Systems Management Tools And Documentation Version 8.
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Contents 1 About...............................................................................................................................4 Systems Management software......................................................................................................................................... 4 Managed system and management station........................................................................................................................
1 About The Systems Management Tools and Documentation Installation Guide provides an overview of the management station software and installation instructions for the same. For information on installing Server Administrator, see the Server Administrator Installation Guide on the Systems Management Tools and Documentation software.
Managed system software The following applications include the managed system software: • Server Administrator Server Administrator provides comprehensive one-to-one in-band server managements solutions to manage a server locally and remotely using a web browser-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Command Line Interface (CLI). Server Administrator installs server-specific Remote Access Card (RAC) and network interface management components.
generation of PowerEdge servers. iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller is an Embedded Systems Management application for operating system deployment and lifecycle management of PowerEdge servers. You can access Dell Lifecycle Controller by pressing during system boot up.
– Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version User's Guide – Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version Command Line Interface Reference Guide – Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version Installation Guide 7
2 Installing management station software on Microsoft Windows 1. Log on with administrator privileges to the system on which you want to install the management station applications. 2. Mount the Systems Management Tools and Documentation software onto the DVD drive or download the web installer. NOTE: You can download the web installer from dell.com/support/home. 3. Run autorun.exe.
• For 32–bit: msiexec /i ADSnapIn.msi • For 64–bit: msiexec /i ADSnapIn_x64.msi NOTE: On the Systems Management Tools and Documentation software: • The ADSnapIn.msi file is located at SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\ADSnapIn • The ADSnapIn_x64.msi file is located at SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\ADSnapInx64 To install the localized version of the management station software, at the command prompt type the following: msiexec / I .
Management Station Software Architecture Command 64–bit msiexec /x SysMgmt_.
3 Installing management station software on supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESX/ESXi Server Only RAC tools and BMU are supported on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESX/ESXi Server operating systems. On systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system, DVDs are auto-mounted with the -noexec mount option. This option does not allow you to run any executable from the DVD.