Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- What’s New for Version 5.1
- Setup and Administration
- Installing Server Administrator
- Using Server Administrator
- Instrumentation Service
- Remote Access Service
- Overview
- Hardware Prerequisites
- Software Prerequisites
- Adding and Configuring DRAC Users
- Configuring an Existing DRAC User
- Configuring the DRAC Network Properties
- Configuring the DRAC Alert Properties
- Configuring DRAC III Dial-in (PPP) Users and Modem Settings
- Configuring the DRAC Remote Features Properties
- Configuring DRAC Security
- Accessing and Using a Dell Remote Access Controller
- Working With the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
- Storage Management Service
- Server Administrator Logs
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
Contents 5
The Server Administrator Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Global Navigation Bar
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Tree
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Action Window
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the Online Help
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the Preferences Home Page
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the Server Administrator Command Line Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . 51
Secure Port Server and Security Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Setting User and System Preferences
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
X.509 Certificate Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Controlling Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Starting Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Stopping Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Restarting Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6 Instrumentation Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Managing Your System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Managing System Tree Objects
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Server Administrator Home Page System Tree Objects
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Managing Preferences: Home Page Configuration Options
. . . . . . . . . . 77
General Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7 Remote Access Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hardware Prerequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Software Prerequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adding and Configuring DRAC Users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Configuring an Existing DRAC User
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82