Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.
What’s New The release highlights of OpenManage Server Administrator 6.5: • Added support for the following operating systems: VMware ESX 4.0 U3 VMware ESX 4.1 U1 VMware ESXi 4.1 U1 VMware ESXi 4.0 U3 Citrix XenServer 5.6 FP1 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 • Deprecated the following operating systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x VMware ESX 4.0 U2 VMware ESX 4.1 VMware ESXi 4.0 U2 VMware ESXi 4.1 Citrix XenServer 5.
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 2003, perform the following steps, 7. • • — Under "Miscellaneous", select the "Allow Meta Refresh" radio button. — Under "Active Scripting", select the "Enable" radio button.
• 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 you.
• 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.
login failure message is displayed. To resolve this issue, you must apply Microsoft KB909425. The KB is available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909425/ • Misleading title in Setting Alert Actions online help page. (450364) The title in the Setting Alert Actions online help page is misleading. It should be read as "Setting Alert Actions on Linux and Windows Operating System" • OMSA Memory online help page needs more updates for DDDC redundant mode.
When Server Administrator is installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 operating system, inventory collector service fails and the following error message is displayed: libstdc++.so.5 is required to run the Inventory collector When the inventory collector service fails, management station does not report the inventory of the system (information on hardware, software, firmware, and so on). To resolve this issue, manually install the following RPMs: — Procmail — compat-libstdc++.i686 — libxml2.
• After configuring BIOS settings on certain systems, a second reboot may be required for updated BIOS settings to be properly displayed by Server Administrator. • If you import an invalid root certificate into Server Administrator using "Preferences-> General Settings-> Web Server-> X.509 Certificate" and try to log in to Server Administrator after restarting the Web server, you will see a blank page. To correct this issue, restore your original "keystore.
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. If the Auto Recovery feature has been enabled, increase the System Reset Timer value to at least 120 seconds.
For some xx1x systems, warning threshold on the System Board System Level current sensor is not configurable. Changing this value in the Server Administrator UI or CLI fails and the following error message is displayed: Error! Hardware subsystem reports command failed. This value is not configurable by the user. • Setting power profile fails with BIOS setup password enabled.
• 1. Find and select "Tools" from the menu. 2. Select "Internet Options" and click the "Security" tab. 3. Click "Custom level" button and scroll down to "User Authentication". 4. Under "Logon", choose the option "Automatic logon with current user name and password". If Server Administrator is running in the "Local Intranet Zone", you may choose the option "Automatic log on only in Intranet zone" instead. 5. Click "Ok" to open dialog boxes to complete the setting.
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. • For systems running a supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, kernel driver messages such as "AAC_ChardevOpen" may be displayed in the console at the login prompt.
"racadm localauthenable" "omconfig rac authentication" • Due to fluctuations in the watchdog timer, the "Last Crash Screen" may not be captured when the Automatic System Recovery is set to a value of less than 30 seconds. To ensure correct functioning of the "Last Crash Screen" feature, set the System Reset Timer to at least 30 seconds. • The cfgDNSServer1 and cfgDNSServer2 properties of group cfgLanNetworking may be set to identical values while swapping addresses.
• 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. Perform the following steps: 1. Open your Mozilla browser. 2. Click "Edit". 3. Click "Preferences". 4. Click "Advanced" in the left sidebar. 5. Click "Proxies" in the left sidebar. 6. Enter the RAC IP address in the "No Proxy for:" field. 7.
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