To Install the N1 System Manager Software

Steps

1. Log in as root to the N1 System Manager management server.

2. Change directory to the N1 System Manager installation source.

   If you are installing from the N1 System Manager DVD, change directory as follows.

   • Solaris SPARC-based management server:

     # cd /cdrom/n1_system_mngr/Solaris_sparc/Product/installer

   • Solaris x86-based management server:

     # cd /cdrom/n1_system_mngr/Solaris_x86/Product/installer

   • Linux x86-based management server:

     # cd /cdrom/n1_system_mngr/Linux_x86/Product/installer

   If you are installing from an N1 System Manager installation ISO image, substitute your mount point directory name for /cdrom in the path names.

3. Type ./install to start the installation process

   The Software Evaluation Agreement appears.

4. Choose whether to accept the agreement and continue installation.

   Read the agreement carefully. Type y to continue installation, or type n to exit the installation.

   When you continue installation, the installation script checks for required Perl modules. When this process completes, the N1SM Installer process checks whether a prior version of N1 System Manager 1.1 is installed on your management server.

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   Note –

   If version 1.1 is installed, the installation process displays the following message and then exits.

   Version 1.1 is already installed Invoke installer with -u option to upgrade

   If the above message is displayed, upgrade your management server as described in Chapter 2, Upgrading the Sun N1 System Manager Software and Provisionable Server Management Agents

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   The appearance of the N1SM Installer menu and the components installed by the N1SM installer depend on the operating system installed on the management server, as shown by the following examples.

   • Solaris 10 Based Management Server

     N1SM Installer (version 1.2 on SunOS) 1. Install OS packages. [Not Completed] 2. Install Expect. [Not Completed] 3. Install IPMI tool. [Not Completed] 4. Install JDK 1.5. [Not Completed] 5. Install service provisioning components. [Not Completed] 6. Install OS provisioning components. [Not Completed] 7. Copy DHCP configuration file. [Not Completed] 8. Install user interface components. [Not Completed] 9. Install service container components. [Not Completed] 10. Install N1 System Manager. [Not Completed] Non-interactive install in progress Executing current step: Install OS packages...

   • Linux Based Management Server

     N1SM Installer (version 1.2 on Linux) 1. Check that required RPM packages are present. [Not Completed] 2. Install IPMI tool. [Not Completed] 3. Install JDK 1.5. [Not Completed] 4. Install Python. [Not Completed] 5. Install service provisioning components. [Not Completed] 6. Install OS provisioning components. [Not Completed] 7. Copy DHCP configuration file. [Not Completed] 8. Install user interface components. [Not Completed] 9. Install service container components. [Not Completed] 10. Install N1 System Manager. [Not Completed] Non-interactive install in progress.

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   Note –

   If you have installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3.0 AS Update 2, Update 3, or Update 4 on the management server and have installed RPMs other than those from RHEL 3.0 AS Update 2 through Update 4, you might be warned after Step 1 of the install completes that the RPMs might not work with the N1 System Manager. A list of the expected RPMs is displayed, followed by a list of the RPMs that were found. You are informed that this is only a warning and may continue with the install by pressing c. This option is in addition to options currently available for when an installation step fails (t to try again or x to exit.)

   If you installed RedHat Enterprise Linux AS Update 3 or later, the following message might be displayed after installation of the service container components completes:

   This installer has determined that some rpms currently installed on this system have later versions than those currently required by N1SM. If you encounter any problems related to these substitutions, you might need to obtain and install the exact version of the software required by the installer before re-installing N1SM.

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   The installation process runs each step in sequence. When a step completes successfully, the status of the step is updated to Completed.

   If a step fails, you are notified, and the status remains Not Completed or is changed to Partially Run. Exit the installation process and examine the log file /var/tmp/installer.log.latest to determine the cause of the failure. Correct the problem and then run the installation process again.

   You are informed when the installation process completes, and are then prompted to run the configuration utility.

   N1SM installation is complete Run the n1smconfig utility to configure N1SM.

Next Steps

Configure the N1 System Manager system as directed in the next section, Configuring the N1 System Manager System.