Compatibility Guide

18 Server Administrator Services
Storage Management Service
Express Setup installs the Storage Management Service (earlier known as the
enhanced Storage Management Service) by default on Microsoft
®
Windows
®
. 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.
NOTE: The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system provides drivers for some of
the RAID controllers listed in the "RAID Controller Supported Servers,
Operating Systems, Firmware, and Driver Versions" section.
See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User's Guide for more
information on Storage Management Service.
Logs
Server Administrator displays logs of commands issued to or by the system,
monitored hardware events, POST events, and system alerts. You can view
logs on the home page, print or save them as reports, and send them by e-mail
to a designated service contact.
Available Services on Supported
Operating Systems
Table 2-1 summarizes the services that are available for each supported
operating system.
NOTE: See the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix on the Dell Support website
at support.dell.com, or the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation
DVD to identify the operating systems that your Dell PowerEdge™ system supports.