Install Guide

Preinstallation Setup

Ensure that you perform the following before installing Server Administrator:

• Read the installation instructions for the operating system.

• Read the Installation Requirements to ensure that the system meets or exceeds the minimum requirements.

• Read the applicable readme les and the Systems Software Support Matrix.

• Close all applications running on the system before installing the Server Administrator applications.

On systems running the Linux operating system, ensure that all operating system RPM Package Manager (RPM) packages required by

the Server Administrator RPMs are installed. If the system had VMware ESXi factory-installed, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server, see the Dependent RPMs for Remote Enablement section for information about any RPMs that you need to

manually install before installing managed system software. Typically, manual installation of RPMs is not required.

Topics:

• Installation Requirements

• Conguring SNMP Agents

• Remote Enablement Requirements

• Winbind conguration for openwsman and sfcb for Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems

• Work around for the libssl issue

• Winbind conguration for openwsman and sfcb for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system

Installation Requirements

This section describes the general requirements of the Server Administrator and provides information about supported operating systems

and web browsers.

NOTE

• Prerequisites specic to an operating system are listed as part of the installation procedures.

• Server Administrator 9.3.0 RPM packages have been signed with Dell SHA-512 signature key. The installation or upgrade from

previous versions of Server administrator to Server Administrator 9.3.0 prompts you an interactive message. During silent

installation or upgrade, you must download the key from the following location:

https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/public_gpg3.key

Before installing or upgrading Server Administrator 9.3.0, you must import the DellSHA-512 key once to each host with rpm --

import <key le>. Once the key is imported, you are not required to import the key every time while installing, or upgrading to 9.3.0.

Supported Operating Systems And Web Browsers

For information about the supported operating systems and web browsers, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Systems Software Support

Matrix available at www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

NOTE

: Ensure that the web browser is congured to bypass the proxy server for local addresses.

10 Preinstallation Setup