Install Guide

NOTE: The Inventory Collector RPM (srvadmin-cm) requires the following RPMs to be preinstalled on servers prior to 11G

running the supported Linux operating system.

• glibc.i686

• compat-libstdc++.i686

• libstdc++.i686

• zlib.i686libxml2.i686

If the dependent RPMs are not installed then Inventory Collector will not function as expected and exits with error messages.

After the selected features are installed, the following message is displayed. iDRAC is an out-of-band management

system that allows system administrators to monitor and manage the PowerEdge Servers and

other network equipment, remotely. iDRAC works regardless of Power status and operating

system functionality. For more information, visit http://pilot.search.dell.com/iDRAC.

5 Start the Server Administrator services after the installation using the srvadmin-services.sh script by using the sh srvadmin-services

start command.

Component Specic Install Using RPM Commands

The RPMs specic to a particular OpenManage component are grouped together. To facilitate an RPM-based installation, install the RPMs

from the following directories:

• SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/<OS>/Remote-Enablement/< arch>

• SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/<OS>/SA-WebServer/<arch>

• SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/<OS>/Server-Instrumentation/<arch >

• SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/<OS>/add-RAC4/<arch>

• SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/<OS>/add-RAC5/<arch>

• SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/<OS>/add-StorageManagement/< arch>

• SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/<OS>/add-iDRAC/<arch>

For example, if you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7, you can customize the installation by adding the RPMs from the

following directories:

Table 6. RPM Directory

Directory RPM Package

SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/RHEL7/add-

StorageManagement/<arch>

Storage Management component packages

SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/RHEL7/SAWebServer/<arch> Server Administrator Web Server component packages

SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/custom/RHEL7/Server-

Instrumentation/<arch>

Server Instrumentation packages

Where <OS> is the supported operating system and <arch> is 64-bit (x86_64).

The DVD provides RPMs that enable repository-based installation using clients such as Yum, Zypper, and Rug. There are RPMs that install

the entire set or you can select individual RPMs to install specic components. The RPMs are available at:

SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/RPMS/supportRPMS/metaRPMS

The following list of RPMs enables the installation of a particular RPM set.

Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESXi