Can you run and use Dell OpenManage on FC7 with only base system installed? No CLI

[Michael E Brown]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 10:01:27AM -0600, Ted Dillon wrote:
> Dell, I am wondering if I can utilize the Dell OpenManage software on a
> Poweredge 1950 through just the CLI?  

Yes. omreport and omconfig are the main cli commands.

You can also install the web service, which you can then connect to and
manage graphically from another machine.

> I have Fedora 7 on some of our
> systems without xwindows, only the CLI. (No GUI) Can I install and then

You are going to run into trouble there. OMSA is only supported on Red
Hat Enterprise and SUSE Enterprise.

You may be able to get it working on F7, but you are on your own (and
whatever tips others on the mailing list may have.)
--
Michael

> utilize (see hard drive stats or RAID configurations etc...) from the
> terminal window command line?  Any link or information about this would
> be helpful. I tried to google it but most of the links say "yes. You can
> do openmanage with Linux but don't tell me if I can manage it and gather
> information with the CLI only.) They all seem to point to installing it
> and then viewing/managing it through a web browser.
> 
>  
> 
> Ted Dillon
> 
> Network Engineer
> 
> ted at maniatv.com
> 
>  
> 

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