Users Guide
Degradation of Functionality When Server Administrator Instrumentation Service is Started
After Server Administrator is installed, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service will do a run-time check of the OpenIPMI device driver whenever it is
started. The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service is started whenever you run either the srvadmin-services.sh start or srvadmin-services.sh
restart commands, or you restart the system (during which the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service is started).
While Server Administrator installation will block the installation of Server Administrator if a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver is not currently
installed on the system, it is still possible, though not typical, that a user can uninstall or replace a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver after Server
Administrator has been installed. Server Administrator cannot prevent this.
To account for a user uninstalling or replacing a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver after Server Administrator has been installed, the Server
Administrator Instrumentation Service checks the OpenIPMI device driver version whenever it is started. If a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver is
not found, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service will degrade itself so that it does not provide any of its IPMI-based information or functionality.
Primarily, this means that it will not provide any probe data (for example, fans, temperatures, and voltage probe data).
If you know or suspect that the OpenIPMI device driver on the system is not sufficient, you can run the srvadmin-openipmi.sh shell script on the Dell
PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD to install a sufficient version by, again, performing the following steps:
1. Navigate to the srvadmin/linux/supportscripts directory.
2. Run the srvadmin-openipmi.sh shell script as shown below.
sh srvadmin-openipmi.sh install
If you are unsure as to whether or not the OpenIPMI device driver on the system is sufficient, run the srvadmin-openipmi.sh status command instead. Rather
than attempting to install or upgrade the OpenIPMI device driver, if necessary, which is what the srvadmin-openipmi.sh install command does, the srvadmin-
openipmi.sh status command displays information that informs you whether or not the OpenIPMI device driver on the system is sufficient or not. After running
the srvadmin-openipmi.sh status command, you can then decide whether or not you need and want to run the srvadmin-openipmi.sh install command.
Installing and Upgrading Managed System Software
This section explains how to install and upgrade managed system software using the following installation options:
l Use the srvadmin-install.shshellscriptforExpressinstallsorCustominstalls,ineitherinteractiveorunattendedmode
l UseRPMcommandsforCustominstalls,ineitherinteractiveorunattendedmode
Prerequisites for Installing Managed System Software
l You must be logged in as root.
l The running kernel must have loadable module support enabled.
l Your /opt directory must have at least 250 MB of free space, and your /tmp and /var directories must each have at least 20 MB of free space. If you
choose to use a non-default directory for the installation, then that directory must also have at least 250 MB of free space.
l The ucd-snmp or net-snmp package that is provided with the operating system must be installed if you use SNMP to manage your server. 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.
rpm --import /mnt/cdrom/srvadmin/linux/RPM-GPG-KEY
l You must install all the prerequisite RPMs required for successful installation.
If your system came with a factory installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux (versions 3 and 4) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (versions 9 and 10) operating
system, see the Server Administrator installation readme file (readme_ins.txt) on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD for
information on any RPMs that you need to manually install prior to installing managed system software. In most cases you will not need to manually
install any RPMs. See the readme file to be sure.
If your system did not come with a factory installed Linux operating system, and you did not install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (versions 3 and 4) or SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server (version 9 and 10) operating system using Server Assistant, then you need to manually install the prerequisite RPMs prior to
installing managed system software. For convenience, these RPM files are provided on the DellPowerEdgeInstallationandServerManagement CD or
package. Navigate to the appropriate /srvadmin/linux/RPMS/supportRPMS/operating-system subfolder for your specific Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(versions 3 and 4) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (versions 9 and 10) operating system and run
rpm -Uvh * to install these RPM files before installing managed system software.
InstallingManagedSystemSoftwareUsingtheDellPowerEdgeInstallationandServerManagementCD
The Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server ManagementCDusesRPMstoinstalleachcomponent.TheCDisdividedintosubdirectoriestoenableeasyCustom
Installs.
If you would like to review the software before you install it, follow this procedure:
1. Load the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server ManagementCDintoyoursystem'sCDdrive.
NOTE: When installing an RPM package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, to avoid warnings concerning the RPM–GPG
key, import the key with a command similar to the following: