Reference Guide

Systems Management Standards Availability 21
Systems Management Standards Availability
Overview
Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator supports the following major systems management protocols:
• HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
• Common Information Model (CIM)
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
NOTE: Starting with Dell OpenManage version 4.3, the Systems Management CD has been replaced by the
Dell™ PowerEdge™ Installation and Server Management CD. References in this guide to the
Systems Management CD are for Dell OpenManage versions 3.0 through 4.2.
NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator readme file on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and
Server Management CD (or Systems Management CD) for information on SNMP security concerns, as well as
the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. You must apply updates from your operating system's master
SNMP agents to ensure that Dell's SNMP subagents are secure.
NOTE: After you install SNMP, it must be enabled. For more information on enabling SNMP–supported
agents, see the Server Administrator User's Guide.
If your system supports SNMP, you must install and enable the service on your operating system.
If SNMP services are available on your operating system, the Server Administrator installation
program installs the supporting agents for SNMP.
HTTPS is supported on all operating systems. Support for CIM and SNMP is
operating system-dependent and, in some cases, operating system-version dependent.
Availability on Supported Systems
On supported Microsoft
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Windows
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operating systems, Server Administrator supports these
two systems management standards: CIM/WMI and SNMP.
On supported Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux and SUSE
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LINUX Enterprise Server operating systems,
Server Administrator supports the SNMP systems management standard.
Server Administrator adds considerable security to these systems management standards. All set
operations for attributes (for example, changing the value of an asset tag) must be performed with
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant while logged in with the required authority. As a result of the added
security that IT Assistant offers for systems management, IT Assistant is the only management
console that you can use to change attributes.