ERA/O FeaturesDell™ Remote Access Controller Installation and Setup Guide
Software Installation and Configuration Overview
Uninstalling the ERA/O Hardware
This section provides information specifically about ERA/O. It includes a list of ERA/O features, ERA/O kit contents, supported systems, hardware installation instructions, and a software configuration overview.
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NOTE: Throughout the remainder of this document, the system in which the RAC is installed or embedded is referred to as the managed system. A system that remotely accesses the RAC is referred to as a management station. The term system console refers to a system's keyboard, mouse, and monitor. |
The ERA/O is an optional embedded system card with its own microprocessor and memory, and is powered by the system in which it is installed.
The ERA/O may be preinstalled on your system, or available separately in a kit. To get started with an ERA/O that is already installed on your system, see "Software Installation and Configuration Overview." If an ERA/O is not installed on your system, see the document that is included in your ERA/O kit for hardware installation instructions.
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NOTE: See your racread.txt file for the most current list of supported systems. |
If the ERA/O card is not already installed on your system, you must first install the hardware before configuring the software. For information on installing the ERA/O hardware, see the document "Installing an ERA/O Card" included in the ERA/O kit. After the hardware is installed, see "Software Installation and Configuration Overview" for information on installing and configuring ERA/O software.
This section provides a high-level overview of the RAC software installation and configuration process for ERA/O. Some steps give you the option of using several different tools to perform the configuration, including Server Administrator, the Racadm CLI utility, and your operating system utilities.
For more information about the RAC software components, see "Software Components."
Depending on the tool used to perform the configuration, you will need to reference the following documents for more information:
To install and configure your RAC software, perform the following steps in their numbered order:
If you are adding a RAC to an existing managed system, it is recommended that you update the system's BIOS before installing the RAC to ensure full support for the card. See "Updating the System BIOS."
Install the software on the managed system using the Systems Management CD.
For instructions about installing this software, see your Server Administrator User's Guide.
The managed system has the following components embedded or installed: the RAC, the appropriate version of Server Administrator, and the appropriate RAC agent. Depending on the operating system, the RAC agent consists of either Windows services, Novell® NLMs, or Red Hat Linux drivers and daemons. The RAC agent automatically starts when you boot the managed system.
If necessary, install (or upgrade) the software on the management station, including Server Administrator, using the Systems Management CD.
For instructions on installing this software, see your Server Administrator User's Guide.
A management station is a system (typically a workstation running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000) that has the following components installed: appropriate versions of Server Administrator, a supported Web browser (for more information, see "Supported Web Browsers"), Windows services (if applicable), Server Administrator services, and user interface elements.
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NOTE: If you use Netscape Navigator 6.2.3 (or later), you need to select Full Install when you install Netscape Navigator on your system. This selection allows you to get the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) needed to execute the RAC Java applets. Otherwise, you cannot access the RAC Web-based interface using Netscape Navigator. If you already have Netscape Navigator 6.2.3 (or later) installed, you need to uninstall and reinstall it, ensuring that the Full Install option is selected. |
Add and configure RAC users using one of the following tools:
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NOTE: For more information on user types, see "RAC User Types." |
Configure the RAC network settings using one of the following tools:
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NOTE: If you are deploying the RAC in a Red Hat Linux environment, see "Connecting to the Remote Access Interface." |
If you are using a client system that connects to the Internet through a proxy server to connect to the RAC Web-based remote access interface, you must configure your Web browser for this connection.
See "Configuring a Web Browser to Display the Remote Access Interface."
To connect to the remote access interface through the network connection, see "Connecting to the Remote Access Interface."
To uninstall the ERA/O from your system, follow the instructions for installing the ERA/O at the beginning of this section, and then uninstall the components and cables in the reverse order that they were installed.