Install Guide

Uninstalling the existing Systems Management VIB................................................................................................... 35
Conguring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running VMware ESXi.........................................................................35
Conguring The System To Send Traps To A Management Station Using The vSphere CLI.......................... 36
Troubleshooting................................................................................................................................................................36
5 Frequently Asked Questions.........................................................................................................................37
What ports do systems management applications use?.............................................................................................37
When I run virtual media on the iDRAC 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?............. 37
Do I need to uninstall the Adaptec Fast Console application installed on the system before installing the
Server Administrator Storage Management Service?.................................................................................................37
Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.......................................................................................37
After installing Server Administrator, I cannot log in.............................................................................................. 37
I see the following message when I try to install Server Administrator on a guest Linux operating
system......................................................................................................................................................................... 37
I manually installed my Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system and can see RPM dependencies
while installing Server Administrator. Where can I nd these dependent RPM les?.......................................38
I have performed a non-default install of the Linux operating system using the Linux operating system
media, I see missing RPM le dependencies while installing Server Administrator?
.........................................38
Where can I nd the source packages for Open Source RPMs?........................................................................ 38
What do I do when management station RAC utility installation fails due to missing RPM le?.....................38
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?....................................... 39
What do I do when I am asked to authenticate using the root user account?.................................................. 39
Why am I getting a warning concerning the RPM package key during installation?........................................ 39
What are the names of all the Systems Management features under Red Hat Enterprise Linux or
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server?............................................................................................................................... 40
What do the directories under srvadmin/linux/custom/<operating system> contain?................................... 40
What are the additional components that can be installed on a system that already has Server
Administrator installed?.............................................................................................................................................44
What happens if I install the RPM package on an unsupported system or on an unsupported operating
system?.......................................................................................................................................................................44
What daemons run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems
after Server Administrator is started?.....................................................................................................................45
What kernel modules are loaded when Server Administrator is started?...........................................................45
When I run srvadmin-cm (Server Administrator Inventory Collector) it displays error messages. What
do I do?....................................................................................................................................................................... 46
6 Linux Installer Packages...............................................................................................................................47
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