[CentOS] DELL openmanage question

Thu Mar 9 16:07:48 UTC 2006
Robin Mordasiewicz <robin at mordasiewicz.com>

On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, David Mansfield wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 13:31 -0500, Robin Mordasiewicz wrote:
>> Has someone created a how to or a tutorial for installing/configuring
>> DELL openmanage on centos ?
>>
>
> Heh. Just did it yesterday.
>
> Here's my cookbook.  It leaves out some info because it's written for me
> and I know what I'm talking about ;-)  If you need any clarification,
> let me know.
>
> When you're finished, you should be able to find the web interface via
>
> https://yourmachine.yourdomain.com:1311
>
> installing omsa
> ===============
>
> install net-snmp, net-snmp-utils then use 'chkconfig' and 'service' to
> make sure it is running, and will start on subsequent boots
>
> again, make sure snmpd is running
>
> download the .tar.gz, e.g from dell website, for example:
> OMI-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-450-32-335_A00.tar.gz
>
> untar somewhere
>
> run installer:
> sh linux/supportscripts/srvadmin-install.sh --express
>
> you may need to install compat-libstdc++ first, which comes in the tar file:
> rpm -Uvh linux/RPMS/compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2.i386.rpm
>
> it will start automatically on reboot, but to start the first time:
> srvadmin-services.sh start
>
> configure snmp (optional)
> =========================
>
> to see if dataeng has snmp support:
> /etc/init.d/dataeng getsnmpstatus
>
> if necessary, enable snmp through omsa:
> /etc/init.d/dataeng enablesnmp
>
> NOTE: please fix the email addresses in the next instruction!
>
> setup trap handling for snmptrapd. edit /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf and add:
> traphandle default /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/traptoemail -s localhost -f from at yourdomain.com to at yourdomain.com
>
> restart snmptrapd
> service snmptrapd restart
>
> setup local snmpd to deliver traps to localhost. edit /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf (probably only v2 is necessary) and add:
> trapsink 127.0.0.1 public
> trap2sink 127.0.0.1 public
>
> add the mibs
> find /opt/dell/ -name \*.mib -exec cp {} /usr/share/snmp/mibs \;
>
> tell net-snmp progs to read the mibs. edit /etc/snmp/snmp.conf and add:
> mibs +MIB-Dell-10892:StorageManagement-MIB
>
> restart snmpd
> service snmpd restart
>

This is excellent. Maybe you could add in a blurb about percsnmpd and how 
to configure the megaraid driver