Users Guide

98 Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux Operating Systems
Installation Procedures
This section explains how to install, upgrade, and uninstall Server Administrator on a system that is
running a supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux or a supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating
system. Server Administrator can be installed and upgraded from the Dell PowerEdge Installation and
Server Management CD using scripts or RPM commands.
Additionally, Server Administrator includes Dynamic Kernel Support (DKS), a feature that automatically
builds a device driver for a running kernel if Server Administrator detects that none of its prebuilt device
drivers support that kernel. This section includes the following topics:
• Dynamic Kernel Support (DKS)
• OpenIPMI Device Driver
• Installing and Upgrading managed system software
• Performing an Unattended Installation of the managed system software
• Upgrading from Previous Versions
• Uninstalling Server Administrator
Software License Agreement
The software license for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version of the
Dell OpenManage software is located on the CD in the root directory. Read the license.txt file.
By installing or copying any of the files on this CD, you are agreeing to the terms found in this file. This
file is also copied to the root of the software tree where you choose to install the Dell OpenManage software.
Dynamic Kernel Support (DKS)
Server Administrator provides precompiled device drivers for the precompiled kernels listed in the Server
Administrator readme file on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD. If the running
kernel is not one of the precompiled kernels listed in the readme file, or if the running kernel is reconfigured
and recompiled in such a way that none of the precompiled Server Administrator device drivers support
the recompiled kernel, then Server Administrator may need to use its DKS feature to support the
running kernel.
If you see the following message during Server Administrator Device Drivers startup, then Server
Administrator attempted to use its DKS feature, but was unable to use the feature because certain
prerequisites were not met:
Building <
driver > using DKS... [FAILED]
where < driver > is dcdbas or dell_rbu
NOTE: Server Administrator logs messages to the /var/log/messages log file.
To use DKS, you should identify which kernel you have running, then check the DKS prerequisites.