Server Administrator supports the following major systems management protocols:
HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)
Common Information Model (CIM)
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
NOTE: See the Server Administrator readme
file on the Systems Management CD for information on SNMP security
concerns, as well as the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
You must apply updates from your operating system's master SNMP agents to
ensure that Dell's SNMP subagents are secure.
NOTE: After installing SNMP and CIM, they must be enabled. For more information on
enabling SNMP and CIM supporting agents, see the Server Administrator User's
Guide.
Whether your system supports SNMP, CIM, or both systems management standards,
you must install and enable the services on your operating system. If SNMP services are available on your operating system, the Server
Administrator installation program installs the supporting agents for SNMP. If
CIM services are available on your operating system, the Server
Administrator installation program gives you the option of installing supporting
agents for CIM.
HTTPS is supported on all operating systems. Support for CIM and SNMP is operating system-dependent and, in some cases, operating system-version dependent.
On supported Microsoft® Windows® operating systems, Server Administrator supports these two systems management standards: Common Information Model (CIM) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
On supported Red Hat Linux and Novell® NetWare® operating systems, Server Administrator supports the SNMP systems management standard.
Server Administrator adds considerable security to those systems management standards. All Set operations for attributes (for example, changing the value of an asset tag) must be performed
with Dell OpenManage IT Assistant while logged in with the required authority. As a result of the added security that IT Assistant offers for systems management, IT Assistant is the only management console
that you can use to change attributes.
