Install Guide
Installing management station software on
supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server
Only RAC tools and BMU are supported on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESXi Server
operating systems.
On systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, DVDs are auto-mounted with the -noexec mount option. This option does
not allow you to run any executable from the DVD. You must mount the DVD-ROM manually and then run the executables.
To install BMU, navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc directory and install the BMU RPM specic to the operating
system as follows:
• For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, type rpm -ivh osabmcutil*-RHEL-*.rpm
• For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, type rpm -ivh osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm
To install the latest version of RAC Tools:
1 Uninstall the existing IPMI tool:
a Query the existing IPMI tool: rpm -qa | grep ipmitool
If the IPMI tool is already installed, the query returns ipmitool-x.x.xx-x.x.xx.
b To uninstall the IPMI tool:
• On systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and VMware ESXi Server, type rpm -e ipmitool-x.x.xx-x.x.xx
• On systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x, type rpm –e ipmitool
• On systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, type rpm –e OpenIPMI-tools
NOTE
: The settings made by the existing IPMITOOL is retained.
2 Browse to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/rac/<OS> directory and then type rpm -ivh *.rpm
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