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• Windows 2003 All Editions
• Windows Vista
The login credentials must be for an administrator on the installation host for complete
functionality. Both this and .NET installation are requirements for any installation managing
devices supported by this driver.
This driver supports global group operations.
NOTE:
Discovery may display benign retry warning messages in the application server shell or log. You can
safely ignore these.
Prerequisites
Before installing this software to manage other computers with a Windows Management Interface
driver (assuming you are installing that driver), if you do not already have it installed, you must
download and install the Microsoft .Net framework version 3.0 or later on the application server.
For complete functionality, the WMI login for this software must be a login for a domain user who
also belongs to the administrator group on the WMI device. Both are requirements for any
installation managing WMI devices.
The following are common Windows Base prerequisites:
Credentials—You must use administrative credentials to manage the computer system.
Firewall— Some firewalls installed on the computer may block Windows Management requests.
Allow those you want to manage. (See Firewall Issues below.)
License—Make sure you have the proper Windows Base driver license installed. If you have a Dell-
only license and are discovering a non-Dell computer, discovery does not work. Or if you have
a Dell license for desktop discover you cannot discover a server.
License come in the following types:
• Major Vendor by Name—For example: Dell, Compaq, HP, Gateway
• Server/Desktop individual license support
• Generic computers—Non-major vendors
• ALL—This gives the driver all capabilities for any computer system
Firewall Issues
Configure the firewall between your server and the Internet as follows:
• Deny all incoming traffic from the Internet to your server.
• Permit incoming traffic from all clients to TCP port 135 (and UDP port 135, if necessary) on
your server.
• Open Port 445 (WMI)
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