For complete installation instructions, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator
version Installation Guide.
This section
provides information to enhance your experience with Server Administrator
implementations and environments.
Port 1311 is the default port for
Server Administrator. It is a registered port number of Server Administrator.
If another application is configured to run on port 1311 before Server
Administrator is installed, the DSM SA Connection Service does not
start after installation. Before you install Server Administrator,
make sure that the port 1311 is not in use.
Before starting Server Administrator,
you must enable the client-side scripting in Internet Explorer.
To do so, perform the following:
In Internet Explorer, navigate to
the Tools menu.
Click Internet Options.
Click the Security tab.
Select the security zone to which the
system running Server Administrator belongs.
NOTE: : This option should
be set to Trusted sites.
Click the Custom Level button.
For Windows 2003, perform the following:
In Miscellaneous, select the Allow META REFRESH radio button.
In Active Scripting, select the Enable radio button.
Under Active scripting, select the Allow scripting of Microsoft web browser
controls radio button.
Click OK and
restart your browser.
To allow Single Sign-on for Server Administrator,
perform the following steps:
In Internet Explorer, navigate to Tools.
Click Internet Options.
Click the Security tab.
Select Trusted sites.
Click the Custom Level button.
Under User Authentication, select the Automatic Logon with current username and
passwordradio button. Click OK to
exit the Custom Level window.
Select the Advanced tab and in HTTP 1.1 settings, make sure Use HTTP 1.1 is checked.
Select Trusted sites. Click Sites. Add the server to the website.
Click Close.
Click OK and
restart your browser.
If you run a security scanner tool
such as Nessus, against the Server Administrator Web server, security
warnings may be displayed against port 1311, the port running the
Server Administrator Web server. The warnings have been investigated
by engineering and are determined to be "false positives" (invalid
security warnings) that you can ignore. The following are the warnings:
The Web server on 1311 allows scripts
to read the sensitive configuration and/or XML files.
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."
The web server on 1311 may be susceptible
to a 'www Infinite Request' attack.
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. Else, contact the vendor
for a patch or change the web server. CVE on this one is CAN-2000-0359".
Enabling Integrated Windows Authentication
in Internet Explorer is not required to activate the Single Sign-On
feature.
The Server Administrator security
settings are not applicable for Active Directory users. Active Directory
users with read-only login can access Server Administrator, even if
the access is blocked in the Server Administrator Preferences page.
Dell SNMP MIB Files for Dell Systems:
Dell SNMP MIB files for Dell systems
allow you to obtain and verify information provided by supported software
agents. The current MIB files supported by PowerEdge software agents
are located at \support\mib on the Systems
Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
NOTE: :
A MIB-II-compliant,
SNMP-supported network management station is required to compile and
browse MIB files.
OpenManage support for Encrypting
File System (EFS)
To improve security, Microsoft allows
encrypting files using EFS. Note that SERVER ADMINISTRATOR will not
function if its dependent files are encrypted.
Server Administrator GUI and CLI
Response Time
On PowerEdge 10th generation of PowerEdge
servers or later, the response time for some components of the Server
Administrator GUI and CLI has increased to several seconds as Server
Administrator does not cache some of the DRAC/iDRAC data. The data
is retrieved from the DRAC/iDRAC when you request for it.
Following are the Server Administrator GUI pages for which
the response time may have increased:
Server Administrator home page on
log in
Remote Access > Users
Alert Management > Platform Events
Following are the Server Administrator
CLI commands for which the response time may have increased:
omreport chassis remoteaccess
config=user
omreport system platformevents
omreport system pedestinations
The amount of time varies depending on the hardware and operating system.
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