Users Guide

92 Installing Management Station Software
To install the BMC Management Utility onto a management station, perform
the following steps:
1
Log on as
root
to the system on which you want to install the
management station features.
2
If necessary, mount the
Dell Systems Console and Agent
CD or the
Dell
Systems Management Tools and Documentation
DVD to a desired location
using the
mount
command or a similar command.
3
Navigate to the
ManagementStation/linux/bmc
or
SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc
directory and install the
BMC software using the rpm commands specific to the operating system:
For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, use
osabmcutil*-
RHEL-*.rpm,
for example,
rpm -ivh osabmcutil*-RHEL-
*.rpm
.
For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, use
osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm,
for example,
rpm -ivh
osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm
.
To install the ipmitool BMC Management Utility, navigate to the
operating system sub-directory under
ManagementStation/linux/bmc/ipmitool
or
SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc/ipmitool
corresponding
to your operating system and execute the command
rpm -ivh
*.rpm
. If there is a version of ipmitool on the system use the
command
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
.
To install the DRAC Tools feature, perform the following steps:
1
Log on as
root
to the system on which you want to install the
management station features.
2
If necessary, mount the CD or DVD to a desired location using the
mount
command or a similar command.
3
Navigate to the
ManagementStation/linux/rac
or
SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/rac
directory and install the RAC
software using the
rpm -ivh *.rpm
command.
Upgrading Management Station Software
To upgrade the BMC Management Utility onto a management station,
perform the following steps: