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 you install SNMP, it must be enabled. For more information on enabling SNMP supporting
agents, see the Server Administrator User's Guide.
If your system supports SNMP, you must install and enable the service on your operating system. If SNMP services are available on your operating system, the Server Administrator installation program installs the supporting agents for SNMP.
HTTPS is supported on all operating systems. Support for CIM and SNMP is operating system-dependent and, in some cases, operating system-version dependent.
Availability on Supported Systems
On supported Microsoft® Windows® operating systems, Server Administrator supports these two systems management standards: CIM/WMI and 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.
Availability on Supported Operating Systems
Table 3-1 shows the availability of the systems management standards for each supported operating system.
Table 3-1. Availability of Systems Management Standard by Operating System
Operating System
SNMP
CIM
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family and Windows 2000 Server family
Available from the operating system installation media
Always installed
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES (version 2.1) and AS, ES, and WS (version 3)
Available from the operating system installation media
