Install Guide
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4
What Is New In This Release................................................................................................................................................4
Software Availability........................................................................................................................................................ 4
Systems Management Software.........................................................................................................................................4
Server Administrator Components On A Managed System...................................................................................... 5
Security Features...................................................................................................................................................................6
Other Documents You Might Need.....................................................................................................................................7
2 Preinstallation Setup.................................................................................................................... 8
Installation Requirements......................................................................................................................................................8
Supported Operating Systems And Web Browsers.................................................................................................... 8
System Requirements..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Managed System Requirements....................................................................................................................................8
Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards.............................................................................................. 9
Configuring SNMP Agents................................................................................................................................................... 9
Remote Enablement Requirements.....................................................................................................................................9
Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement............................................................................................................... 10
Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement...........................................................................................11
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems..................... 12
Workaround For The Libssl Issue....................................................................................................................................... 13
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System...............13
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESXi................................... 14
Software License Agreement.............................................................................................................................................15
RPM For Individual Components....................................................................................................................................... 15
OpenIPMI Device Driver......................................................................................................................................................19
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is Started..................20
Installing Managed System Software............................................................................................................................... 20
Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software...........................................................................................20
Installing Managed System Software Using The Provided Media........................................................................... 21
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility........................................................................................................23
Managed System Software Installation Using Third Party Deployment Software............................................... 25
Uninstalling Managed System Software.......................................................................................................................... 26
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script.......................................................................26
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command.....................................................................26
4 Frequently Asked Questions........................................................................................................ 27
Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server..........................................................................................27
5 Linux Installer Packages..............................................................................................................36
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