Installation manual

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Preinstallation Setup
Ensure that you perform the following before installing Server Administrator:
• Read the installation instructions for your operating system.
• Read the "Installation Requirements" to ensure that your system meets or
exceeds the minimum requirements.
• Read the applicable Dell OpenManage readme files and the
Dell Systems
Software Support Matrix
located at
support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/omswrels .
• Close all applications running on the system before installing Server
Administrator applications.
On Linux, ensure that all operating system RPM packages required by the
Server Administrator RPMs are installed. If your system had VMware ESX
factory-installed, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server, see the "Dependent RPMs for Remote Enablement" section for
information on any RPMs that you need to manually install prior to
installing managed system software. Typically, you do not have to
manually install any RPMs.
Prerequisite Checker
The setup.exe (located at \SYSMGMT\srvadmin\windows) starts the
prerequisite checker program. The prerequisite checker program examines
the prerequisites for software components without launching the actual
installation. This program displays a status window that provides information
about your system’s hardware and software that may affect the installation
and operation of software features.
NOTE: If you want to use supporting agents for the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP), you must install the operating system support for the SNMP
standard before or after you install Server Administrator. For more information
about installing SNMP, see the installation instructions for the operating system you
are running on your system.