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Installation
For complete installation instructions, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide
Version 7.0.
Installation and Configuration Notes
The Server Administrator uses port 1311 as the default port. Port 1311 is a registered port number
of Dell Inc. If another application is configured to run on port 1311 before Server Administrator is
installed, the Dell Systems Management Server Administration (DSM SA) Connection Service will
not start after installation. Before you install Server Administrator, ensure that port 1311 is not in
use.
You must enable the client-side scripting in Internet Explorer before starting Server Administrator.
To do so, perform the following steps:
1. Navigate to "Tools" in Internet Explorer.
2. Under Tools, click "Internet Options".
3. Under "Internet Options", click the "Security" tab.
4. Select the security zone that the system running Server Administrator belongs to.
NOTE: This option should be set to "Trusted sites".
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. Under "Tools", click "Internet Options".
3. Under "Internet Options", click the "Security" tab.
4. Select "Trusted sites".
5. Click the "Custom Level" button.
6. Under "User Authentication", select the "Automatic Logon with current username and
password" radio button. Press ‘OK’ to exit the "Custom Level" window.
7. Now select the "Advanced" tab, and under "HTTP 1.1 settings", make sure "Use HTTP 1.1" is
checked.
8. Select "Trusted sites". Click "Sites". Add the server to the website. Click "Close".
9. Click "OK" and restart your browser.
If you run a security scanner tool (such as Nessus) against the Server Administrator Web server,
certain security warnings against port 1311 running the Server Administrator Web server may be
displayed. The following warnings have been investigated by Dell engineering and are determined
to be "false positives" (invalid security warnings) that you can ignore:
- "The Web server on 1311 allows scripts to read sensitive configuration and/or XML files."
Dell has determined that this warning is a false positive.
- "The Web server on 1311 allows to delete "/" which implies that the web server will allow
a remote user to delete the files in root on the server." Dell has determined that this
warning is a false positive.
- "The web server on 1311 may be susceptible to a 'www Infinite Request' attack." Dell has
determined that this warning is a false positive.