Users Guide

28 Setup and Administration
Table 3-1 shows the availability of the systems management standards for
each supported operating system.
Windows Server 2003 R2 and the R2 IPMI Device Driver
The information in this section is applicable only to Dell PowerVault x00
systems and Dell PowerEdge x8xx systems and later.
Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Storage Server R2 contain an
optional component called Hardware Management. This component
contains an IPMI driver. During installation, the component installs and
enables its IPMI driver.
Table 3-1. Availability of Systems Management Protocol by Operating Systems
Operating System SNMP CIM/WMI
Supported Microsoft
Windows operating
systems.
Available from the operating system
installation media.
Always installed
Supported Red Hat
Enterprise Linux operating
systems.
Install the SNMP package provided
with the operating system.
Available.
Install the CIM
packages
provided on the
Dell Systems
Management
Tool s a nd
Documentation
DVD -
SFCB/SFCC/
CMPI-Devel
Supported SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server operating
systems.
Install the SNMP package provided
with the operating system.
Available.
Install the CIM
packages
provided on the
Dell Systems
Management
Tool s a nd
Documentation
DVD -
SFCB/SFCC/
CMPI-Devel