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Version 7.4 Installation Guide

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  • Page 1 Server Administrator Version 7.4 Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Copyright Copyright © 2014 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Dell ™...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating ..............................18 Systems ......................18 Workaround For The Libssl Issue Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ..........................19 Operating System 3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESX......................... 21 ......................22...
  • Page 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ..............45 After installing Server Administrator, I cannot log in. I see the following message when I try to install Server Administrator on a guest Linux .......................... 45 operating system. I manually installed my Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit operating system and can see RPM dependencies while installing Server Administrator.
  • Page 5 What happens if I install the RPM package on an unsupported system or on an ....................53 unsupported operating system? What daemons run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server .............53 operating systems after Server Administrator is started? ........

  • Page 7: Introduction

    • Support for 64–bit Inventory Collector RPM (srvadmin-cm) on supported Linux operating system. • Support for server-based monitoring on servers installed in Dell PowerEdge FX2 series chassis. • Support for displaying Node ID in System/Server Module Summary information. See Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line Interface Guide.

  • Page 8: Software Availability

    A link to the complete overview of OpenManage products which provides more information on what is available in the Systems Management Tools and Documentation (SMTD) DVD, what is embedded in the server, and what can be downloaded from dell.com/support Software Availability The Server Administrator software can be installed from: •...
  • Page 9 Interface (Management Interface of Server and remote system a list of supported Interface) Instrumentation management solutions systems, see the to manage Server and Systems Software Storage instrumentation Support Matrix. data using command- line interfaces. WMI (Management Windows Management Install to provide local Supported systems.

  • Page 10: Security Features

    Component What is installed Deployment Scenario Systems to install on Administrator Web Server on another system. You can use the system with the Server Administrator to remotely monitor and manage the systems which have Remote Enablement installed. Operating System Operating System Install to allow local Supported systems.

  • Page 11: Other Documents You Might Need

    The Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide lists the messages that are displayed on the Server Administrator home page Alert log, or on the operating system’s event viewer. This guide explains the text, severity, and cause of each alert message that the Server Administrator displays.

  • Page 13: Preinstallation Setup

    For information on supported operating systems and web browsers, see the Systems Software Support Matrix . NOTE: Ensure that the web browser is configured to bypass the proxy server for local addresses. System Requirements Install Server Administrator on each system to be managed. You can manage each system running Server Administrator locally or remotely through a supported web browser.

  • Page 14: Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards

    • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Install the SNMP package provided with the operating system. If SNMP is installed post Server Administrator installation, restart Server Administrator services. NOTE: For information about installing a supported systems management protocol standard on the managed system, see the operating system documentation.

  • Page 15: Remote Enablement Requirements

    Configure the SNMP agent to change the community name, enable set operations, and send traps to a management station. To configure the SNMP agent for proper interaction with management applications, perform the procedures described in the Server Administrator User’s Guide. Related Links: •...

  • Page 16: Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement

    After installing all the dependent RPMs and the Remote Enablement feature, execute the autoconf_cim_component.sh script. NOTE: The Distributed Web Server (DWS) connection does not work properly, if you have installed the sblim-sfcb RPM from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 operating system DVD. To resolve the connection issue, you must install the sblim-sfcb RPM either from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 operating system DVD or from the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
  • Page 17 3 and 5, use the following command: #chkconfig sblim-sfcb on --level 35 NOTE: For more information on chkconfig and its usage, see the operating system documentation. The managed system is configured and is ready to be used by the Server Administrator Web Server.

  • Page 18: Winbind Configuration For Openwsman And Sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems

    Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems Follow the instructions mentioned below to configure openwsman and sfcb on 32-bit OMI installation. In case of a 64-bit installation, replace with .lib lib64 Back up these files: –...

  • Page 19: Winbind Configuration For Openwsman And Sfcb For Suse Linux Enterprise Server Operating System

    • ldconfig Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System Follow the instructions mentioned below to configure openwsman and sfcb on 32-bit OMI installation. In case of a 64-bit installation, replace .lib with .lib64. Back up the following files: –...

  • Page 21: Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And Vmware Esx

    Systems Management and install the supported version. NOTE: Before you migrate to a 64-bit version of Systems Management software, make sure to uninstall the 32-bit Systems Management and other OpenSource components (openwsman-server, openwsman-client, libwsman1, sblim-sfcb, sblim-sfcc, libcmpiCppImpl0, libsmbios2, smbios- utils-bin) installed as part of the 32-bit Systems Management.

  • Page 22: Software License Agreement

    Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD. The install script srvadmin-install.sh allows silent or interactive installation. By including the srvadmin- install.sh script in the Linux scripts, install Server Administrator locally or across a network on single or multiple systems.
  • Page 23 Prerequisite Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.sh srvadmin- smcommon srvadmin-smweb srvadmin-omilcore dsm_sa_datamgrd Server PE Server, OS -d or --dellagent Instrumentation srvadmin- dsm_sa_eventmgr smcommon srvadmin-omacore dsm_sa_snmpd srvadmin-deng dsm_sa_shrsvcd srvadmin-hapi srvadmin-isvc srvadmin- omcommon srvadmin-idrac- snmp srvadmin-isvc- snmp srvadmin-deng- snmp srvadmin-cm srvadmin-omacs...
  • Page 24 -i or --cli srvadmin-hapi dsm_sa_eventmgr srvadmin-omilcore dsm_sa_shrsvcd srvadmin-deng srvadmin-isvc srvadmin- omcommon srvadmin-omacore srvadmin-cm srvadmin-omacs srvadmin-ominst srvadmin-rac- components OS Logging Option PE Server, OS srvadmin-xmlsup dsm_sa_datamgrd -l or --oslog srvadmin-hapi dsm_sa_eventmgr srvadmin-omilcore dsm_sa_shrsvcd srvadmin-deng srvadmin-isvc srvadmin- omcommon srvadmin-oslog srvadmin-cm srvadmin-omacs srvadmin-ominst...
  • Page 25 VMware ESX 3.5) srvadmin-isvc WSMAN Version >= srvadmin- OpenWSMAN 2.1 omcommon srvadmin-omacore srvadmin-cm srvadmin- smcommon srvadmin- itunnelprovider srvadmin-xmlsup dsm_sa_datamgrd Storage Agent and -s or --storage Server srvadmin-sysfsutils dsm_sa_eventmgr Instrumentation srvadmin-storelib- sysfs dsm_sa_snmpd srvadmin-storelib dsm_sa_shrsvcd srvadmin-hapi srvadmin-omilcore srvadmin-deng srvadmin-deng- snmp srvadmin-isvc srvadmin-isvc-...
  • Page 26 Prerequisite Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmin-install.sh srvadmin-omilcore dsm_sa_snmpd core components, the server. DRAC5 Server agent is installed srvadmin-deng dsm_sa_shrsvcd Instrumentation for 9G and 10G srvadmin-deng- servers. iDRAC snmp agent is installed srvadmin-isvc for 11G and 12G srvadmin-isvc- servers with RAC snmp presence.

  • Page 27: Openipmi Device Driver

    OpenIPMI device driver version whenever it is started. If a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver is not found, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service degrades itself so that it does not provide any of the IPMI-based information or functionality. Primarily, this means that it does not provide any probe data (for example, fans, temperatures, and voltage probe data.)

  • Page 28: Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software

    Install the ucd-snmp or net-snmp package that is provided with the operating system if you use SNMP to manage the server. If you want to use supporting agents for the ucd-snmp or net-snmp agent, you must install the operating system support for the SNMP standard before you install Server Administrator.
  • Page 29 – Storage Management – Remote Access Controller Remote enablement is not installed and Server Administrator services do not start automatically. NOTE: The Inventory Collector RPM (srvadmin-cm) requires the following RPMs to be preinstalled on servers prior to 11G running supported 64-bit Linux operating system.
  • Page 30 Where <OS> is the supported operating system and <arch> is 32-bit (i386) or 64-bit (x86_64). NOTE: In case of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 and 11: 32-bit rpm packages are provided for upgrade from the previous 32-bit installs only. If you do not have an existing installation, then you cannot install a 32-bit version of the software.
  • Page 31 Linux Installer Packages Custom RPMs Based Installation The following is an example of custom RPMs-based installation of Server Administrator, including the installation of the Remote Enablement feature and the Storage Management Service components. NOTE: On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x operating system, DVDs are automounted with the - noexec mount option.

  • Page 32: Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility

    Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility The Server Administrator utility runs in an interactive mode if you do not specify any options, and runs silently if you provide one or more options. The options are: • [-c|--cimagent] — Installs Remote Enablement components.

  • Page 33: Managed System Software Installation Using Third Party Deployment Software

    NOTE: After installing Server Administrator, log out and then log in again to access the Server Administrator Command Line Interface (CLI). Determining The Server Administrator Architecture Use the following command to identify if the already installed Server Administrator is of 32-bit or 64-bit architecture rpm -q --queryformat "%{NAME} - %{ARCH}\n"...
  • Page 34 Server Administrator is designed to match your current operating system. Installation Using Linux Repository You can install Server Administrator using the Linux Repository by following any of the methods listed below: NOTE: Ensure that you set up the Linux Repository before you install the software from the repository.

  • Page 35: Uninstalling Managed System Software

    The individual components of systems management software can be uninstalled without uninstalling all of systems management. To uninstall only the Server Administrator Web Server, use the command rpm –e `rpm -qa | grep srvadmin-tomcat`. During an uninstallation, files in which user settings are made are preserved with the .rpmsave file...

  • Page 37: Installing Systems Management Software On Vmware Esxi

    Software Support Matrix. Use Server Administrator Web Server version 7.0 to access VMware ESXi 4.0 U3, VMware ESXi 4.1 U2, VMware ESXi 5.0 U1 systems. Server Administrator is available as a .zip file for installing on systems running VMware ESXi. The zip file, OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-<version>-<bldno>.VIB-ESX<version>i_<bld-revno>.zip, where <version> is the supported ESXi version.

  • Page 38: Using The Vmware Vsphere Management Assistant (Vma)

    Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit) operating system. On the desktop, double-click VMware vSphere Client and login to vCenter Server. Right-click vSphere Client host and click New Datacenter. Right-click New Datacenter and click Add Host. Provide information for the ESXi server per online instructions.

  • Page 39: Using The Power Cli

    Server Administrator installation is complete. 16. Reboot the host. NOTE: For more information on VMware Update Manager, see the VMware official website. NOTE: You can install Server Administrator from the VUM repository, https:// vmwaredepot.dell.com/. Using The Power CLI To install Server Administrator using Power CLI: Install the supported PowerCLI of ESXi on a supported Windows system.

  • Page 40: Accessing Server Administrator On Vmware Esxi

    To manage Server Administrator on VMware ESXi using the Server Administrator Web Server interface: Install only the Server Administrator Web Server interface on another system. NOTE: Ensure that the version of the Server Administrator Web Server interface is greater or equal to the version of the Server Instrumentation installed.

  • Page 41: Enabling Cim Oem Providers Using Vsphere Cli (For Vmware Esxi 4.0/Esxi 4.1)

    Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) on the local console of the VMware ESXi system. NOTE: This option is available under Troubleshooting Options in ESXi 4.1. If the changes are not effective and you cannot connect to the VMware ESXi host using Server Administrator, restart the VMware ESXi host system.

  • Page 42: Uninstalling The Existing Systems Management Vib

    <username> --password <password> -c <community> -t <hostname>@162/ <community> where <server> is the hostname or IP address of the ESXi system, <username> is a user on the ESXi system, <password> is the password of the ESXi user, <community> is the SNMP community name and <hostname>...

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting

    Test the SNMP configuration using the command: vicfg-snmp.pl --server <server> -- username <username> --password <password> -T NOTE: The .pl extension is not required if you are using vSphere CLI on Linux or using vMA. The SNMP trap configuration takes effect immediately without restarting any services.

  • Page 45: Frequently Asked Questions

    Frequently Asked Questions What ports do systems management applications use? The default port used by Server Administrator is 1311. These ports are configurable. For port information of a particular component, see the User Guide of that respective component. When I run virtual media on the DRAC controller over a...

  • Page 46: I Manually Installed My Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-Bit Operating System And Can See Rpm Dependencies While Installing Server Administrator. Where Can I Find These Dependent Rpm Files

    Linux operating system media, I see missing RPM file dependencies while installing Server Administrator? Server Administrator is a 32-bit application. When installed on a system running a 64-bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, the Server Administrator remains a 32-bit application, while the device drivers installed by Server Administrator are 64-bit.

  • Page 47: Messages. What Is The Solution

    During uninstallation, error: %preun(srvadmin-NAME-X.Y.Z-N.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 error message is displayed. There may be problems uninstalling Server Administrator after an unsuccessful upgrade during a manual RPM upgrade. The following error message is displayed: error: %preun(srvadmin-NAME-X.Y.Z-N.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 In this case, NAME is a feature name, for example omacore.

  • Page 48: What Do The Directories Under Srvadmin/Linux/Custom/ Contain

    Server-Instrumentation — This is the core code for Server Administrator. It provides motherboard alerts and contains the CLI that allows to monitor and control Server Administrator, for example, omconfig, omdiag, and omreport. All peripheral packages, except the standalone DRAC support, require all or most of the RPMs in this directory to be installed.
  • Page 49 The Instrumentation Service requires installation of systems management device drivers. srvadmin-omacore Server Administrator — Systems srvadmin-omilcore and management managed mode srvadmin-deng core and CLI. srvadmin-omhip Server Administrator srvadmin-omilcore, srvadmin-...
  • Page 50 Plug-in to Server Administrator. srvadmin-rac5 components add-StorageManagement — Storage Management RAID configuration utility and storage alert software. srvadmin-storage Storage Management — Provides srvadmin-omilcore, srvadmin- Systems Management Storage deng, and srvadmin-omacore Services. SA-WebServer — Provides web access to manage the server.
  • Page 51 Secure Port Server — Systems srvadmin-omilcore, srvadmin- Management Managed Node deng, srvadmin-omacore, and Web Server package. srvadmin-jre srvadmin-jre...
  • Page 52 Systems management install packages. All Server Administrator RPMs require this RPM. srvadmin-ssa Enables management of the srvadmin-omacore, srvadmin- system from a remote system on omhip, and srvadmin-isvc. which Server Administrator Web Server is installed, using WS-Man interfaces.

  • Page 53: What Are The Additional Components That Can Be Installed On A System That Already Has Server Administrator Installed

    What are the additional components that can be installed on a system that already has Server Administrator installed? There are a few additional components that can be installed on a system that already has Server Administrator installed. For example, you can install Online Diagnostics on a system that has previously been installed with managed system software.

  • Page 54: What Kernel Modules Are Loaded When Server Administrator Is Started

    Table 10. Daemons that Run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Once Server Administrator is Started Daemon Name Name in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For RPMs in the srvadmin-base directory dsm_sa_datamgr32d DSM SA Data Manager —...

  • Page 55: When I Run Srvadmin-Cm (Server Administrator Inventory Collector) It Displays Error Messages. What Do I Do

    Device driver for LSI RAID When I run srvadmin-cm (Server Administrator Inventory Collector) it displays error messages. What do I do? If you are using a system prior to 11G running on a supported 64-bit Linux operating system, the srvadmin-cm RPM installs only the 32-bit dependent RPMs.

  • Page 57: Linux Installer Packages

    Administrator smcommon Web Server srvadmin- Meta package for srvadmin- Server webserver installing the smcommon, Administrator Server srvadmin- Web Server for Administrator smweb, local and remote Web Server srvadmin-tomcat node feature management srvadmin- Meta package for srvadmin-cm, Storage storageservices installing the...
  • Page 58 Systems Management packages Software srvadmin- storelib, srvadmin- sysfsutils srvadmin-rac4 Meta RPM for srvadmin- RAC 4 RAC4 omilcore, management components srvadmin-rac- using Server components, Administrator srvadmin-rac4- GUI/CLI, RAC4 populator, tools srvadmin- racadm4, srvadmin- racdrsc, srvadmin-racsvc srvadmin-rac5 Meta RPM for srvadmin-isvc, RAC 5...
  • Page 59 Server Administrator Storage CLI feature Table 13. Server Instrumentation and SNMP monitoring Descriptio Required Systems Management Software Dependant packages srvadmin- Core Install pciutils,sm Installing omilcore package bios-utils-...
  • Page 60 Descriptio Required Systems Management Software Dependant packages tools for Administrat systems manageme nt install packages srvadmin- Data srvadmin- Server deng Engine omilcore Instrument stores and ation and manages SNMP objects for monitoring systems manageme srvadmin- Provides None Server hapi low-level...
  • Page 61 Table 14. Packages needed for local management that are used by GUI and CLI components Descriptio Required Systems Management Software Dependant packages srvadmin- Common srvadmin- Server omcommo framework omilcore Administrat or libraries or GUI/CLI for GUI/CLI srvadmin- Provides srvadmin- Server...
  • Page 62 Server None Server ominst Administrat Instrument or Core ation Componen Table 15. Server Administrator Web Server (GUI) for Local and Remote Management Descriptio Dependant Required Systems Management Software packages srvadmin- Provides srvadmin- Server JAVA omilcore Administrat...
  • Page 63 * — Not applicable for OM 7.0 supplemental pack for Citrix Xen 6.0. ** — Should be installed from the OS media for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and SLES 11. *** — Obsolete and replaced with srvadmin-tomcat Table 16. Server Administrator Remote Enablement (Standard Agent) Descriptio Required...
  • Page 64 Operations over HTTP protocol. *N/A on VMware sblim-sfcc Small None Enabling Footprint remote Common manageme Informatio nt of server n Model (CIM) Client Library (sfcc) Runtime Libraries *N/A on VmWare libcmpiCp Provides None Enabling pImpl0 helper...
  • Page 65 * For Red installing Interconne Enterprise manageme ct Express Linux 6.0 nt libraries Solid State and SUSE for PCIeSS (PCIeSS) Linux Devices Devices Enterprise Server 11 manageme srvadmin- Core srvadmin- Storage storage interface deng, instrument library for srvadmin- ation, storage isvc, SNMP...
  • Page 66 *N/A for 64-bit OMSA installation, VMware ESX. srvadmin- Common None Storage smcommo framework manageme or libraries nt using for GUI/CLI Server (for storage Administrat manageme or GUI/CLI srvadmin- GUI plugins srvadmin- Storage smweb for storage omcommo manageme manageme nt using srvadmin-...
  • Page 67 Server srvadmin- Server deng- Administrat deng Administrat snmp or SNMP or SNMP Framework Framework srvadmin- Server srvadmin- Server and isvc-snmp SNMP hapi, Operating module srvadmin- System isvc related SNMP Queries and SNMP Traps * — Obsolete - merged with srvadmin-storage ** —...
  • Page 68 RAC CLI idracadm7 CLI tools argtable2 tools for for iDRAC7 srvadmin- iDRAC7 administrati omilcore srvadmin- RAC CLI None racdrsc and Web manageme Plugin to nt using Server Server Administrat Administrat or for RAC or GUI/CLI 4, 5 and iDRAC...
  • Page 69 Descriptio Required Systems Management Software Dependant packages srvadmin- RAC SNMP None rac- componen instrument componen ts for RAC ation and 4, 5 and SNMP iDRAC monitoring srvadmin- RAC Data srvadmin- DRAC 4 rac4- populator omilcore instrument populator- for DRAC 4 ation srvadmin- Library for...
  • Page 70 Descriptio Required Systems Management Software Dependant packages the remote Rack and Tower system...

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