Note: To test the latest OMSA 5.5 repository, go to OMSA_5.5.

Dell System-Specific Linux repository, aka: Hardware Repository

What is this?

Please see the detailed description in the Linux Wiki: Dell Linux hardware repository

How to set up

yum setup instructions for RHEL5, Fedora5+, CentOS.

How to set up for usage with yum (minimum required version: yum 2.4.x): RHEL5, CentOS, Scientific Linux, RHEL4+yum, SLES+yum

Note: The version of yum distributed on CentOS 3 by default is too old (yum 2.0.8). You will need to upgrade to a yum 2.4.x version in order to use these repositories. The older version of yum does not support plugins or mirrorlists, which are required for these repos to work.

Set up this repository:

wget -q -O - http:///bootstrap.cgi | bash

Optional Install OpenManage Server Administrator:
```
yum install srvadmin-all
```
NOTE: OMSA will not install on unsupported systems. If you receive a message at install that the system is not supported, it is likely that your system is not supported, and the install will fail. This is most common on SC-class systems, as OMSA is completely unsupported on these systems.

How to set up for usage with up2date: RHEL4

Follow these instructions for use with up2date:

Set up this repository:

wget -q -O - http:///bootstrap.cgi | bash

Optional Install OpenManage Server Administrator:
```
up2date -i srvadmin-all
```
NOTE: OMSA will not install on unsupported systems. If you receive a message at install that the system is not supported, it is likely that your system is not supported, and the install will fail. This is most common on SC-class systems, as OMSA is completely unsupported on these systems.

How to set up for usage with rug: SLES 10

Set up this repository:

wget -q -O - http:///bootstrap.cgi | bash

Optional Install OpenManage Server Administrator:
```
rug install srvadmin-base
rug install srvadmin-webserver
rug install srvadmin-storageservices
```
NOTE 1: OMSA will not install on unsupported systems. If you receive a message at install that the system is not supported, it is likely that your system is not supported, and the install will fail. This is most common on SC-class systems, as OMSA is completely unsupported on these systems.
NOTE 2: If you want to install srvadmin-all, you have to have 'setserial' installed. I dont have the details on this, but it doesnt appear that setserial is installed by default.

Manually configuring the hardware repo

Manual setup is not recommended or supported at this time.

OpenManage Server Administrator

Please see the OMSA section in the wiki for more information.

Support

This is the Dell hardware repository. Note that this repository is supported based on community support only. For support questions related to this package repository, please use the appropriate mailing list:

For OMSA questions: linux-poweredge. Note that the OMSA software in this repository is 100% official and Dell supported, but the yum distribution method via this specific repository is community-support only. There is no support for this yum repo, no warranty of any kind, nor any SLA for outages in this yum repo. Please monitor the mailing list for status messages and announcements concerning this repository.

Do not call Dell Technical support with questions about this repository, as they will not be able to help you! For all questions, please use the mailing lists above.

WARNING

This repo is under development. It may change format, add or remove features. The place to discuss this repo is the [email protected] mailing list. All changes to repo format or other import changes will be announced on this mailing list.

This repo is posted in order to get feedback on the format and improve the Dell toolset. It is unofficial, and thus there is no SLA or paid support associated with this. It is provided as-is with no warranty, express or implied.

If you find this repository useful or helpful, you are strongly encouraged to discuss this fact with your account manager, sales person, or any other interested party at Dell.