Server Administrator Web Server 6.0.3 is available on the Dell™ Support site
at support.dell.com as a zipped file (in a self-extracting.exe
format) that you can download to your system.
Downloading Server Administrator
Web Server
Go to the Dell Support site at support.dell.com.
Click I’m looking for drivers and downloads.
In the Drivers and Downloads page, perform either of the
following steps:
Click Select Model under the
Choose a Model section. Proceed to step 5.
Click Enter a Tag under the Choose by Service Tag section.
Enter the service tag of your Dell PowerEdge™ system in the
Enter a service tag field and click Go. Proceed to step 9.
From the Select Your Product Model menu, select Servers,
Storage, Networking.
From the Select Your Product Line menu, select PowerEdge
Server.
From the Select Your Product Model list, select your
PowerEdge system, and click Confirm.
From the Operating System and Driver Language
drop-down menus, select the appropriate operating system and language for your
system.
From the Category drop-down menu, select Systems
Management.
From the table of results displayed, click OpenManage Server
Administrator Web Services in the File Title(s) column.
Click Download Now to save the executable on your system.
Double-click the .exe file to extract the contents. The file contains
the following structure:
<root> - Contains the SysMgmt.msi
installer.
docs - Contains all
the documentation for Server Administrator 6.0.3. The documentation
comprises:
Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide for VMware ESXi 3.5
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide
Dell OpenManage Messages Reference Guide
Readme - Contains the Readme files which provide the latest
product information.
Installing Server Administrator
Web Server
Run SysMgmt.msi from the root directory.
In the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator welcome dialog,
click Next.
In the DELL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT dialog, click I accept
the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
In the Custom Setup dialog, click Change to choose
the directory in which to install Server Administrator. By default, Server
Administrator is installed in the <systems_drive>\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt
directory. Click Next.
In the Ready to Install the Program dialog, click
Install to begin the installation. You can view the installation progress on
the status bar.
Click Finish to complete the installation.
The installer creates a Server Administrator shortcut icon on your desktop.
Enabling Server Administrator
Services on the Managed System
The Server Administrator Web Server manages a VMware ESXi 3.5 system by
communicating with the Server Administrator services on the VMware ESXi 3.5
system via the Server Administrator Common Interface Model (CIM) provider. The
Server Administrator CIM provider is an OEM provider on the VMware ESXi 3.5
system. CIM OEM providers are disabled by default on VMware ESXi 3.5. It is
essential that you enable CIM OEM providers on the VMware ESXi 3.5 system after
installing the Server Administrator Web Server in order to manage the system
with Server Administrator.
Enabling CIM OEM Providers with VMware Infrastructure Client
To enable CIM OEM providers using the VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client, you
need to have the VI Client tool installed. You can download and install the tool
from http://<ip_address> where <ip_address> is the IP address of
the VMware ESXi 3.5 system.
To enable CIM OEM providers on the VMware ESXi 3.5 system using VI Client:
Log in to the VMware ESXi 3.5 system with the VI Client.
Select the Configuration tab.
Under the Software section on the left side, click
Advanced Settings.
In the Advanced Settings dialog box, click Misc on
the left pane.
Change the value of the Enable OEM Providers field (Misc.CimOemProvidersEnabed)
to 1.
Click OK.
For the change to be effective without restarting, use the
Restart Management Agents operation in the Direct Console User Interface
(DCUI) on the local console of the VMware ESXi 3.5 system.
Restart your system for the change to take effect. The system can
be rebooted from the Summary tab in the VI Client.
Enabling CIM OEM Providers using VMware Infrastructure Remote CLI
To enable CIM OEM providers using the VI Remote CLI, you need to have the VI
Remote CLI tool installed. You can download and install the tool from the VMware
website at http://www.vmware.com/go/remotecli/.
To enable CIM OEM
providers using the VI Remote CLI on Windows:
Open a command prompt.
Navigate to the directory where the Remote CLIs are installed. The
default location is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin.
NOTE: If you do not
specify a user name and password, you are prompted.
For the change to be effective without restarting, use the
Restart Management Agents operation in the Direct Console User Interface
(DCUI) on the local console of the VMware ESXi 3.5 system.
Restart the VMware ESXi 3.5 system for the change to take effect.
For more information about using VI Client and VI Remote CLI, see the VMware
support site at www.vmware.com/support.
Launching Server Administrator
Web Server
You can launch Server Administrator Web Server from the Start menu:
On the Start menu, click Start > Programs >
Dell OpenManage Applications > Server Administrator.
You can also launch Server Administrator Web Server from the
desktop shortcut icon that is created after you install the Server Administrator
Web Server.
In the Managed SystemLogin page:
Type the IP address or Fully Qualified
Domain Name (FQDN) of the system on which VMware ESXi 3.5 is running in the
Hostname/IP address field. This is the managed system - the system that
you can monitor, configure, and manage.
You can launch several instances of Server Administrator
Web Server concurrently, one instance for each managed system you want to
monitor.
Type the user name that you use to
log on to your operating system in the Username field.
Type the password you use to log on to your operating system in the
Password field.
Select
the Ignore certificate warnings check box and click OK.
NOTE: It is recommended
that you use this option only in intranet environments.
To ensure system security, it is strongly recommended that
you import a root certificate or certificate chain from a Certification
Authority (CA). See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide
or the VMware documentation for details.
The Health page on which you can monitor the health of the managed
system is displayed. Click Help for information about individual
components.
For detailed information on using Server Administrator, see the Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide in the docs directory or
on the Dell Support site at support.dell.com.
Managing the Server
Administrator Web Server
Server Administrator version 6.0.3 enables you to configure and manage the
Web Server from your management station. Server Administrator Web Server allows
you to run concurrent sessions of Server Administrator from your system,
thus facilitating remote management of multiple systems.
Using Server Administrator version 6.0.3, you can:
Configure your Web Server preferences
Start, stop, and restart the Web Server
Generate or import X.509 certificates from a Certificate Authority (CA)
To configure the Web Server preferences, click Manage Web Server in
the Login page. You must log in with administrator privileges to access
the Web Server preferences.
For details on managing Server Administrator Web Server, see the Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide in the docs directory or
on the Dell Support site at support.dell.com.
Start, Stop, or Restart the Web Server
Click Start�
Settings�
Control Panel�
Administrative Tools�Services.
In the Services window, right-click DSM SA Connection
Service, and click Start to start the Web Server, Stop to stop
the Web Server, and Restart to restart the Web Server.
Upgrading to Server
Administrator Version 6.0.3
You cannot upgrade from earlier versions of Server Administrator to Server
Administrator version 6.0.3. You have to uninstall the earlier version and
then install version 6.0.3.
Uninstalling earlier versions of Server Administrator results in loss of
local management capability. That is, after uninstalling earlier versions and
installing version 6.0.3, you can no longer use your system as the managed
system and perform system management tasks on that system. You can perform
system management tasks only on remote systems that have VMware ESXi 3.5
installed.
