Owner's Manual

Administrator:
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1. Ensure that the DKS prerequisites are met on system A.
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2. Start Server Administrator on system A.
Server Administrator builds a device driver for the kernel running on system A during startup.
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3. Type uname -r on system A to determine the name of the running kernel.
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4. Copy any dcdbas.* or dell_rbu.* files in the /lib/modules/<kernel>/kernel/drivers/firmware directory on system A to
the /var/omsa/dks/<kernel> directory on system B, where <kernel> is the kernel name returned by typing uname -r in step 3.
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5. Start Server Administrator on system B.
Server Administrator detects that the device driver you copied to the /var/omsa/dks/<kernel> directory supports the running kernel and uses that
device driver.
OpenIPMI Device Driver
The Server Instrumentation feature of Server Administrator requires the OpenIPMI device driver that provides IPMI-based information and functionality.
All supported Linux systems contain the required version of IPMI module in the default kernel itself. You do not need to install the IPMI RPM. For more
information on supported systems, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available at
support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/omswrels/index.htm.
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Degradation of Functionality When the Server Administrator Instrumentation
ServiceisStarted
After Server Administrator is installed, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service performs a run-time check of the OpenIPMI device driver whenever it is
started. The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service is started whenever you run either the srvadmin-services.sh start or srvadmin-services.sh
restartcommands,oryourestartthesystem(duringwhichtheServerAdministratorInstrumentationServiceisstarted).
Server Administrator installation blocks the installation of Server Administrator packages if an appropriate version of the OpenIPMI device driver is not currently
installed on the system. However, it is still possible, though not typical, that you can uninstall or replace a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver after
Server Administrator has been installed. Server Administrator cannot prevent this.
To account for a user uninstalling or replacing a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver after Server Administrator has been installed, the Server
Administrator Instrumentation Service checks the OpenIPMI device driver version whenever it is started. If a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver is
not found, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service degrades itself so that it does not provide any of its IPMI-based information or functionality.
Primarily, this means that it does not provide any probe data (for example, fans, temperatures, and voltage probe data).
Installing Managed System Software
This section explains how to install managed system software using the following installation options:
l Using the srvadmin-install.sh shell script
l Using the RPM command
For information on the various components of Server Administrator available in Dell OpenManage version 6.5 and to help you choose the required components
to install, see "Deployment Scenarios for Server Administrator".
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Prerequisites for Installing Managed System Software
l You must be logged in as root.
l The running kernel must have loadable module support enabled.
l The /opt directory must have at least 250 MB of free space, and the /tmp, /etc, and /var directories must each have at least 20 MB of free space.
NOTE: The /lib/modules/<kernel>/kernel/drivers/firmware directory may contain one or more of the following files: dcdbas.* or dell_rbu.*
NOTE: You might have to create the /var/omsa/dks/<kernel> directory on system B. For example, if the kernel name is 1.2.3-4smp, you can
create the directory by typing: mkdir-p/var/omsa/dks/1.2.3-4smp
NOTE: When you have uninstalled Server Administrator from system B, the /var/omsa/dks/<kernel>/*. files that you copied to system B are
not removed. You must remove the files if they are no longer needed.
NOTE: Ifyouhavedownloadedthemanagedsystemsoftwareinstaller(availableasa.tar.gz file) from support.dell.com, the srvadmin-install.sh
shell script is present as setup.sh in the root directory.