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DELL Server Administrator problem with this website's security certificate.

Hello;

I installed a copy of DELL Server Administrator on to my Win 2K8 server, whenever I open the application from browser, it said "problem with this website's security certificate."

I have to click on "Continue to this website (not recommended). " to by pass the message, can it be fixed?

After that, the user name window pop up and I have to enter my user name and password 3 times to let the application screen displayed.

dell.GIF

PowerEdgeTech

Add the site (localhost or system name) to your Intranet Zone in IE Security settings. This will log you in automatically instead of asking for your u and p all the time.

As for the security message in your screenshot - it is annoying, but can be ignored. My understanding is that you can link an SSL certificate to OpenManage's webserver so as to prevent this message, but not exactly sure how to go about it. Once you log in, there should be a Certificate option somewhere in the top-right corner of the application.

KANEWONG

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after putting the server name to the Intranet zone, the pop up for user name authentication is gone but the SSL security warning is still displaying.

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KANEWONG

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I have generated a new cert but no luck to get it work.

PowerEdgeTech

Did you import it after generating it?

KANEWONG

ASKER

yes, I did. This is what I did,

1. Generate new x.509 cert
enter all cert information, such as common name, etc
2.Click Generate to generate the cert.
3.Click restart server to activate new cert.
4.Re-open the Server Administrator and click on the cert for installation.

If my step is incorrect, please let me know. I do see any options to export the cert to a crt file.

PowerEdgeTech

I don't know about exporting to crt file, but having done it the way I described, mine no longer prompts me to continue with the SSL certificate warning. It simply opens the interface, with no SSL warning in the address bar.

I'm not at work today, so I will walk through it tomorrow on another of my servers.