(Linux and Solaris) How to Install Component Manager

Before You Begin

You must download and uncompress the Hardware Management Pack on the target server before proceeding. You must carry out the following procedure as a user with root privileges.

1. Open a terminal.

2. Navigate to the directory where you uncompressed the Hardware Management Pack package, and then navigate to the SOFTWARE subdirectory .

3. Type the following:

   ./setup.sh

   The Component Manager installer starts.

4. To confirm that you want to install Component Manager, type Y at the following message:

   Install the Sun SSM Component Manager? [Y]es, [N]o>

   Component Manager is installed on to the server at the following path:

   /usr/sbin/sunssmcompmgr

   When the installation of Component Manager is finished, the installer asks if you want to automatically start Component Manager in interactive mode.

Next Steps

Once you have installed Component Manager, you can choose to use either the interactive mode or unattended mode. For more information see:

• (Linux and Solaris) Using Component Manager in Interactive Mode

• (Linux and Solaris) Using Component Manager in Unattended Mode