Install Guide

Contents
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 5
What Is New In This Release.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Software Availability..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Systems Management Software........................................................................................................................................ 6
Server Administrator Components On A Managed System.......................................................................................... 6
Security Features................................................................................................................................................................7
Other Documents You Might Need.....................................................................................................................................8
2 Preinstallation Setup....................................................................................................... 9
Installation Requirements....................................................................................................................................................9
Supported Operating Systems And Web Browsers.......................................................................................................9
System Requirements...................................................................................................................................................9
Managed System Requirements................................................................................................................................... 9
Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards................................................................................................ 10
Conguring SNMP Agents................................................................................................................................................10
Remote Enablement Requirements................................................................................................................................... 10
Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement................................................................................................................. 11
Post Installation Conguration For Remote Enablement..............................................................................................12
Winbind Conguration For openwsman And sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems.................................13
Workaround For The Libssl Issue.......................................................................................................................................14
Winbind Conguration For openwsman And sfcb For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System...........................14
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESXi............... 15
Software License Agreement............................................................................................................................................ 16
RPM For Individual Components.......................................................................................................................................16
OpenIPMI Device Driver....................................................................................................................................................19
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is Started..............................19
Installing Managed System Software................................................................................................................................20
Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software.............................................................................................. 20
Installing Managed System Software Using The Provided Media............................................................................... 20
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility..........................................................................................................23
Managed System Software Installation Using Third Party Deployment Software....................................................... 25
Uninstalling Managed System Software........................................................................................................................... 26
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script............................................................................26
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command.......................................................................... 26
4 Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi......................................... 27
Using the vSphere CLI......................................................................................................................................................27
Using The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA).............................................................................................28
Using The VMware Update Manager (VUM)................................................................................................................... 28
Using The Power CLI........................................................................................................................................................29
Accessing Server Administrator on VMware ESXi............................................................................................................ 29
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