Dell EMC Systems Management Tools And Documentation Installation Guide Version 9.
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Contents 1 About............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Systems Management software...................................................................................................................................... 4 Managed system and management station....................................................................................................................
1 About The Systems Management Tools and Documentation Installation Guide provides an overview of the management station software and installation instructions for the same. For information about installing Server Administrator, see the Dell EMC Server Administrator Installation Guide in the Dell EMC Systems Management Tools and Documentation software.
Systems Management Tools and Documentation software The Systems Management Tools and Documentation software contains the systems management software. The systems management software helps you to manage the systems by monitoring the system components, diagnosing issues, notifying through alerts, and troubleshooting remotely. Systems management software is classified as managed system software and management station software.
RACADM The Dell Remote Access Controller Admin (RACADM) utility is a command line tool that enables remote or local management of Dell Servers using the iDRAC. RACADM provides similar functionality to the iDRAC Graphical User Interface (GUI). The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) can be managed remotely with RACADM. RACADM commands can be run remotely from a management station and/or locally on the managed system.
For more information, see the following documents available at www.dell.com/OpenManageManuals: • Dell Lifecycle Controller Version User's Guide • Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services Version Quick Start Guide • Dell Lifecycle Controller Web Services Interface Guide • Lifecycle Controller Integration Best Practices Dell OpenManage Essentials Dell recommends using Dell OpenManage Essentials as replacement for IT Assistant.
DTK Deprecation Message This release, DTK 6.3, is the final release for the OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) along with the associated tools and capabilities. However the releases prior to this will continue to be available for web download on legacy supported PowerEdge servers.
2 Installing management station software on Microsoft Windows 1 Log on with administrator privileges to the system on which you want to install the management station applications. 2 Mount the Systems Management Tools and Documentation software onto the DVD drive or download the web installer. 3 Run autorun.exe. NOTE: You can download the web installer from www.dell.com/Support/Home.
To install the localized version of the management station software, at the command prompt type the following: msiexec / I .msi TRANSFORMS= .mst NOTE: Replace .mst with the appropriate language file: • 1031.mst (German) • 1034.mst (Spanish) • 1036.mst (French) • 1041.mst (Japanese) • 2052.
3 Installing management station software on supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Only iDRAC tools are supported on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems. On systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system, DVDs are automounted with the -noexec mount option. You cannot run any executable program from the DVD. Mount the DVD-ROM manually and then run the executable programs.
2 Include the directory in path variable (export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/installdir).
