Dell openmanage , Redhat and Perc6i question

[Jiann-Ming Su]

On Dec 13, 2007 6:01 PM, Abhishek Lahiri <lahirister at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have got a bunch of Dell 1950 and 2950 servers to install RHEL AS4 for
> CRM application. I have a few questions regarding how to set up the new
> servers:
>
> 1) I am planning to kickstart the servers with RHEL AS4U4. I am wondering if
> I can do this or I have to take into consideration anything specific to Dell
> Hardware? Specifically what are the Dell specific packages I need to install
> for monitoring. I just need to be able to get alerts in case of any hardware
> failure.
>

Add the following to the %post section of your kickstart file:

# Install Dell OpenManage
wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/bootstrap.cgi | bash
yum -y install srvadmin-storage srvadmin-base
chkconfig --level 2345 dsm_sa_ipmi on

The above command will download some dell specific repo files into
/etc/yum.repos.d.

>
> 3) If I have to get the drivers seperately is it possible to still kickstart
> the servers and install the drivers?
>

Look for the "driverdisk" option in the kickstart options of the RHEL
sysadmin guide.





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