Users Guide

Installing Management Station Software on Supported Red Hat

Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware

ESX Server

Only DRAC Tools and BMU are supported on the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, and

VMware® ESX™ Server operating systems.

NOTE: On 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 must mount the DVD-ROM manually and

then run the executables.

1. To install BMU, navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc directory and install the BMU RPM

specific to the operating system with the following command:

For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, use rpm -ivh osabmcutil*-RHEL-*.rpm

For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, use rpm -ivh osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm

2. To install DRAC Tools, navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/rac directory and execute the

following command:

rpm -ivh *.rpm

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October 2009