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 Deployment Scenarios for Server Administrator
DellOpenManageServerAdministratorVersion6.5InstallationGuide
Server Administrator Components on Managed System
You can install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator in the following ways:
l Install the Server Administrator Web Server on any system (Dell PowerEdge system, laptop, or desktop) and the Server Instrumentation on another
supported Dell PowerEdge system
In this method, the Server Administrator Web Server performs the function of a central Web Server and you can use it to monitor a number of managed
systems. Using this method reduces the Server Administrator footprint on the managed systems.
l Continue to install the Server Administrator Web Server and the Server Instrumentation on the same system
Table4-1 lists the deployment scenarios for installing and using Server Administrator and helps you make the right choice while selecting the various
installation options:
Table 4-1.DeploymentScenarios
Server Administrator Components on Managed System
The setup program provides both, a Custom Setup option and a Typical Setup option.
The custom setup option enables you to select the software components you want to install. Table4-2 lists the various managed system software
components that you can install during a custom installation. For details about the custom setup option, see the "Custom Installation."
Table 4-2.ManagedSystemSoftwareComponents

You want to

Select
Remotely manage and monitor your entire network of managed
systemsfromyoursystem(whichmaybealaptop,desktop,or
server).
Server Administrator Web Server. You must then install Server Instrumentation on
the managed systems.
Manage and monitor your current system.
Server Administrator Web Server + Server Instrumentation.
Manage and monitor your current system using some other remote
system.
Remote Enablement
For systems running on Microsoft Windows, Remote Enablement is under the Server
Instrumentation option. You must then install the Server Administrator Web Server
on the remote system.
View the status of local and remote storage attached to a managed
system and obtain storage management information in an integrated
graphicalview.
Storage Management.
Remotely access an inoperable system, receive alert notifications
when a system is down, and remotely restart a system.
Remote Access Controller.
NOTE: Install the SNMP agent on your managed system using your operating system medium before installing the managed system software.

Component

What is
Installed

Deployment Scenario

Systems on Which to be Installed
Server
Administrator
Web Server
Web-based
systems
management
functionality
that allows you
to manage
systems locally
or remotely
InstallonlytheServerAdministratorWebServerifyouwantto
remotely monitor the managed system from your system. You need
nothavephysicalaccesstothemanagedsystem.
Anysystem.Forexample,laptops,desktops,orDellPowerEdge
systems.

NOTE:
If you want to remotely manage multiple systems running on Windows and Linux operating systems, it is recommended that you install the Server Administrator Web
Sever on a Windows operating system.
Server
Instrumentation
Server
Administrator
CLI+
Instrumentation
Service
Install Server Instrumentation to use your system as the managed
system. Installing Server Instrumentation and the Server
AdministratorWebServerinstallsServerAdministrator.Youcanuse
Server Administrator to monitor, configure, and manage your
system.
Note: If you choose to install only Server Instrumentation
(withoutselectingRemoteEnablement),youmustalsoinstallthe
Server Administrator Web Server.
Supported Dell PowerEdge systems. For a list of supported Dell
PowerEdge systems, see the
Dell Systems Software Support Matrix
on
support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/omswrels/index.htm
Storage
Management
Server
Administrator
Storage
Management
Install the Storage Management to implement hardware RAID
solutions and configure the storage components attached to your
system. For more information on the Storage Management, see the
DellOpenManageServerAdministratorStorageManagementUser's
Only those systems on which you have installed Server
Instrumentation or Remote Enablement.