Users Guide

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4 Contents

Configuring the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running Supported

Windows Operating Systems

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Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server Operating Systems

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X.509 Certificate Management Prerequisites

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Firewall Configuration on Systems Running Supported

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems

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

4 Installing Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Dell Installation and Server Management CD

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

Unattended and Silent Installation

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

Upgrading Server Administrator

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

Before You Begin

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installation Requirements

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Supported Operating Systems

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System Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installation Procedures

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing Server Administrator with Citrix

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Considerations Before Installing Storage Management Service

. . . . . 41

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard v2.3 Support

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

5 Using Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Starting Your Server Administrator Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Logging In and Out

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Single Sign-On

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Systems Running a Supported Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Operating System

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