Users Guide

90 Installing Managed System Software on Red Hat

Enterprise Linux Operating Systems

Prerequisites for Installing Managed System Software

• You must be logged in as

root

• The running kernel must have loadable module support enabled.

•Your

/opt

directory must have at least 250 MB of free space, and your

/tmp

and

/var

directories each

must have at least 20 MB of free space. If you choose to use a non-default directory for the installation,

then that directory also must have at least 250 MB of free space.

• The ucd-snmp or net-snmp package that is provided with the operating system must be installed. If

you want to use supporting agents for the ucd-snmp or net-snmp agent, you must install the operating

system support for the SNMP standard before you install Server Administrator. For more information

about installing SNMP, see the installation instructions for the operating system you are running on

your system.

NOTE: When installing an RPM package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, to avoid warnings concerning the

RPM–GPG key, import the key with a command similar to the following:

rpm --import /mnt/cdrom/srvadmin/linux/RPM-GPG-KEY

• You must install all the prerequisite RPMs required for successful installation. Please see the Server

Administrator readme file on the

Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management

CD.

Installing Managed System Software Using the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD

The Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD uses RPMs to install each component. The

CD is divided into subdirectories to enable easy-to-execute Express Install or Custom Install paths.

If you would like to review the software before you install it, follow this procedure:

Load the

Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management

CD into your system's CD drive.

If necessary, use the command line to mount the CD using a command such as:

mount /mnt/cdrom

When you have mounted the CD, you can navigate to it with

cd /mnt/cdrom/srvadmin/linux/

Get a listing of the directories with

The directories on the CD that pertain to Red Hat Enterprise Linux are the following:

srvadmin/linux

srvadmin/linux/express-install-with-RAC3

srvadmin/linux/express-install-with-RAC4

srvadmin/linux/custom

srvadmin/linux/RPMS

srvadmin/linux/supportscripts