Compatibility Guide

Systems Management Standards Availability 23

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: See Table 1-1 for information on where you can find the Server

Administrator application.

NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator readme file (packaged with

the Server Administrator application) as well as the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com for information on SNMP security concerns. You must apply

updates from your operating system's master SNMP agents to ensure that Dell's

SNMP subagents are secure.

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.

NOTE: After you install SNMP, it must be enabled. For more information on enabling

SNMP-supported agents, see the Server Administrator User's Guide.

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

Windows

operating systems, Server

Administrator supports two systems management standards: CIM/WMI

and SNMP.