Install Guide

Uninstalling The Existing Systems Management VIB........................................................................................................33
Configuring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running VMware ESXi................................................................................. 33
Configuring The System To Send Traps To A Management Station Using The vSphere CLI..................................... 33
Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................................... 34
5 Frequently Asked Questions......................................................................................... 35
What ports do systems management applications use?...................................................................................................35
When I run virtual media on the DRAC controller over a Wide Area Network (WAN) with low bandwidth and
latency, launching Systems Management Install directly on the virtual media failed, what do I do?................................. 35
Do I need to uninstall the Adaptec Fast Console application installed on the system before installing the Server
Administrator Storage Management Service?................................................................................................................. 35
Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server............................................................................................. 35
After installing Server Administrator, I cannot log in...................................................................................................35
I see the following message when I try to install Server Administrator on a guest Linux operating system.................35
I manually installed my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit operating system and can see RPM dependencies
while installing Server Administrator. Where can I find these dependent RPM files?................................................. 35
I have performed a non-default install of the Linux operating system using the Linux operating system media, I
see missing RPM file dependencies while installing Server Administrator?.................................................................36
Where can I find the source packages for Open Source RPMs?................................................................................36
What do I do when management station RAC utility installation fails due to missing RPM file?................................. 36
When using the rpm -e 'rpm -qa | grep srvadmin' command to remove systems management software, some
RPM utility versions may schedule an uninstallation in an incorrect order, which results in users encountering
misleading warning or error messages. What is the solution?.....................................................................................36
What do I do when I am asked to authenticate using the root user account?............................................................36
Why am I getting a warning concerning the RPM package key during installation?....................................................37
What are the names of all the Systems Management features under Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server?..................................................................................................................................................... 37
What do the directories under srvadmin/linux/custom/<operating system> contain?.............................................. 37
What are the additional components that can be installed on a system that already has Server Administrator
installed?.....................................................................................................................................................................41
What happens if I install the RPM package on an unsupported system or on an unsupported operating system?......41
What daemons run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems after
Server Administrator is started?.................................................................................................................................42
What kernel modules are loaded when Server Administrator is started?....................................................................42
When I run srvadmin-cm (Server Administrator Inventory Collector) it displays error messages. What do I do?....... 43
6 Linux Installer Packages................................................................................................44
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