Users Guide

Installing Management Station Software 69
Installing Management
Station Software
Overview
The Dell™ Systems Console and Agent CD and the Dell Systems Management
Tools and Documentation DVD provide a setup program to install, upgrade,
and uninstall Dell OpenManage™ management station software on your
system.
Using the setup program you can install and upgrade the management station
software on systems running Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating systems.
You can uninstall Dell OpenManage management station software using the
CD or DVD, or through the operating system on systems running supported
Windows operating systems.
The management station applications include Dell OpenManage IT
Assistant, DRAC Tools, the BMC Utilities, and the Microsoft Active
Directory
®
Snap-in Utility.
Except IT Assistant and the Active Directory Snap-in, all management
station applications also run on Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
and SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server operating systems. See "Installing, Upgrading, and
Uninstalling Management Station Software on Systems Running Supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating
Systems" for more information.
NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User's Guide for additional setup
and configuration information.
Installation Requirements
These are general requirements for management stations. Operating system-
specific installation prerequisites are listed below as part of the installation
procedures for the respective applications.