Systems Management Guide

4 Contents

Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator for ESXi 16

Using the vSphere CLI

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Using the VMware vSphere Management Assistant 18

Using the VMWare Update Manager (VUM)

. . . . 18

Using the Power CLI

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing the Server Administrator Web Server . . 20

Configuring the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running ESXi 5.0

Uninstalling Managed System Software

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4 Using Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 25

Starting Your Server Administrator Session. . . . . . . 25

Distributed Web Server Login

. . . . . . . . . . . 25

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Unsupported Server Administrator Features

With ESXi

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Server Administrator Home Page

. . . . . . . . . . . . 28

System Tree

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Action Window

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using the Online Help

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the Preferences Home Page

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Server Administrator Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Integrated Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Log Window Task Buttons

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Server Administrator Logs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Hardware Log

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Alert Log

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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