##################################################################### DELL(TM) OPENMANAGE(TM) SERVER ADMINISTRATOR VERSION 6.3 README ##################################################################### Version 6.3 Release Date: July 2010 NOTE: This readme provides information for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator version 6.3 This file contains updated information for your "Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide" and any other technical documentation included with Server Administrator.
determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations and provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment. ##################################################################### MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ##################################################################### This section provides information about the minimum requirements for installing and using Server Administrator.
===================================================================== * iDRAC firmware version 1.1 or greater is required for systems installed with iDRAC. * Managed node installation racadm (local racadm) for systems installed with iDRAC supports iDRAC monolithic 1.5, iDRAC modular 3.
5. Click the "Custom Level" button. 6. For Windows 2003, perform the following steps, - Under "Miscellaneous", select the "Allow Meta Refresh" radio button. - Under "Active Scripting", select the "Enable" radio button. - Under "Active scripting", select the "Allow scripting of Internet Explorer web browser controls" radio button. 7. Click "OK" and restart your browser. * To allow Single Sign-on for Server Administrator, perform the following steps: 1. Navigate to "Tools" in Internet Explorer. 2.
Request' attack." Dell has determined that this warning is a false positive. * "It is possible to make the remote thttpd server execute arbitrary code by sending a request like: GET If-Modified-Since:AAA[...]AAAA Solution: If you are using thttpd, upgrade to version 2.0. If you are not, then contact your vendor and ask for a patch, or change your Web server. CVE on this one is CAN-2000-0359". Dell has determined that this warning is a false positive.
The amount of time varies depending on the hardware system and operating system. [188345] ===================================================================== NOTES FOR THE INSTRUMENTATION SERVICE ===================================================================== * When configuring BIOS setup options through server administrator, if conflict BIOS settings exist, the update attempt may fail at system reboot and possibly none of the BIOS setup option is updated.
service, then reinstall Server Administrator as well, so that the Server Administrator SNMP agents are registered with the operating system SNMP agent. * Server Administrator Device Drivers for Linux Server Administrator includes two device drivers for Linux: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (dcdbas) and Dell BIOS Update Driver (dell_rbu). Server Administrator uses these drivers to perform its systems management functions.
NOTES FOR THE REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE ===================================================================== * This service is available on supported systems in this release only. It enables remote access to a server that has lost its network connection or that has become unresponsive. In this release of Server Administrator, the Remote Access Service uses Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC). * iDRAC also has its own CLI that is accessed through the "racadm" command.
1. Unzip "Q818060-Eng-IE6.zip". 2. From a Windows command shell, enter "Q818060.exe /C" to extract the HotFix files to a directory. 3. In the command shell, switch to the directory and then enter "ieupdate.exe Q818060". 4. Launch Internet Explorer, open the "Help" menu, and select "About Internet Explorer". Verify that "Q818060" appears in the "Update Versions" field.
[328459] * While remote managing a Windows-based node using a RHEL4-based Server Administrator Webserver, the following health status links are not displayed: • Storage in the System page • Hardware Log in the Main System Chassis page This is due to an issue with the libxml2 library. A fix is planned in a later release of the RHEL4 Operating System. However, to see the health status, navigate to the Storage and Hardware Log pages.
The presence of this folder does not affect functionality of the inventory collection. The folder can be deleted if required. [138549] * After installing Server Administrator from the command prompt, issuing an "omreport" or "omconfig" command from the same prompt can cause an error. Open a new command prompt and issue commands from the new window.
several simpler commands. Each command should change only one setting. * When running Server Administrator on a system with a Traditional Chinese operating system, the Server Administrator pages are displayed in Simplified Chinese. To view the Server Administrator in English, go to your browser language preference page and change the language to English. * Log files saved from Server Administrator are saved in zip format. For best results, it is recommended to open this zip file using WinZip.
the System Setup Program. * The links on the Server Administrator home page may lock up after repeated random clicking. To resolve this situation, refresh the browser by pressing or click the browser "Refresh" button. * All unsecured HTTP requests to Server Administrator receive an invalid response. Server Administrator runs only one instance of the Web server, which is secure. Make all connections through https:// : .
The Auto Recovery feature can be set to execute an action (For example, reboot system) to recover a hung system. Since the Auto Recovery timer is now an application level timer instead of a kernel level timer, heavy resource stress on the system makes it more likely that a short keep alive interval (less than 120 seconds) will not be measured accurately, and the configured action may be triggered.
3. Now the items on the front page may respond to your click. * Persistence of Configuration and Log File Changes in VMware(R) ESXi On systems running the VMware ESXi operating system, the file system is ramdisk. Modifications made to the files within the filesystem are generally not persistent across reboots, with the exception of designated configuration and log files. These files are updated to the disk periodically and on system shutdown.
are by clicking "Start-> Programs-> Accessories-> Command Prompt" or by clicking "Start-> Run" and then typing "cmd.exe". Attempts to run the CLI commands from the DOS command "command.com" may generate unpredictable results. * The DSM SA Connection Service may hang on system startup if both Oracle and VERITAS(R) Backup Exec(TM) are installed on the system.
reads the inventory data; it does not perform any functions on the server that require user impersonation. * An error message ("The compressed (zipped) folder is invalid or corrupted") will be displayed when you perform the following actions in Server Administrator on Windows 2003 for x64 systems with Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1: 1. Go to System -> Logs 2. Select "Command," "Alert," or "Hardware." 3. Click "Save As" 4. Click "Open" in "File Download" message box.
Event log. ==================================================================== ISSUES FOR SERVER ADMINISTRATOR RUNNING ON MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2008 OPERATING SYSTEMS ==================================================================== * If Server Administrator is launched using the desktop icon, Single Sign-on may not work if in the Internet Explorer, under "Tools" -> "Internet Options" -> "Security" -> "Custom Level", the "User Authentication Logon" option is set to "Prompt for user name and password".
If you need to execute an interactive application for an Alert Action on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, you must configure the DSM SA Data Manager service to be allowed to interact with the desktop. To allow interaction with the desktop, right-click on the DSM SA Data Manager service in the Services control panel and select Properties. In the Log On tab, enable "Allow service to interact with desktop" and click OK. Restart the DSM SA Data Manager service for the change to take effect.
apply Microsoft KB909425. The KB is available at -> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909425/ [275271] ====================================================================== ISSUES FOR SERVER ADMINISTRATOR RUNNING ON RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS ====================================================================== * When starting Server Administrator from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux console, kernel log messages may display. To avoid these messages, perform the following steps: 1.
User" privileges, the "Error! User has insufficient privileges to run command: omconfig" message may be displayed. You must be logged in as an Administrator to perform these actions. * On a Windows Server 2003 system, it is strongly recommended that you update to Service Pack 1 or later. Service Pack 1 is required to fully support SAS technology. * Invalid "Format and Check Consistency" options are displayed for a regenerating virtual disk.
Storage Management Service Advanced Create VDisk Wizard may occasionally result in text overflowing to the bottom of the side-by-side blue text boxes. ==================================================================== ISSUES FOR REMOTE ACCESS ==================================================================== NOTE: The Remote Access Service is supported on xx1x systems only.
"racadm sslcertupload" "racadm sslcsrgen" "racadm fwupdate" * If the RAC configuration is reset to factory defaults using the "racadm racresetcfg" command, the RAC configuration tab in Server Administrator does not reflect the reset configuration settings until the system reboots. Also, the RAC configuration page in Server Administrator cannot be used to make any configuration changes until the system reboots. * The RAC does not support local RAC user IDs with special characters.
OR - Use the racadm utility to change the password: "racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i " where is the index of the user database entry to be modified and is the new password. * Depending on your network and proxy configurations and whether you are using Mozilla browser, you may need to enter the exact IP address of the RAC controller you are trying to access in the "No Proxy for" field of your browser. Perform the following steps: 1.
Workaround would be downloading and installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86) from the following location: -> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en [357342] #################################################################### Information in this document is subject to change without notice. (C) 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc.