Users Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManagerOpenManage Software 5.1

Contents 7

Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Dynamic Kernel Support (DKS)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

OpenIPMI Device Driver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Installing and Upgrading Managed System Software

. . . . . . . . . . 104

Performing an Unattended Installation of the

Managed System Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Upgrading From Previous Versions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Uninstalling Managed System Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Using Dell OpenManage with VMware

ESX Server™ Software . . . . . . 116

Managed System Software Installation Using

Third-Party Deployment Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

8 Using Microsoft

Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Controlling Access to Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Active Directory Schema Extensions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Extending the Active Directory Schema

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Using the Dell Schema Extender

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Adding Users and Privileges to Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Configuring Your Systems or Devices

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

9 Prerequisite Checker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Command Line Operation of the Prerequisite Checker . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

10 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Microsoft

Windows

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Red Hat

Enterprise Linux or SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server . . . . . . . . 148

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Index

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171