Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux and VMware ESX Server Operating
Server Administrator installation blocks the installation of Server Administrator
packages if an appropriate version of the OpenIPMI device driver is not currently
installed on the system. However, it is still possible, though not typical, that you
can uninstall or replace a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver after
Server Administrator has been installed. Server Administrator cannot prevent this.
To account for a user uninstalling or replacing a sufficient version of the
OpenIPMI device driver after Server Administrator has been installed, the
Server Administrator Instrumentation Service checks the OpenIPMI device
driver version whenever it is started. If a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI
device driver is not found, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service
will degrade itself so that it does not provide any of its IPMI-based
information or functionality. Primarily, this means that it will not provide any
probe data (for example, fans, temperatures, and voltage probe data).
Installing Base RPMs
If you choose to install the Remote Enablement feature, you have to install
certain base RPMs and configure these RPMs before installing the feature.
The base RPMs are available on the
Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation
DVD at srvadmin\linux\RPMS\supportRPMS. Install the
following base RPMs:
• openwsman-server-2.1.0-26.1.i386.rpm
• openwsman-client-2.1.0-26.1.i386.rpm
• libwsman1-2.1.0-26.1.i386.rpm
• sblim-sfcb-1.3.2-17.1.i386.rpm
• sblim-sfcc-2.1.0-7.1.i386.rpm
For example, if you are installing the base RPMs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.3, then select the following files from
srvadmin\linux\RPMS\supportRPMS:
• sblim-sfcb-1.3.2-17.1.rhel5.i386.rpm
• sblim-sfcc-2.1.0-7.1.rhel5.i386.rpm
• libwsman1-2.1.0-26.1.rhel5.i386.rpm
• openwsman-client-2.1.0-26.1.rhel5.i386.rpm
• openwsman-server-2.1.0-26.1.rhel5.i386.rpm