The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD provides a setup program to install, upgrade, and uninstall Dell™ OpenManage™ management station software on your system.
The management station applications include DRAC Tools, the BMC Utilities, the Microsoft Active Directory® Snap-in Utility, and Dell OpenManage IT Assistant.
These are general requirements for management stations. Operating system-specific installation prerequisites are listed below as part of the installation procedures for the respective applications.
Supported Operating Systems
For a list of the operating systems that the Systems Build and Update Utility supports, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix located at docsdirectory on the Dell-provided media or on the Dell support website at support.dell.com.
For more application-specific operating systems requirements, see the documentation for that application.
System Requirements
On Windows systems, the setup program (setup.exe) runs the Prerequisite Checker to automatically analyze your system to determine if the system requirements have been met. (See "Prerequisite Checker.")
Management Station Requirements
Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) version 3.1 or later is required on your system. Dell OpenManage software detects the MSI version on your system. If the version is lower than 3.1, the Prerequisite Checker prompts you to upgrade to MSI version 3.1.
When installing management station applications on systems running a Windows operating system, you must select a disk drive that has space greater than the required space. This ensures availability of additional space for the temporary installation (not reflected in the Required Space) required by the Windows Installer Service.
IT Assistant Database Requirements
For information on IT Assistant database requirements, see the Dell OpenManageIT Assistant User's Guide.
Enabling CIM Discovery and Security in IT Assistant
For detailed information on configuring CIM for IT Assistant, see the Dell OpenManageIT Assistant User's Guide.
Installing SNMP
For information about installing SNMP on the IT Assistant management station, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User's Guide.
Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling
Management Station Software on Systems
Running Supported Windows Operating Systems
This section explains how to install, upgrade, and uninstall management station software on a system that is running a supported Windows operating system. If the prerequisites are met on a system, BMC Utilities and Remote Access Controller Console are installed by default.
NOTE: If you are running any application on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD, close the application before installing the management station applications.
Prerequisite Checker
The setup program runs the Prerequisite Checker, which examines the prerequisites for software features without launching the actual installation. The Prerequisite Checker displays a status window that provides information about your system's hardware and software that might affect the installation and operation of the software features.
The Prerequisite Checker displays three types of messages: informational, warning, and error messages.
An informational message describes a condition, but does not prevent a feature from being installed.
A warning message describes a condition that prevents a software feature from being installed during Typical installation. It is recommended that you resolve the condition causing the warning before proceeding with the installation of the software. If you decide to continue, you can select and install the software using the Custom installation.
An error message describes a condition that prevents the software feature from being installed. You must resolve the condition causing the error before proceeding with the installation of that software feature. If you do not resolve the issue, the software feature will not be installed.
Execute the command RunPreReqChecks.exe /s if you want to run the prerequisite check in silent mode. For more information see "Prerequisite Checker."
Installing and Upgrading the Management Station Software
This section explains how to install and upgrade management station software. The installation options are as follows:
Use the setup program on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD to install or upgrade management station software and upgrade IT Assistant.
Use the unattended installation method through the msiexec.exe Windows Installer Engine (see Table 11-1) to install management station software on multiple systems.
Typical and Custom Installations
The management station installer provides two setup options: Typical Setup and Custom Setup.
The setup program runs the Prerequisite Checker and provides information about your system's hardware and software that might affect installation and operation of features.
NOTE: When installing Management Station applications on systems running Windows operating systems, additional Custom Install components selected during a Typical Install are retained upon returning to the Typical Install option. To remove these components, you must deselect them from the Custom Install dialog.
Perform the following steps for a typical installation of management station software on your system:
Launch the management station installation.
Click Install, Modify, Repair or Remove Management Station and
click Next.
Select the Typical Setup option.
If the prerequisites are met, the DRAC Tools and BMC Utilities are installed by default. The Active Directory Snap-in Utility and IT Assistant are not selected by default and can be installed using the custom setup option. For more information about how to perform a Typical Setup, see the Dell OpenManage Software Quick Installation Guide.
Custom Installation
The custom installation path enables you to choose specific software features to install.
This section illustrates the Custom Setup option using an install and upgrade of BMC Utilities as an example. You can also install other management station software using the Custom Setup option.
NOTE: You can install management station and managed system services in the same or different directories. You can select the directory for installation.
Installing Management Station
On Microsoft Windows operating systems, perform the following steps:
NOTE: IT Assistant requires a default instance of a database to be installed on the system. IT Assistant cannot use a named instance of a database.
NOTE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express requires Microsoft Data Access components 2.8 (MDAC 2.8) and .NET 2.0 Runtime to be installed. The Prerequisite Checker utility will prompt you to install MDAC 2.8 and .NET 2.0 Runtime, If they are not installed on your system.
Log on with administrator privileges to the system on which you want to
install the management station software features.
Close all open applications.
Insert the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into
your system's DVD drive.
Navigate to the SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows directory on
the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD and run
the setup.exefile.
The Dell OpenManage Management Station Prerequisite Status screen appears and runs the prerequisite checks for the management station. Prerequisite Status displays any relevant informational, warning, or error messages. Review the messages and, if necessary, resolve any warning and error messages before proceeding with the installation.
Click the Install, Modify, Repair or Remove Management Station option.
The Welcome to the Install Wizard for Dell OpenManage Management Station screen appears.
Click Next.
The Dell Software License Agreement appears.
Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next.
The Setup Type dialog box appears.
Select Custom and click Next.
The Custom Setup dialog box appears.
To select a specific management station software application, click the drop-down arrow beside the listed feature and select to either install or not to install the application.
To accept the default directory path to install management station software, click Next. Otherwise, click Change and navigate to the directory where you want to install your management station software, and then click Next.
Make sure that BMC Utilities is selected.
Click Next to accept the selected software features for installation.
The Ready to Install the Program box appears.
Click Install to install the selected software features.
The Installing Dell OpenManage Management Station screen appears.
When the selected features are installed, the Install Wizard Completed dialog box appears.
Click Finish to leave the management station installation.
NOTE: You can cancel the installation process by clicking Cancel. The installation rolls back the changes that you made. If you click Cancel at a later point in the installation process, the installation may not roll back properly, leaving the system with an incomplete installation. See "System Recovery on Failed Installation" for more information.
Upgrade
The Dell OpenManage installerprovides an Upgrade option for upgrading IT Assistant and other management station software.
When you insert the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into your system's DVD drive, select Dell OpenManage Management Station from the autorun menu, and click Install. The Prerequisite Checker program checks your system.
To upgrade all of the management station software products that are currently installed on your system, click Install, Modify, Repair or Remove Management Station and select Next.
NOTE: Upgrade may require a reboot if the files to be upgraded are in use. This is a typical Windows installer behavior. It is recommended that you reboot the system when prompted.
All features appropriate for your system are pre-selected during an upgrade.
To upgrade the management station software, perform the following steps:
Insert the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into
your system's DVD drive. The autorun menu appears. Select Dell
OpenManage Management Station and click Install.
If the autorun program does not automatically start, navigate to the SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows directory on the DVD and double-click the setup.exefile.
The Dell OpenManage Management Station Prerequisite Status screen appears and runs the prerequisite checks for the management station. Prerequisite Status displays any relevant informational, warning, or error messages. Review the messages and, if necessary, resolve any problems before proceeding with the installation.
Click the Install, Modify, Repair or Remove Management Station option.
The Welcome to the Install Wizard for Dell OpenManage Management Station screen appears.
Click Next.
The Installing Dell OpenManage Management Station screen appears. Messages provide the status and progress of the software features being installed or upgraded.
When the selected features are installed or upgraded, the Install Wizard Completed dialog box appears.
Click Finish to leave the management station installation.
Modify
If you want to add/remove management station components:
Navigate to the Windows Control Panel.
Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
Click Dell OpenManage Management Station and click Change.
The Welcome to the Install Wizard for Dell OpenManage Management Station dialog box appears.
Click Next.
The Program Maintenance dialog box appears.
Select Modify and click Next.
The Custom Setup dialog box appears.
Click the drop-down arrow beside the listed feature and select the desired
management station software.
A selected feature has a hard drive icon next to it. A deselected feature has a red X next to it. By default, if the Prerequisite Checker finds software features with no supporting hardware or software, the checker deselects them.
Click Next to accept the selected software features for installation.
The Ready to Modify the Programdialog box appears.
Click Install to install the selected software features.
The Installing Dell OpenManage Management Station screen appears. Messages provide the status and progress of the software features being installed.
When the selected features are installed, the Install Wizard Completed dialog box appears.
Click Finish to leave the management station installation.
Repair
If you want to repair installed management station components that may be damaged:
Navigate to the Windows Control Panel.
Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
Click Dell OpenManage Management Station and click Change.
The Welcome to the Install Wizard for Dell OpenManage Management Station dialog box appears.
Click Next.
The Program Maintenance dialog box appears.
Select the Repair option and click Next.
The Ready to Repair the Program dialog box appears.
Click Install to install the selected software features.
The Installing Dell OpenManage Management Station screen appears and provides the status and progress of the software features being installed.
When the selected features are installed, the Install Wizard Completed dialog box appears.
Click Finish to leave the management station installation.
System Recovery on Failed Installation
If a software installation utility encounters a fatal error during setup, your system may become unstable. To address this problem, Dell OpenManage installers provide the ability to roll back, or return, the system to its fully-working condition prior to the failed installation.
The Windows Installer service provides Dell OpenManage installers the ability to roll back by maintaining an undo operation for every operation that it performs during an installation, uninstallation, or any other configuration change. If some aspect of the installation fails during an installation session, the Windows Installer service can precisely return the system to its previous stable state. This feature includes restoration of deleted or overwritten files, registry keys, and other resources. Files that are deleted or overwritten during the course of an installation or removal are temporarily saved to a backup location, so they can be restored if necessary. After an installation finishes successfully, all temporary backup files are deleted.
An installation cannot be rolled back once it has successfully completed. A transacted installation is intended as a safety net that protects the system during a given installation session. If you want to remove an installed application, for example, you should uninstall that application.
When upgrading from Dell OpenManage software version 4.3 to version 5.x, an error will roll back the system to its previous state.
NOTE: Installations, uninstallations, and upgrades canceled by the administrator during installer cleanup or after the installation transaction is completed will not be rolled back.
Performing an Unattended Installation of Management Station Software
The management station installerprovides a Typical Setup option and a Custom Setup option for the unattended installation procedure.
Unattended installation allows you to install management station software simultaneously on multiple systems. You can perform an unattended installation by creating an unattended installation package that contains all of the necessary management station files. The unattended installation option also provides several features that enable you to configure, verify, and view information about unattended installations.
The unattended installation package is distributed to the remote systems using a software distribution tool from an independent software vendor (ISV). When the package is distributed, the installation script installs the software.
Unattended Installation Features
Unattended installation provides the following features:
A set of optional command line settings to customize an unattended installation
Customization parameters to designate specific software features for installation
A prerequisite checker program that examines the dependency status of selected software features without having to perform an actual installation
Creating and Distributing the Typical Unattended Installation Package
The Typical Setup unattended installation option uses the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD as the unattended installation package. The msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi /qb command accesses the DVD to accept the software license agreement and install all required management station software products on selected remote systems. The msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi /qb command installs management station software on each remote system, based on the system's hardware and software configuration.
You can make the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVDimage available to the remote system either by distributing the entire contents of the media, or by mapping a drive from the target system to the location of the CD image.
Mapping a Drive to Act as the Typical Unattended Installation Package
To map a drive to act as the Typical unattended installation package, do the following:
Share an image of the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation
DVD with each remote system on which you want to install the
management station software.
You can accomplish this task by directly sharing the media or by copying the entire DVD to a drive and sharing the copy.
Create a script that maps a drive from the remote systems to the shared
drive described in step 1. This script should execute the following
command after you have mapped the drive:
Configure your ISV distribution software to distribute and execute the
script created in step 2.
Distribute this script to the target systems by using your ISV software
distribution tools.
The msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi /qb command installs management station on each remote system.
NOTE: IT Assistant requires a supported database to be installed before IT Assistant can be installed. See DVD drive:\SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\Windows\ManagementStation\support\ to find the sample batch file and the necessary utilities.
Distributing the Entire DVD as the Typical Unattended Installation Package
To distribute the entire DVD as the Typical unattended installation package, perform the following steps:
NOTE: From Dell OpenManage version 6.0.1onwards, IT Assistant is no longer a part of Typical installation of management station. For more information on IT Assistant installation, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User's Guide.
Distribute the entire image of the DVD to your target systems.
Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the
msiexec.exe /i DVD
Drive\SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\ManagementStation\MgmtSt.msi
/qbcommand from the Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation DVD image.
The command executes from the DVD to install the management station on each remote system.
Creating and Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
To create a custom unattended installation package for distribution, copy the SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows directory on the DVD onto the system's hard drive.
Create a batch script that will execute the installation using the Windows Installer Engine (msiexec.exe). For example:
NOTE: For a customized unattended installation, each required feature must be included as a command line interface (CLI) parameter for it to be installed.
Also, put the batch script in the windows directory on the system hard drive.
NOTE: The MgmtSt.msi installation package for management station used in the Custom Setup unattended installation as described in the previous section is located in the SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\ManagementStation on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the batch script once
your installation package has been distributed.
Use your ISV distribution software to distribute the custom unattended
installation package to the remote systems.
The following command executes from the script to install management station, along with specified features, on each remote system:
msiexec.exe /i System Drive\SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\ManagementStation\MgmtSt.msi ADDLOCAL=ITA,RACMS,ADS /qb (if you are using the DVD)
Specifying Log File Locations
Run the following command to perform an unattended installation while specifying the log file location:
Table 11-1 shows the optional command line settings available for the msiexec.exe. Type the optional settings on the command line after msiexec.exewith a space between each setting.
NOTE: See support.microsoft.com for full details of all the Microsoft Windows Installer command line switches.
Table 11-1. Command Line Settings for MSI Installer
Setting
Result
/i <Package|Product Code>
Installs or configures a product.
/i MgmtSt.msi – This command installs the management station software.
/x <Package|Product Code>
Uninstalls a product.
/x MgmtSt.msi – This command uninstalls the management station software.
/q[n|b|r|f]
Sets the User Interface (UI) level.
/q or /qn – no UI. This option is used for silent and unattended installation. /qb – basic UI. This option is used for unattended but not silent installation. /qr – reduced UI. This option is used for unattended installation while displaying a modal dialog box showing install progress. /qf– full UI. This option is used for standard attended installation.
/f[p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v] <Package|ProductCode>
Repairs a product.
/fp – This option reinstalls a product only if a file is missing.
/fo – This option reinstalls a product if a file is missing or if an older version of a file is installed.
/fe – This option reinstalls a product if a file is missing or an equal or older version of a file is installed.
/fd – This option reinstalls a product if a file is missing or a different version of a file is installed.
/fc – This option reinstalls a product if a file is missing or the stored checksum value does not match the calculated value.
/fa – This option forces all files to be reinstalled.
/fu – This option rewrites all required user-specific registry entries.
/fm – This option rewrites all required system-specific registry entries.
/fs– This option overwrites all existing shortcuts.
/fv– This option runs from the source and re-caches the local package. Do not use the /fv reinstall option for the first installation of an application or feature.
INSTALLDIR=<path>
This command installs a product to a specific location. If you specify an installation directory with this switch, it must be created manually prior to executing the CLI install commands or they will fail with no error or message as to why they failed.
/i MgmtSt.msi INSTALLDIR=c:\OpenManage /qn – This command installs a product to a specific location using c:\OpenManage as the install location.
An example command with MSI is msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi /qn. This command installs management station features on each remote system, based on the systems' hardware and software configuration, silently and without asking for prompts.
Uninstalling Management Station Software
You can uninstall the management station software by using your operating system. Additionally, you can perform unattended uninstallations on multiple systems.
Uninstall Management Station Software Using the Dell-provided Media
To uninstall the management station software using the DVD, perform the following steps:
Insert the DVD into your system's DVD drive.
Navigate to the SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows directory on the DVD and double-click the setup.exefile.
The Dell OpenManage Management Station Prerequisite Status screen appears and runs the prerequisite checks for the management station. Prerequisite Status displays any relevant informational, warning, or error messages.
Click the Install, Modify, Repair or Remove Management Station option.
The Welcome to the Install Wizard for Dell OpenManage Management Station screen appears.
Click Next.
The Program Maintenance dialog box appears. This dialog allows you to modify, repair, or remove the program.
Select the Remove option and click Next.
The Remove the Program dialog box appears.
Click Remove.
The Uninstalling Dell OpenManage Management Station screen appears. Messages provide the status and progress of the software features being uninstalled.
When the selected features are uninstalled, the Install Wizard Completed dialog box appears.
Click Finish to exit the management station uninstallation.
All management station features will be uninstalled.
Uninstalling Management Station Software Features Using Add/Remove Programs
To uninstall the management station software features using Windows, perform the following steps:
Navigate to the Windows Control Panel.
Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
Click Dell OpenManage Management Stationand click Remove.
The Add or Remove Programs question box appears.
Click Yes to confirm uninstallation of management station.
The Uninstall Summary screen appears. Messages provide the status and progress of the software features being uninstalled.
All management station features will be uninstalled.
Performing an Unattended Uninstallation of Management Station Software
The Dell OpenManage installerfeatures a procedure for the unattended uninstallation of the management station software.
Unattended uninstallation enables you to uninstall management station software simultaneously from multiple systems. The unattended uninstallation package is distributed to the remote systems using a software distribution tool from an ISV. When the package is distributed, the uninstallation script executes to uninstall the software.
Distributing the Unattended Uninstallation Package
The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD is preconfigured to act as the unattended uninstallation package. To distribute the package to one or more systems, perform the following steps:
Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the msiexec.exe /x DVD
Drive\SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\Managemen
tStation\MgmtSt.msi /qbcommand after the unattended
uninstallation package has been distributed.
Use your ISV distribution software to distribute the Typical unattended
uninstallation package to the remote systems.
The command uninstalls management station software on each
remote system.
Unattended Uninstall Command Line Settings
Table 11-1 shows the unattended uninstallation command line settings available for unattended uninstallation. Type the optional settings on the command line after msiexec.exe /x MgmtSt.msiwith a space between each setting.
For example, running msiexec.exe /x MgmtSt.msi /qb runs the unattended uninstallation and displays the unattended installation status while it is running.
Running msiexec.exe /x MgmtSt.msi /qnruns the unattended uninstallation, but silently (without status displays).
Unattended Uninstall Using the Product GUID
If you do not have the installation DVD or the MSI package available during an uninstallation, you can use the following command line to uninstall Dell OpenManage systems management software on management stations running Windows. For these cases, you can use the package GUIDs to uninstall the product.
NOTE: A Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) is 128 bits long. The product GUID uniquely identifies the application. In this case, the product GUID for Dell OpenManage Management Station is {F3A40221-64E6-4623-A03F-E9068CF311C4}.
The ADDLOCAL, REINSTALL, and REMOVE CLI parameters provide a way to specify the exact software features to install, reinstall, or uninstall when running silently or unattended. With the customization parameters, you can selectively install, reinstall, or uninstall software features for different systems using the same unattended installation package. For example, you can choose to install DRAC Tools, but not Remote Access Controller management station on a specific group of systems. You can also choose to uninstall one or multiple features on a specific group of systems.
NOTE: The software feature IDs mentioned in Table 11-2 are case-sensitive.
Table 11-2. Feature IDs for the Management Station
NOTE: You have to type the ADDLOCAL, REINSTALL, and REMOVE CLI parameters in upper case as they are case-sensitive.
You can include the ADDLOCAL customization parameter on the command line, and assign the feature ID (or IDs) of the software feature that you would like to install. An example is:
msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi ADDLOCAL=RACMS /qb
This command runs the installation for management station and installs only Remote Access Controller management station, in an unattended and verbose (with messages) mode.
You can include the REINSTALL customization parameter on the command line, and assign the feature ID (or IDs) of the software feature that you would like to reinstall. An example is
msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi REINSTALL=RACMS /qb
This command runs the installation for only the management station and reinstalls Remote Access Controller management station, in an unattended and verbose mode.
The REMOVE customization parameter can be included on the command line and assigned the feature ID (or IDs) of the software feature that you would like to uninstall. An example is
msiexec.exe /i MgmtSt.msi REMOVE=RACMS /qb
This command runs only the installation for management station and uninstalls Remote Access Controller management station, in an unattended and verbose mode.
You can also choose to install, reinstall, and uninstall features with one execution of the msiexec.exe program. An example is
This command runs the installation for management station and simultaneously installs Active Directory Snap-in Utility, reinstalls Remote Access Controller management station, and uninstalls the Baseboard Management Controller utility. This execution will be in an unattended and verbose mode.
Supported Management and Alerting Agents
With Dell OpenManage software, agent is a general term applied to the software features of systems management instrumentation. Degrees of support vary among agents. For example, IT Assistant automatically discovers, displays, receives alerts from, and can perform actions on the systems managed by Server Administrator, but IT Assistant can only receive alerts from certain storage device agents. See the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User's Guide for a list of agents supported by IT Assistant.
Upgrading IT Assistant After Migrating to Windows Server 2003
If a system with IT Assistant installed is migrated to Windows Server 2003 and then upgraded to a recent version of IT Assistant, a problem may occur due to encryption differences between Windows Server 2003 and earlier versions of Windows.
After an upgrade on a system that has been migrated to Windows Server 2003, systems configured with the CIM protocol might no longer be discovered. If this issue occurs, reset the password for the CIM user. In the IT Assistant user interface, go to Discovery and Monitoring, selectRangesand right-click Include Ranges. Click New Include Range to run the New Discovery Wizard, where you can specify the new CIM user name in the CIM Configuration window. See the IT Assistant online help for additional information.
Other Known Issues for Microsoft Installations
Directories might be left behind during an uninstall for reasons such as sharing violations or open user interface connections. It is recommended that you close all open interface sessions before you perform an uninstallation. Manually remove directories left behind in the default installation directory or the user-specified installation directory. You might also have to manually remove the registry entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dell Computer Corporation\Dell OpenManage IT Assistant.
Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling
Management Station Software on Systems
Running Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating Systems
Installing Management Station Software
Only the BMC and the RAC features of the management station suite of software can be used on a management station running Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems.
NOTE: On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system, DVDs are auto-mounted with the -noexec mount option. This option does not allow you to run any executable from the DVD. You need to manually mount the DVD and then run executables.
To install the BMC Management Utility onto a management station, perform the following steps:
Log on as root to the system on which you want to install the
management station features.
If necessary, mount the Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation DVD to a desired location using the mount command or
a similar command.
Navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc directory
and install the BMC software using the rpm commands specific to the
operating system:
For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, use osabmcutil*-RHEL-*.rpm, for example, rpm -ivh osabmcutil*-RHEL-*.rpm.
For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, use osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm, for example, rpm -ivh osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm.
To install the ipmitool BMC Management Utility, navigate to the operating system sub-directory under SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc/ipmitool corresponding to your operating system and execute the command rpm -ivh*.rpm. If there is a version of ipmitool on the system use the command rpm -Uvh *.rpm.
To install the DRAC Tools feature, perform the following steps:
Log on as root to the system on which you want to install the
management station features.
If necessary, mount the DVD to a desired location using the mount
command or a similar command.
Navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/rac directory and
install the RAC software using the rpm -ivh *.rpm command.
Upgrading Management Station Software
To upgrade the BMC Management Utility onto a management station, perform the following steps:
Log on as root to the system on which you want to upgrade the
management station features.
If necessary, mount the Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation DVD to a desired location using the mount command or
a similar command.
Navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc directory
and upgrade the BMC software using the rpm commands specific to the
operating system:
For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, use osabmcutil*-RHEL-*.rpm, for example, rpm -Uvh osabmcutil*-RHEL-*.rpm.
For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, use osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm, for example, rpm -Uvh osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm.
To upgrade the ipmitool BMC Management Utility, navigate to the operating system sub-directory under SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc/ipmitool corresponding to your operating system and execute the command rpm -Uvh*.rpm.
To upgrade the DRAC Tools feature, perform the following steps:
Log on as root to the system on which you want to upgrade the
management station features.
If necessary, mount theDVD to a desired location using the mount
command or a similar command.
Navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/rac directory and
upgrade the RAC software using the rpm -Uvh *.rpm command.
Uninstalling Management Station Software
To uninstall the BMC Management Utility onto a management station, perform the following steps:
Log on as root to the system where you want to install the management
station features.
Use the rpm query command to determine which version of the BMC
Management Utility is installed. Use therpm -qa | grep
osabmcutil command.
Verify the package version to be uninstalled and uninstall the feature by
using the rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep osabmcutil` command.
To uninstall the IPMItool, use rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep ipmitool` for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems or rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep OpenIPMI-tools` command for Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems.
To uninstall the DRAC Tools feature, perform the following steps:
Log on as root to the system where you want to install the management
station features.
Use the rpm query command to determine which version of the DRAC
Tools is installed. Use the rpm -qa | grep mgmtst-racadm
command.
Verify the package version to be uninstalled and uninstall the feature by
using the rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep mgmtst-racadm`
command.
