Users Guide

134 Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux Operating Systems
Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards
A supported systems management protocol standard must be installed on the
managed system before installing Server Administrator. On supported Red
Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems,
Server Administrator only supports the SNMP systems management
standard. You must install the SNMP package provided with the operating
system. CIM and WMI are unsupported.
NOTE: For information on installing a supported system management protocol
standard on your managed system, see your operating system documentation.
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. You
can install or upgrade Server Administrator using scripts from the Dell
Systems Console and Agent CD, or the
Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation
DVD, or through RPM.
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