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

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

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

cd /mnt/cdrom/srvadmin/linux/

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4. Get a listing of the directories with ls.

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

srvadmin/linux

srvadmin/linux/custom

srvadmin/linux/RPMS

srvadmin/linux/supportscripts

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Express Install

Use the provided shell script to perform the express installation in silent and unattended mode.

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1. Log on as root to the system running the supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system where you want to

install the managed system components.

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2. Insert the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD into the CD drive.

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

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

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4. Navigate to the srvadmin/linux/supportscripts directory.

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5. Run the srvadmin-install.sh shell script as shown below, which performs a silent and unattended express installation. All of the components, including

anyapplicableremoteaccesscontroller(DRACIII,DRAC4,orDRAC5)softwarecomponents,willbeinstalled.

sh srvadmin-install.sh --express

sh srvadmin-install.sh -x

Server Administrator services do not start automatically.

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6. Start the Server Administrator services after the installation using the srvadmin-services.sh script by using the sh srvadmin-services start command.

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Custom Install

Managed system software provides two custom installation paths. One is RPM-based, with pre-configured custom directories, and the other is shell script-

based.

Using Pre-configured Custom Directories to Perform the Custom Installation

See Table7-1 for details about using the RPMs to perform a custom installation using pre-configured custom directories.

Table 7-1. Custom Installation Using Pre-ConfiguredDirectories

NOTE: Just before the Server Administrator RPMs are installed, the srvadmin-install.sh shell script automatically calls the srvadmin-openipmi.sh

shell script to ensure that a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI driver is currently installed on the system. If a sufficient version is not found, the

srvadmin-install.sh shell script calls the srvadmin-openipmi.sh shell script to attempt to install a sufficient version. If the attempt fails for any

reason, an appropriate error message will be displayed with instructions describing how to resolve the error. After resolving any error, you should

then re-run the srvadmin-install.sh shell script to install the managed system components.

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