Install Guide

Installing Managed System Software On Supported

Linux And VMware ESXi

The following table explains the operating system installation matrix for Systems Management.

Table 4. Operating System Installation Matrix

Operating System Architecture 64-bit Architecture

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Install

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Install

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP2 Install

ESXi 6.5 Install

ESXi 6.0 U3 Install

NOTE: On a Systems Management upgrade, it is recommended to upgrade to the latest open source components

available on the

Dell EMC OpenManage Systems Management Tools and Documentation

software or from dell.com/

support/home.

NOTE: If you are upgrading the operating system to a major version, uninstall the existing version of Systems

Management and install the supported version.

NOTE: Before you migrate to Systems Management software, make sure you uninstall the Systems Management and

other open source components (openwsman-server, openwsman-client, libwsman1, sblim-sfcb, sblim-sfcc,

libcmpiCppImpl0, libsmbios2, smbios-utils-bin) installed as part of the Systems Management.

NOTE: The Inventory Collector RPM (srvadmin-cm) requires the following RPMs to be preinstalled on servers prior to

11th generation of PowerEdge servers running Linux operating system.

• glibc.i686

• compat-libstdc++.i686

• libstdc++.i686

• zlib.i686libxml2.i686

If the dependent RPMs are not installed then Inventory Collector will not function as expected and exits with error messages.

NOTE: On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system the Emulex driver dependent on the following

RPMs:

• kernel-headers-2.6.18-346.el5.i386.rpm

• glibc-headers-2.5-107.i386.rpm

• glibc-devel-2.5-107.i386.rpm

• gcc-4.1.2-54.el5.i386.rpm

If any of the RPMs listed are missing, the system experiences issues in detecting the Emulex Network Adapters.

The installation scripts and RPM packages specic to supported Linux and VMware ESXi operating systems are provided to install

and uninstall the Server Administrator and other managed system software components. These installation scripts and RPMs are

located in the SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/supportscripts directory available in the Dell EMC OpenManage Systems Management

Tools and Documentation software.

The install script srvadmin-install.sh allows silent or interactive installation. By including the srvadmin-install.sh script in the Linux

scripts, install Server Administrator locally or across a network on single or multiple systems.