Delll Open nManage Serrver ator Administra ersion 7.
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: For detailed information regarding the Storage Management Service, see the Dell OpenManage Storage Management readme.
Installation For complete installation instructions, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide Version 7.0. Installation and Configuration Notes The 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 Dell Systems Management Server Administration (DSM SA) Connection Service will not start after installation.
- "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.
Notes for Instrumentation Service On yx1x systems, if conflicting BIOS settings exist when configuring BIOS setup options through Server Administrator, the update attempt may fail at system reboot and none of the BIOS setup options may be updated. For example, when you configure Embedded SATA Controller to RAID and Boot Mode to UEFI simultaneously (UEFI does not support RAID option), this conflict prevents any BIOS configuration to be updated (at system reboot).
Notes for Storage Management Service While 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.
DF445065 Description: Restarting web server from Server Administrator GUI gives fatal JRE error-no functionality loss. DF449421 Description: Server Administrator GUI: Setting power profile fails when BIOS setup password is enabled. DF451609 Description: Mail-to Setting should be provided allowing user to set the default mail-address DF451867 Description: OM6.5.0x136 - ITA omremote.exe does not work against SLES10SP4 targets DF465223 Description: OM6.
Issue 3: DF 516238 Description: Power cycle shuts down server in ESX 4.1 U2 classic . Resolution: On ESX 4.1 U2 classic, when power cycle operation is done from Remote shutdown page using Server administrator, the server shuts down instead of Power cycle or reboot. Issues for Server Administrator Web Server Running on all Linux Operating Systems Issue 1: DF 275424, 332775 Description: Domain users unable to login to Windows MN from Linux Web Server.
Issue 4: Description: After a "Reset to Defaults" operation of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller, the first user configuration operation will fail if it is a single-user configuration item (such as enabling or disabling a user or changing user name). Resolution: Always change a combination of two-user configuration items (such as enabling or disabling a user and changing user name) concurrently during your first configuration operation.
Issue 12: Description: Log files saved from Server Administrator are saved in zip format. For best results, it is recommended that the zip file is opened using WinZip. Resolution: Using the Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP embedded "Compressed (zipped) Folder" utility is not recommended. Issue 13: Description: After configuring BIOS settings on certain systems, a second reboot may be required for the Server Administrator to display the updated BIOS settings properly.
Description: All unsecured HTTP requests to Server Administrator receive an invalid response. Server Administrator runs only one instance of the Web server, which is secure. Resolution: Make all connections through https:// : . Any "http://: " request for connection with the server receives an invalid response.
short keep alive interval (less than 120 seconds), and the configured action may be triggered. The issue will be more prevalent in systems that have only one CPU with hyper-threading unsupported/disabled or systems that are subjected to persistent stressful conditions such as, resource depletion and CPU running at 100% usage with significantly more threads than normal usage. The Auto Recovery feature is not enabled by default.
Resolution: On systems running the VMware ESXi operating system, the file system is ramdisk. Modifications made to the files within the file system are generally not persistent across reboots, with the exception of designated configuration and log files. These files are updated to the disk periodically and on system shutdown. The changes are lost, if the system is reset without a shutdown before the updates to the designated configuration are made and log files are updated to the disk.
Issue 3: Description: You may not have appropriate privileges on the Server Administrator GUI if: 1. You belong to an Active Directory group that is part of another group. 2. You try to launch Server Administrator using the desktop icon when single sign-on is enabled.
Issues for Server Administrator Running on Microsoft Windows 2008 Operating Systems Issue 1: DF 94201 Description: Single sign-on may not work if Server Administrator is launched using the Desktop icon. If Server Administrator is launched using the desktop icon, Single Sign-on may not work if in the Internet Explorer, under Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> Custom Level, the User Authentication Logon option is set to Prompt for user name and password.
dialog box will be displayed by the operating system to provide access to the interactive application interface/prompt. After upgrading Windows Server 2003 x64 to Windows Server 2008 x64 with Server Administrator installed, the application UI does not show all of the expected instrumentation pages. The Server Administrator installation must be repaired.
Issues for Storage Management Service The following are open issues regarding the Storage Management Service. Storage Management Service Issues for all Supported Operating Systems Issue 1: Description: When issuing certain "omconfig storage" CLI commands with "Power User" privileges, the following message may be displayed: "Error! User has insufficient privileges to run command: omconfig" Resolution: You must be logged in as an Administrator to perform these actions.
Storage Management Service Issues for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems Issue 1: Description: If a physical disk in a RAID 1-concatenated virtual disk fails, the virtual disk is in a "Degraded" state. The Check Consistency operation should not be performed on a virtual disk while it is in a degraded state. However, the task drop-down menu for a degraded RAID 1-concatenated virtual disk may display the "Check Consistency" option.
The following racadm commands use FTP protocol to communicate with the RAC: "racadm sslcertupload" "racadm sslcsrgen" "racadm fwupdate" Issue 5: Description: If the RAC configuration is reset to factory defaults using the "racadm racresetcfg" command, the RAC configuration tab in Server Administrator does not reflect the reset configuration settings until the system reboots. Also, the RAC configuration page in Server Administrator cannot be used to make any configuration changes until the system reboots.
OR Use the racadm utility to change the password: "racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i " where is the index of the user database entry to be modified and is the new password. Issue 10: Description: Depending on your network and proxy configurations and whether you are using Mozilla browser, you may need to enter the exact IP address of the RAC controller you are trying to access in the "No Proxy for" field of your browser.
Known Limitations and Workarounds Limitation 1: DF 384362 Description: "Redundancy Status" shows as "Not Applicable" in ESXi even when NICs are teamed. On VMware ESXi systems, NIC teaming status may not show up in the Server Administrator network section. This is an expected behavior due to operating system limitation and has no functional impact to the system. Limitation 2: DF 384061 Description: Self-signed certificate does not enable the compatibility listener in Windows 2008 R2 managed node.
Limitation 7: DF 523827 Description: On Citrix XenServer 6.0, if the Alert on Console alert action is configured from the Server Administrator CLI or GUI, the alert message may not be displayed in a readable format. (523827) Limitation 8: DF 530134 Description: On VMware ESX 4.1 managed node, while USB arbitration service is running, Inventory Collector does not respond while stopping the Server Administrator services.
Limitation 11: DF 532055 Description: From Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, when an administrator manages Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 (64-bit) or 5.7 (32 and 64-bit) operating systems, Server Administrator reports connection error intermittently. Workaround: Perform the following settings and manage the remote system from webserver. 1. Configure TCP Chimney offload to disable state by running following command: netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled 2.
