Users Guide

Installing Management Station Software 71
Installing Management
Station Software
Overview
The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD provides
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
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.