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Introduction 13
Introduction
Whether you are using the graphical user interface (GUI) or the command line interface (CLI),
Dell
™ OpenManage™ Server Administrator performs essential systems management tasks.
The reporting and viewing features allow retrieval of overall health status for systems on your network.
At the component level, you can view information about the voltages, temperatures, current, fan
RPM, memory functioning, and many other critical component details. You see a detailed account of
many relevant cost of ownership (COO) facts about your system in summary view. Version
information for BIOS, firmware, operating system, and all installed software is easy to retrieve.
Configuration features allow the Server Administrator to perform essential tasks described in detail
in the following sections.
NOTE: You can use the CLI instead of the Server Administrator home page, and turn the Server Administrator
Web server off if you have security concerns. The CLI does not use the Web server. Use the omconfig system
webserver action=stop command to turn off the Web server. The Web server starts automatically after a
reboot, so this command must be issued every time a system starts up. See "omconfig system webserver" for
more information.
What's New for Version 5.2
• Added support for Dell PowerEdge
™
2970 system
• Added support for Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003 family (x86) (SP2 with Web, Standard, and
Enterprise editions)
• Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family (x86_64) (SP2 with Standard, and
Enterprise editions)
• Added support for Microsoft Windows
®
Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (x86_64)
• Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
• Added support for Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
Version 5 (x86) and (x86_64) systems
• Added support for NIS, Kerberos, LDAP, and Winbind authentication protocols for Linux
operating systems
• Added information on features of Intel
®
and AMD
™
processors in the
Processor Information
page
• Added a new command in
Storage
Management
:
importrecoverforeignconfig
• Added a new
omconfig preferences snmp setting
command to configure SNMP Set
Operations
NOTE: SNMP Set Operations are disabled by default in Server Administrator.