OverviewDell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Compatibility Guide Version 1.4
Descriptions of
Server Administrator Services
Available Services on Supported
Operating Systems
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Table 1 summarizes the services that are available for each supported operating system.
Table 1. Server Administrator Services Available With Supported Operating Systems
| Operating System | Services Available |
| Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 family, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family |
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| Red Hat Linux 9, Red Hat Linux 8.0 (with the 2.4.18-14smp kernel), Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 |
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| Novell®
NetWare® 5.1 (Support Pack 2 or later) |
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| Novell
NetWare 6.0 or later (Support Pack 2 or later) |
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