Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line
Options for
srvadmin-install.sh
srvadmin-ominst
srvadmin-
itunnelprovider
srvadmin-rac-
components
NOTE: To manage the server, select either Server Administrator Web Server or one of the
Management Interfaces – CLI, SNMP or OS LOG along with Server Instrumentation (SI) or Server
Administrator Storage Management Service (OMSS).
NOTE: Command line options for [-t] and [-g] cannot be used without a management interface.
These options need to be combined with management interface options such as [-w], [-i], [-z], [-l],
or [-m]. For more information on custom installations, see Server Administrator Custom Installation
Utility.
OpenIPMI Device Driver
The Server Instrumentation feature of Server Administrator requires the OpenIPMI device driver that
provides IPMI-based information and functionality.
All supported Linux systems contain the required version of IPMI module in the default kernel itself. You
do not have to install the IPMI RPM. For more information on supported systems, see the Systems
Software Support Matrix.
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator
Instrumentation Service Is Started
After Server Administrator is installed, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service performs a
run‑time check of the OpenIPMI device driver whenever it is started. The Server Administrator
Instrumentation Service is started whenever you run either the srvadmin-services.sh start or
srvadmin‑services.sh restart commands, or when you restart the system (during which the Server
Administrator Instrumentation Service is started.)
Server Administrator installation blocks the installation of Server Administrator packages if an appropriate
version of the OpenIPMI device driver is not currently installed on the system. However, it is still possible,
though not typical, that you can uninstall or replace a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver
after Server Administrator has been installed. Server Administrator cannot prevent this.
To account for a user uninstalling or replacing a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI device driver after
Server Administrator has been installed, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service checks the
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.)
Installing Managed System Software
This section explains how to install managed system software using the following installation options:
• Using the srvadmin-install.sh shell script
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