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Upgrading Management Station Software
To upgrade the BMC Management Utility onto a management station, perform the following steps:
1. Log on as root to the system where you want to upgrade the Management Station features.
2. If necessary, mount the Dell Systems Management Consoles CD to a desired location using the mount command or a similar command.
3. Navigate to the /linux/bmc directory and upgrade the BMC software using the rpm commands specific to the operating system:
l For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, use osabmcutil*-RHEL-*.rpm, for example, rpm -Uvh osabmcutil*-RHEL-*.rpm.
l For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, use osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm, for example, rpm -Uvh osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm.
To upgrade the DRAC Tools feature, perform the following steps:
1. Log on as root to the system where you want to upgrade the Management Station features.
2. If necessary, mount the CD to a desired location using the mount command or a similar command.
3. Navigate to the /linux/rac directory and upgrade the RAC software using the rpm -Uvh *.rpm command.
Uninstalling Management Station Software
To uninstall the BMC Management Utility onto a management station, perform the following steps:
1. Log on as root to the system where you want to install the Management Station features.
2. Use the rpm query command to determine which version of the BMC Management Utility is installed. Use the rpm-qa | grep osabmcutil command.
3. Verify that is the version to be uninstalled, and if so, uninstall the feature by using the rpm -e`rpm-qa | grep osabmcutil` command.
To uninstall the DRAC Tools feature, perform the following steps:
1. Log on as root to the system where you want to install the Management Station features.
2. Use the rpm query command to determine which version of the DRAC Tools is installed. Use the rpm-qa | grep mgmtst-racadm command.
3. Verify that is the version to be uninstalled, and if so, uninstall the feature by using the rpm -e`rpm-qa | grep mgmtst-racadm` command.
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