Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software On

Supported Linux And VMware ESXi

The following table explains the operating system installation matrix for Systems Management.

Table 4. Operating System Installation Matrix

Operating System Architecture 64-bit Architecture

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Install

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Install

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP1 Install

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 (supported

only on PowerEdge VRTX)

Install

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP4 Install

ESXi 6.0 U1 Install

ESXi 5.5 U3 Install

ESXi 5.1 U3 (supported only on 11th generation of

PowerEdge servers)

Install

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

source components available on the

Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD or from

dell.com/support/home.

NOTE: If you are upgrading the operating system to a major version, 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 you

uninstall the 32-bit Systems Management and other open source 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 11th generation of PowerEdge servers 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.