group is configured using the "racadm config" command.[132894] * The remote access controller uses FTP protocol to perform some of the Dell OpenManage commands. If a firewall is installed in the system, it may cause these commands to fail.
in to the RAC. Use one of these methods to correct this issue: - Change your passwords before updating the firmware. OR - Use the following CLI command to change the password: "omconfig rac users username=xx userpassword=yy" where "xx" is the original userid and "yy" is the new password. OR - Change the password through Server Administrator using the "User" tab. Ensure that the check box to change the password is checked. Enter a new password, and then enter it again to validate the change.
extended ASCII characters may not display correctly in certain languages. This issue occurs because the browser is set to the UTF-8 character set by Server Administrator. To correct this issue, change the browser character coding to ISO-8859-1. For Japanese and Chinese, UTF-8 is the correct encoding for RAC pages. * To view the RAC Web-based interface when using Mozilla 1.6, you must configure your cookie settings to "Enable all cookies".
installing a later version of the RAC management station software. To remove the RAC management station software on Windows, perform the following steps: 1. Insert the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD into the DVD drive. 2. When the installation application starts, click "Exit". 3. Open a command shell window: a. Click the "Start" button, and then click "Run". b. In the "Run" dialog box, type the following command and then press : cmd 4.
device (PCI Function 0, PCI Function 2 and RAC Virtual UART Port) is disabled and the RAC service is running, you may experience problems such as an application hang. To successfully install these applications you can either re-enable the driver or you can stop the service.
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