Users Guide

48 Installing Server Administrator

The Prerequisite Checker (setup.exe) on the Dell Systems Console and Agent

CD will automatically analyze your system to determine if the system

requirements have been met. For more information, see "Prerequisite

Checker for Windows."

Managed System Requirements

• One of the "Supported Operating Systems."

• A minimum of 128 MB of RAM.

• A minimum of 256 MB of free hard-drive space.

• Administrator rights.

• A TCP/IP connection on the monitored system and the remote system to

facilitate remote system management.

• One of the "Supported Web Browsers."

•One of the

supported systems management protocol standards

• A mouse, keyboard, and monitor to manage a system locally. The monitor

requires a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600. The recommended

screen resolution setting is 1024 x 768.

• The Server Administrator Remote Access Controller requires a Dell

Remote Access Controller (DRAC) to be installed on the system to be

managed. See "Remote Access Controller" and the "Other Documents You

Might Need" for appropriate

Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guides

for complete software and hardware requirements.

NOTE: The DRAC software is installed as part of the Typical Setup and

Custom Setup installation options when installing managed system software

from the Dell Systems Console and Agent CD, provided that the managed

system meets all of the DRAC installation prerequisites. See "Remote Access

Controller" and the "Other Documents You Might Need" for appropriate Dell

Remote Access Controller User’s Guides for complete software and hardware

requirements.

• The Storage Management Service is installed by default on systems

running supported Windows operating systems, by using

Typical Setup

NOTE: On Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

systems, you can either install the Storage Management Service through the

Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) or use the

srvadmin-install.sh script—a menu driven script that installs the

appropriate RPMs based on the options you choose.