Install Guide
Contents
1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................5
What Is New In This Release.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Software Availability.....................................................................................................................................................5
Systems Management Software........................................................................................................................................5
Server Administrator Components On A Managed System..........................................................................................6
Security Features............................................................................................................................................................... 7
Other Documents You Might Need.................................................................................................................................... 8
2 Preinstallation Setup.......................................................................................................9
Installation Requirements................................................................................................................................................... 9
Supported Operating Systems And Web Browsers...................................................................................................... 9
System Requirements.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Managed System Requirements...................................................................................................................................9
Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards............................................................................................... 10
Configuring SNMP Agents................................................................................................................................................10
Remote Enablement Requirements...................................................................................................................................10
Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement................................................................................................................. 11
Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement............................................................................................. 12
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems................................13
Workaround For The Libssl Issue.......................................................................................................................................14
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System..........................14
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESXi...............15
Software License Agreement............................................................................................................................................16
RPM For Individual Components.......................................................................................................................................16
OpenIPMI Device Driver....................................................................................................................................................21
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is Started............................ 22
Installing Managed System Software............................................................................................................................... 22
Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software..............................................................................................22
Installing Managed System Software Using The Provided Media...............................................................................23
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility......................................................................................................... 26
Managed System Software Installation Using Third Party Deployment Software.......................................................27
Uninstalling Managed System Software...........................................................................................................................29
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script........................................................................... 29
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command..........................................................................29
4 Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi........................................ 30
Using The vSphere CLI.................................................................................................................................................... 30
Using The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA).............................................................................................31
Using The VMware Update Manager (VUM)....................................................................................................................31
Using The Power CLI....................................................................................................................................................... 32
Accessing Server Administrator on VMware ESXi............................................................................................................32
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