Users Guide

44 Using Server Administrator
Select the Active Directory Login check box to log in using Microsoft
®
Active Directory.
To end your Server Administrator session, click Log Out on the "global navigation bar." The Log Out
button is located in the upper-right corner of each Server Administrator home page.
Single Sign-On
The Single Sign-On option in Microsoft Windows
®
enables all logged-in users to bypass the login page
and access the Server Administrator Web application by clicking the Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator icon on your desktop.
NOTE: See the Knowledge Base article at support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q258063 for
more information.
For local machine access, you must have an account on the machine with the appropriate
privileges (User, Power User, or Administrator). Other users are authenticated against the Microsoft
Active Directory.
To launch Server Administrator using Single Sign-On authentication against Microsoft Active Directory,
the following parameters must also be passed in:
authType=ntlm&application=[
plugin name ]
Where
plugin name = omsa , ita , etc.
For example:
https://localhost:1311/?authType=ntlm&application=omsa
To launch Server Administrator using Single Sign-On authentication against the local machine user
accounts, the following parameters must also be passed in:
authType=ntlm&application=[
plugin name ]&locallogin=true
Where
plugin name = omsa , ita , etc.
For example:
https://localhost:1311/?authType=ntlm&application=omsa&locallogin=true
Server Administrator has also been extended to allow other products (such as Dell OpenManage IT
Assistant) to directly access Server Administrator Web pages without going through the login page (if
you are currently logged in and have the appropriate privileges).
Systems Running a Supported Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Operating System
You must configure the security settings for your browser to log into Server Administrator from a remote
management system that is running a supported Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system.
The security settings for your browser might prevent the execution of client-side scripts that are used by
Server Administrator. To enable the use of client-side scripting, perform the following steps on the
remote management system.