Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux and VMware ESX Server Operating
• Install all the prerequisite RPMs required for successful installation.
If your system had VMware ESX (version 3.5 or 4) factory-installed, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (versions 4 and 5), or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(version 10 and 11), see the Server Administrator installation readme file
(
readme_ins.txt ) on the Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation
DVD for information on any RPMs that you need to
manually install prior to installing managed system software. Typically,
you may not need to manually install any RPMs. See the readme file for
more information.
If your system did not have a factory-installed Linux operating system,
and you did not install a VMware ESX (version 3.5 or 4), Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (versions 4 and 5), or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(version 10 and 11) operating system using the Dell Systems Build and
Update Utility, you need to manually install the prerequisite RPMs prior to
installing managed system software. These RPM files are provided on the
Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD. Navigate to
SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/RPMS/supportRPMS/ to locate the
appropriate RPM files for your Linux operating system. Install applicable
RPMs with
rpm -ivh <name_of_RPM> before installing managed
system software.
Installing Managed System Software Using Dell-Provided Media
The Dell OpenManage installer uses RPMs to install each component.
The media (DVD) is divided into subdirectories to enable easy Custom Installs.
NOTE: On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system, DVDs are auto-mounted
with the -noexec mount option. This option does not allow you to run any executable
from the DVD. You need to manually mount the DVD and then run executables.
If you would like to review the software before you install it, follow this procedure:
1
Load the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into
your system's DVD drive.
2 If necessary, use the command line to mount the DVD using a command
such as:
mount /dev/dvdrom /mnt/dvdrom