DELL Version 5.3 User Manual
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Secure Connections: SSL & HTTPS | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager
This application does not package Perl. If you want to use the Perl scripting features, you must
make sure your system has Perl installed. You can find information about Perl at www.perl.com.
Follow the downloads link to find the recommended distribution for your specific platform. (See
Adaptive CLI Script Language Syntax on page 419)
One of the recommended Perl packages is from ActiveState which can be found at:
One of the recommended Perl packages is from ActiveState which can be found at:
Starting Web Client
You can also open the client user interface in a browser
1
. The URL is
http://[application server hostname or IP address]:8080
The default login user is admin, with a password of admin. The first time you log in, you can select
a password reminder. If you have forgotten your password, click the Forgot Password link in the
initial screen to begin a sequence that concludes by mailing your user’s e-mail address a password.
CAUTION:
For this forgotten password sequence to work, you must configure users’ e-mails correctly, and the
portal’s SMTP server in Control Panel’s Server > Server Administration > Mail settings. To configure a
user’s e-mail, click the link user name in the upper right corner of the portal to configure an account’s
settings for this and other things. The same configuration settings are available in Control Panel’s tabs
labeled as that user’s login.
The application server hostname is the name of the system where OpenManage Network Manager
is installed.
Secure Connections: SSL & HTTPS
The following describes how to turn on SSL support within Dell OpenManage Network Manager
on single-server installations.
Enabling Secure SSL
The private key and certificate provides identity and browser verification against the CA signed
root certificate. For testing and internal usage this step is needed to create a Private Key and Private
Signed Certificate to enabled SSL encryption.
NOTE:
Some functions may fail using this approach as third party layers may expect a valid CA signed root.