Server Administrator has a modular architecture that allows
system administrators to select and install the functions that are most needed
in their particular IT environment. The services available to you vary from one
operating system to another. The following sections describe the contribution of
each service to your systems management capabilities.
Each service provides a functionally related set of systems management tasks
that you can use to manage your system.
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,
start-up, and security.
Remote Access Service
The Remote Access Service provides a complete, remote system management
solution for systems equipped with a remote access controller (RAC) solution.
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 system.
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. You can view the current version and perform updates for the system BIOS and firmware, RAID controller firmware and device
drivers, RAC firmware, and other system component firmware and device drivers.
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.
