Users Guide

Installing Management Station Software 91
3 Navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc directory
and upgrade the BMC software using the rpm commands specific to the
operating system:
• For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, use
osabmcutil*-
RHEL-*.rpm,
for example, rpm -Uvh osabmcutil*-RHEL-
*.rpm
.
• For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, use
osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm, for example, rpm -Uvh
osabmcutil*-SUSE-*.rpm.
• To upgrade the ipmitool BMC Management Utility, navigate to the
operating system sub-directory under
SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/bmc/ipmitool corresponding
to your operating system and execute the command
rpm -Uvh
*.rpm .
To upgrade the DRAC Tools feature, perform the following steps:
1
Log on as root to the system on which you want to upgrade the
management station features.
2 If necessary, mount the DVD to a desired location using the mount
command or a similar command.
3 Navigate to the SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/linux/rac directory and
upgrade the RAC software using the
rpm -Uvh *.rpm command.
Uninstalling Management Station Software
To uninstall the BMC Management Utility onto a management station,
perform the following steps:
1
Log on as root to the system where you want to install the management
station features.
2 Use the rpm query command to determine which version of the BMC
Management Utility is installed. Use the
rpm -qa | grep
osabmcutil
command.
3 Verify the package version to be uninstalled and uninstall the feature by
using the
rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep osabmcutil` command.
To uninstall the IPMItool, use
rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep
ipmitool`
for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems or rpm
-e `rpm -qa | grep OpenIPMI-tools`
command for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux operating systems.