User's Manual

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Installing, Upgrading, And Running DSET On
Linux Operating System
This section provides information to install, upgrade and run DSET on Linux operating systems.
During installation, DSET checks if OpenPegasus CIMOM or SFCB service is installed or running. The following table
provides more information.
Table 2. : Service and DSET Operation
Service DSET Operation
OpenPegasus is not installed DSET installs SFCB
OpenPegasus is installed and running DSET uses OpenPegasus
OpenPegasus is installed but service is stopped DSET installs SFCB
SFCB is not installed DSET installs SFCB
SFCB is installed and running DSET uses SFCB
SFCB is installed but service is stopped DSET starts SFCB service
NOTE
: The default port 5988 (for http) or 5989 (for https) is used by the system to install DSET Provider. If custom
ports are used, update the configuration file available at /opt/dell/advdiags/dset/config/dset.cfg.
Installation Prerequisite For Linux Operating System
• Enable SSH services for remote report collection from Linux systems.
• Make sure that the user credentials supplied for remote report collection can initiate SSH connection and have
root privileges.
• For installing DSET Provider, make sure that:
– Operating system is RHEL 5, RHEL 6, SLES 10, SLES 11, ESX 4.0 or ESX 4.1.
– OpenManage Server Administrator (if installed) version is between 5.5 to 7.1.
Device Dependency On Linux Operating System
The following table lists the devices and the dependencies that are required for Linux operating system to run DSET. If
these device dependencies are not met, DSET exhibits the default behavior.
Table 3. : Device, Dependency, and Default Behavior
Device Dependency Default Behavior (if dependency is not
met)
Emulex Fibre Channel Controller
• HBAnywhere utility from
Emulex. To download this
utility, access the Emulex
website at emulex.com
.
Fibre Channel Controllers are not
displayed in DSET report
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