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• The NetworkManager configures networking through DHCP when booted to the CentOS
environment. If you need to set static IP(s), configure the IP from the NetworkManager applet or
stop the NetworkManager and configure networking using command line interface (CLI).
• Connection through VNC to display: 0 is available when booted to the SLI environment.
• To run DSET, double-click the DSET icon on the SLI desktop.
• Partitions and logical volume file systems (ntfs, vfat, ext2,and ext3) on the local disks are
automatically mounted as read-only during boot. If you want to write to the local file system,
such as editing configuration files on the local file system, you must manually mount the local
file system as read-write. Provide the parameters 'nolvmmount' and 'nodiskmount' during
booting to prevent automatic mounting of the local file system.
• Yum may be used to install additional packages from public Linux repositories.
• Most common CentOS6 commands and utilities are available.
• The following are the DOS-Based Diagnostics tools available:
- Dell MPMemory is included with the diagnostics for Dell 9G-11G servers
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32 Bit diagnostics is included with the diagnostics for Dell 9G-11G servers
- Dell Loop MPMemory is included with the diagnostics for Dell 9G-11G servers
- Dell Asset Tag Utility for Dell 9G-12G servers.
Known Issues
Issue 1
Description
Right click Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) 7.3 symbol and clicking "Run in Terminal" gives an permission
error as you are running from non-privileged user known as 'sliuser'.
Resolution
Go to SUU location and run the following command sudo ./suu -g to launch SUU.
Issue 2
Description
Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) 7.3 Bios updates *may* give you an error as "Centos" is not officially
supported by SUU.
Resolution
Boot SUU image directly through DVD or USB Key or iDRAC and update the BIOS.
Limitations
Software RAID information is not enumerated by the following diagnostic tools: DSET and OMSA.
Open Source Library
The lists of open source libraries used are:
• Python 3.1.2
• OpenSSL 0.9
• PyWBEM 0.7
• 7-Zip 4.65
• Plink 0.55 - for Windows