Server Administrator provides a comprehensive, one-to-one system management
solution in two ways: from an integrated, Web browser-based GUI
(the Server Administrator home page) and
from a command line
interface (CLI) through the operating system. Server Administrator is
designed for system administrators to both locally and remotely manage systems
on a network. Server Administrator allows system administrators
to focus on
managing their entire network by providing comprehensive one-to-one system
management.
Server Administrator provides information about:
Systems that are operating properly and systems that
have problems
Server Administrator provides easy-to-use management and administration of
local and remote systems through a comprehensive set of integrated management services. Server Administrator
resides solely on the system being managed and is accessible both locally and remotely from
the Server Administrator home page. Remotely monitored systems may be accessed
by dial-in, LAN, or wireless connections. Server Administrator ensures
the security of its management connections through role-based access control (RBAC),
authentication, and industry-standard secure socket layer (SSL) encryption.
The following sections describe the Server Administrator integrated services
and features:
Installation
The Dell
OpenManage Systems Management CD provides a setup program to install, upgrade, and uninstall Server Administrator and other managed node and management station
software components on your managed node system. Additionally, Server
Administrator can be installed on multiple
systems through an unattended installation across a network.
Server Administrator Home Page
The Server Administrator home page provides easy to set up and easy-to-use Web browser-based system management from
the managed node system or from a remote host through a LAN, dial-up service, or wireless network. When the Web server is installed and
configured on the managed node system, you can perform remote management functions
from any system that has a supported Web browser and connection. Additionally, the Server
Administrator home page provides extensive, context-sensitive online help.
Instrumentation Service
The Instrumentation Service provides rapid access to detailed fault and performance information gathered
by industry-standard systems management agents and allows remote administration of
monitored systems, including shutdown, startup, and security.
Remote Access Service
The Remote Access Service provides a complete remote system management solution for systems equipped with a Dell�
Remote Access Card (DRAC) III. The Remote Access Service provides remote access to an inoperable system, allowing you to get the system up and running as
quickly as possible. The Remote Access Service also provides alert
notification when a system is down and allows you to remotely restart a system.
Additionally, the Remote Access Service logs the probable cause of system
crashes and saves the most recent crash screen.
Storage Management Service
The Storage Management Service provides storage
management information in an integrated graphical view. The Storage Management
Service enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to a
monitored system. The Storage Management Service obtains logical and
physical information about attached
storage devices from the Dell OpenManage Array Manager managed node.
Diagnostic Service
The Diagnostic Service provides a suite of diagnostic
programs that run locally on your system or remotely on a system connected to the network.
The Diagnostic Service is engineered to diagnose problems on
individual systems and to run concurrently with all other
applications running on the system under test.
Update Service
The Update Service provides up-to-date version control and valuable change management tools for performing
BIOS and firmware version updates on your local system.
Logs
Server Administrator displays logs of commands
issued to or by the system, monitored hardware events, POST events, and
system alerts. You can view logs on the home page, print or save them as reports,
and send them by e-mail to a designated service contact.
Besides this User's Guide, you can find the following guides either on
the Dell | Support website at support.dell.com or on the documentation CD:
The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant Systems Management Software Quick Installation Guide provides an overview
of applications that you can install on your management station (console)
and on your managed nodes and procedures for installing your console
and managed node applications on systems running supported operating systems.
The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide
documents the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management
information base (MIB). The SNMP MIB defines variables that extend the
standard MIB to cover the capabilities of systems management agents.
The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator CIM Reference Guide documents
the Common Information Model (CIM) provider, an extension of the standard
management object format (MOF) file. The CIM provider MOF documents
supported classes of management objects.
The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide
lists the messages that are displayed in your Server Administrator home page
Alert log or on your operating system�s event viewer. This guide explains the text,
severity, and cause of each Instrumentation Service Alert message that Server
Administrator issues.
The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line Interface
User's Guide documents
the complete command line interface for Server Administrator, including an
explanation of CLI commands to view system status, access logs, create
reports, configure various component parameters, and set critical
thresholds.
The Dell OpenManage Array Manager User's Guide is a
comprehensive reference guide for configuring and managing local and remote
storage attached to a system.
The Dell Remote Access Card III User's Guide is a
comprehensive reference guide for remotely managing and monitoring a system
with an installed DRAC III,
even when the system is down.
The Systems Management CD contains a readme
file for Server Administrator and additional readme files for most applications found on the
CD.
