Install Guide

Installing Managed System Software On

Supported Linux And VMware ESX

The Systems Management installer supports both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture. The following table explains the operating system

installation matrix for Systems Management.

Table 4. Operating System Installation Matrix

Operating System Architecture 32-bit Architecture 64-bit Architecture

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64-bit Not Supported Install

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 32-bit Install or Upgrade Not supported

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 64-bit Not supported Install

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP

3 64-bit

Not supported Install

ESX 4.1 U3 64-bit Install Not supported

ESXi 4.1 U3 64-bit Not supported Install

ESXi 5.1 U2 64-bit Not supported Install

ESXi 5.0 U3 64-bit Not supported Install

ESXi 5.5 64-bit Not supported Install

NOTE: On a Systems Management upgrade, it is recommended to upgrade to the latest open source components

available on the DVD.

NOTE: If you are upgrading the operating system to a major version (from SLES 10 to SLES 11), uninstall the existing

version of Systems Management and install the supported version.

NOTE: Before you migrate to a 64-bit version of Systems Management software, make sure to uninstall the 32-bit

Systems Management and other OpenSource components (openwsman-server, openwsman-client, libwsman1, sblim-

sfcb, sblim-sfcc, libcmpiCppImpl0, libsmbios2, smbios-utils-bin) installed as part of the 32-bit Systems Management.

NOTE: The Inventory Collector RPM (srvadmin-cm) requires the following RPMs to be preinstalled on servers prior to

11G running supported 64-bit Linux operating system.

• glibc.i686

• compat-libstdc++.i686

• libstdc++.i686

• zlib.i686libxml2.i686

If the dependent RPMs are not installed then Inventory Collector will not function as expected and exits with error

messages.

NOTE: On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 (32-bit) operating system the Emulex driver is dependent

on the following RPMs:

• kernel-headers-2.6.18-346.el5.i386.rpm

• glibc-headers-2.5-107.i386.rpm

• glibc-devel-2.5-107.i386.rpm

• gcc-4.1.2-54.el5.i386.rpm

If any of the RPMs listed above are missing, the system experiences issues in detecting the Emulex Network Adapters.

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