HP System Management Homepage Installation Guide, June 2007

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 34)
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 41)
“Preconfiguring the HP SMH component” (page 41)
“Installing HP SMH as a single component” (page 42)
“Installing HP SMH without preconfiguration” (page 43)
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
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