Contents
1 Introduction................................................................................................................7
What Is New In This Release................................................................................................................. 7
Software Availability.........................................................................................................................8
Systems Management Software........................................................................................................... 8
Server Administrator Components On A Managed System...........................................................8
Security Features................................................................................................................................. 10
Other Documents You Might Need.................................................................................................... 11
2 Preinstallation Setup..............................................................................................13
Installation Requirements....................................................................................................................13
Supported Operating Systems And Web Browsers......................................................................13
System Requirements....................................................................................................................13
Managed System Requirements....................................................................................................13
Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards................................................................ 14
Configuring SNMP Agents...................................................................................................................14
Remote Enablement Requirements....................................................................................................15
Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement..................................................................................15
Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement............................................................16
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating
Systems................................................................................................................................................18
Workaround For The Libssl Issue........................................................................................................18
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Operating System................................................................................................................................19
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And
VMware ESX................................................................................................................. 21
Software License Agreement..............................................................................................................22
RPM For Individual Components........................................................................................................22
OpenIPMI Device Driver......................................................................................................................27
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is
Started............................................................................................................................................27
Installing Managed System Software..................................................................................................27
Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software...............................................................28
Installing Managed System Software Using The Provided Media............................................... 28
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility..........................................................................32
Managed System Software Installation Using Third Party Deployment Software......................33
Uninstalling Managed System Software.............................................................................................35
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script............................................35
