Users Guide
Creating and Distributing the Express Unattended Installation Package
The Express Install unattended installation option uses the /srvadmin/linux/supportscripts and the /srvadmin/linux/RPMS subdirectories of the Dell
PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD as the unattended installation package. RPM accesses the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management
CD to install all required Server Administrator components on selected remote systems.
Distributing the Express-Install subdirectory as the Express Unattended Installation Package
1. Distribute the /srvadmin/linux/supportscripts and the /srvadmin/linux/RPMS subdirectory of the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management
CD to your target systems.
2. Configure your ISV software distribution software to execute sh srvadmin-install.sh -x from the supportscripts subdirectory.
When the ISV software runs, it executes the RPMs to install Server Administrator on each remote system.
Creating and Distributing the Custom Unattended Installation Package
The Custom Install unattended installation option creates an unattended installation package in a directory on your system's hard drive. To create an
unattended installation package, use the copy capability described in the section "Using the Shell Script to Perform the Custom Installation in Interactive
Mode" to create a custom directory with the RPM's you want to install. This directory will be your unattended installation directory. Copy the RPMs in the
applicable OpenIPMI subdirectory to the same directory on your target systems where you distribute the custom unattended installation package.
Distributing Unattended Installation Packages
Thecustomunattendedinstallationpackageislocatedinthedirectoryyoucreatedintheprecedingstep6ofthecustominstallation(see"Custom Install").
This directory contains all of the RPMs for the managed system software components to distribute.
1. Configure your ISV software distribution software to execute rpm –i *.rpm after the unattended installation package has been distributed.
2. Use your ISV distribution software to distribute the unattended installation package to the remote systems. The RPM command installs Server
Administrator on each remote system.
Upgrading From Previous Versions
If your system is running Dell OpenManage software prior to version 4.2, uninstall the current version before attempting to install the new version.
Upgrading From Version 4.3 or Later
For Dell OpenManage software versions 4.3 and later, you can upgrade your system using RPM commands or the srvadmin-install.sh shell script. Ensure that
all installed components are upgraded when you perform either procedure.
Using the RPM
1. Log on as root to the system running Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server that requires the upgraded managed system
components.
2. Insert the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server ManagementCDintotheCDdriveonyoursystem.
If the CD does not mount automatically, use a command similar to the following:
mount /dev/cdrom/ mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
3. After the CD mounts, navigate to the RPMS directory by using a command similar to the following:
cd /media/cdrom/srvadmin/linux/RPMS/<os>
NOTE: If a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI driver is currently not installed on your remote systems, the srvadmin-hapi RPM will fail to install and
will display an error message stating that you must install/upgrade the OpenIPMI driver. In such a case, any RPMs that depend on the srvadmin-
hapi RPM will also fail to install. In such cases, you should also distribute the OpenIPMI-related RPM files in the srvadmin/linux/custom/add-
openipmi-operating-system subdirectory that is applicable to your operating system. Copy the RPMs from the applicable OpenIPMI subdirectory to
the same directory on your target systems from where you distribute the custom unattended installation package.
NOTE: Use of the install script, srvadmin-install.sh is recommended.