Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1 for the Itanium Processor on HP Integrity Servers

Support Note for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1 for the Itanium® Processor on HP Integrity Servers
Manageability
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WBEM and WBEM Providers
WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) is a DMTF (Distributed Management Task
Force) standard that uses Internet technologies such as XML, HTTP, and SSL to manage
systems. It allows management applications such as HP Systems Insight Manager to retrieve,
monitor, and configure system information.
WBEM providers are the instruments that provide system data for the management
application. See http://www.hp.com/large/infrastructure/management/wbem/ for more
information on WBEM.
Installing WBEM Providers
1. You can install WBEM providers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1. From
http://software.hp.com, click on the internet ready and networking link under
“product category.”
2. Click the hp WBEM Services for Linux link on the “internet ready and networking”
page. The resulting page has a product description and links to Download the WBEM
package download and installation instructions.
3. From the Linux link at http://software.hp.com, download the compressed tar file of
WBEM providers for Integrity servers into the directory of your choice when prompted by
your Internet browser.
4. Login as root on the server where you downloaded the tar file.
5. Untar the file with tar -xvf command, and the tar file expands into a subdirectory.
6. Install the rpm packages in the subdirectory in this order:
Type rpm -Uvh parted-dump*.rpm and press
Enter.
Type rpm -Uvh hpserver-core*.rpm and press
Enter.
Type rpm -Uvh hp.com-wbem-providers*.rpm and press
Enter.
7. To verify proper installation:
a. Type cimserver on the command line and press
Enter to start the cimserver.
b. Type osinfo and press
Enter. If the WBEM providers are installed properly, the
system displays information such as host name, distribution name and version,
license type, etc. An example of system output follows:
OperatingSystem Information
Host: mundie.fc.hp.com
Name: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server