Owner's Manual

16 Installing and Uninstalling the Dell Smart Plug-in
Configuring the Managed Systems
To configure the managed systems:
1
Install the supported Windows or Linux operating systems, or the
supported ESXi version on the managed systems.
2 Install and enable the SNMP service on the managed system and ensure
that the management server is able to communicate with it.
3 Configure the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable Get
operations, and send traps to the HPOM management server. For
information on configuring the SNMP agent on Windows systems, see the
OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide available on the Dell
Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals.
For information on configuring the SNMP agent on ESXi systems, see the
Dell OpenManage With VMware ESX/ESXi 4 Systems Management Guide
available on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals .
4 Install Server Administrator on the Windows and the Linux systems. The
supported versions of Server Administrator:
• For Windows systems — versions 5.5 to 6.3
• For ESXi and Linux systems — versions 6.1 to 6.3.
For more information on configuring SNMP for Windows, ESXi, and
Linux systems, see the
OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide
available on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals .
5 Install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (Server Administrator) on
ESXi and enable the OEM CIM providers and ensure that the
management server is able to communicate with the systems. For more
information on enabling the OEM CIM providers, see the
Dell
OpenManage With VMware ESX/ESXi 4 Systems Management Guide
available on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals .
You can download OMSA from the Dell Support website
at
support.dell.com.
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