System Management Homepage 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide

6 Installing HP SMH directly on Linux operating systems
Installation for Linux on x86 and x86_64 operating systems
The HP SMH installation for Linux enables you to silently install HP SMH on x86 and x86_64 operating
systems. After the installation is complete, you can configure the HP SMH settings.
NOTE: To install HP SMH, you must log in as root user.
NOTE: HP SMH already uses the user and group name hpsmh. Do not use the hpsmh user and group
name for any other purpose.
Installing HP SMH on Linux x86 operating systems
To install HP SMH on x86 operating systems, your system must meet the minimum requirements. In addition,
you must have the hpsmh-6.x.x-y.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-6.x.x-y.i386.rpm
A message appears indicating that HP SMH installed successfully with default configuration values.
For more information regarding minimum requirements, see Chapter 1 “Installation requirements”.
Installing HP SMH on x86_64 operating systems
To install HP SMH on x86_64 operating systems, your system must meet the minimum requirements. In
addition, you must have the hpsmh-6.x.x-y.x86_64.rpm
rpm –ivh hpsmh-6.x.x-y.x86_64.rpm
Configuring HP SMH
After the HP SMH is installed, you can configure the settings. If you are migrating from a version of HP SMH
prior to 3.0, the previous settings are retained. However, the retained settings are configurable.
To configure the HP SMH settings:
1. Use the CLI smhconfig tool located at /opt/hp/hpsmh/sbin.
2. Enter the following command to start the configuration: /opt/hp/hpsmh/sbin/smhconfig
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