Users Guide

Installing Management Station Software 93
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 Management Tools and
Documentation
DVD to a desired location using the mount command or
a similar command.
3 Navigate to the 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
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 DVD to a desired location using the mount
command or a similar command.
3 Navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/rac directory and
install the RAC software using the
rpm -ivh *.rpm command.