Users Guide

50 Setup and Administration
Enterprise Server operating systems, Dell OpenManage software supports the
SNMP systems management standard. You must install the SNMP package
provided with the operating system. CIM and WMI are unsupported.
NOTE: For information about installing a supported systems management protocol
standard on your managed system, see your operating system documentation.
Table 5-1 shows the availability of the systems management standards for
each supported operating system.
Windows Server 2003 R2 and the R2 IPMI Device Driver
The information in this section is applicable only to PowerEdge x8xx, x9xx,
xx0x, xx1x, and PowerVault x00 systems.
Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Storage Server R2 contain an
optional component called Hardware Management. This component
contains an IPMI driver. During installation, the component installs and
enables its IPMI driver.
NOTE: On PowerEdge x8xx systems, after you install the Hardware Management
component, you must perform an additional step to get the R2 IPMI driver installed.
When you launch Server Administrator, it first determines if the
Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver is enabled. If the driver is enabled,
Server Administrator uses the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver to provide its
IPMI-based functionality. If the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver is not
enabled, Server Administrator uses its own internal IPMI support to provide its
IPMI-based functionality. For Server Administrator, it is recommended that you
use the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver instead of the internal IPMI
Table 5-1. Availability of Systems Management Protocol by Operating Systems
Operating System SNMP CIM/WMI
Supported Microsoft
Windows operating systems.
Available from the operating system
installation media.
Always
installed
Supported Red Hat Enterprise
Linux operating systems.
You must install the SNMP package
provided with the operating system.
Unavailable
Supported SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server operating
systems.
You must install the SNMP package
provided with the operating system.
Unavailable