HP System Management Homepage Installation Guide, December 2006

7 Installing in-place on Linux
This chapter provides steps to install HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) in-place on Linux
x86 systems and x86-64 systems.
NOTE: For information regarding installing HP SMH on Integrity platforms, refer to HP Integrity Essentials
Foundation Pack for Linux 1.0 User Guide at http://docs.hp.com.
• “Installation for Linux on x86 and x86_64” (page 33)
— “Installing HP SMH on Linux x86 systems” (page 33)
— “Installing HP SMH on x86_64” (page 33)
— “Configuring HP SMH” (page 33)
The next chapter provides steps to install HP SMH in-place on Linux systems using the Linux Deployment
Utility.
• “Installing HP SMH with preconfiguration” (page 39)
— “Preconfiguring the HP SMH component” (page 39)
— “Installing HP SMH as a single component” (page 40)
• “Installing HP SMH without preconfiguration” (page 40)
Installation for Linux on x86 and x86_64
The HP SMH installation for Linux enables you to silently install HP SMH on x86 and x86_64 systems.
After the installation is complete, you can configure the HP SMH settings.
NOTE: To install HP SMH, you must be logged in as root user.
Installing HP SMH on Linux x86 systems
To install HP SMH on x86 systems, your system must meet the minimum requirements. For more
information regarding minimum requirements, see Chapter 2 “Installation requirements”. In addition,
you must have the hpsmh-2.x.x.linux.i386.rpm.
Note: The general 32-bit RPM List is not installed by default.
To install HP SMH, enter the following command line:
rpm –ivh hpsmh-2.x.x-linux.i386.rpm
A message appears indicating that HP SMH installed successfully with default configuration values.
Installing HP SMH on x86_64
To install HP SMH on x86_64 systems, your system must meet the minimum requirements. For more
information regarding minimum requirements, see Chapter 2 “Installation requirements”. In addition,
you must have the hpsmh-2.x.x.linux-release.x86_64.rpm
To install HP SMH, enter the following command line:
rpm –ivh hpsmh-2.x.x-linux-release.x86-64.rpm
A message appears indicating that HP SMH installed successfully with default configuration values.
Configuring HP SMH
After HP SMH is installed, you can configure the settings. If you are migrating from Management HTTP
Server, the Management HTTP Server settings are retained. However, the retained settings are configurable.
To configure HP SMH settings:
1. Enter the following command to start the configuration:
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