How to Install Components on a Linux Server

1. To verify that you have prerequisites installed, use the following command:

   # rpm -q OpenIPMI net-snmp libxml2

   OpenIPMI-2.0.16-5.el5
   net-snmp-5.3.2.2-9.el5_5.1
   libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.0.1

   The actual version and release numbers for the packages might be different for your specific Linux OS (OEL4, OEL5, RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES10, SLES11). VMware is based on RHEL, but the packaging for some items is different.

   If any of these packages are missing, they need to be installed from the appropriate Linux distribution media. For exact steps on installing system packages, refer to Linux documentation .

2. Download the Oracle HMP pack and extract it.

   The directory in which you extract the files is referred to as extraction-directory the remainder of this procedure.

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   Note - The following step use the component name+.rpm notation for the file name for simplicity. If you do not want to install all .rpm files for a particular component, use the following file name conventions.

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   The file names for the packages are in the following format:

   component-version.distribution.architecture.rmp

   where:

   • component = libs, snmp, hwmgmt, ipmitool, ipmiflash or tools

   • version =

     • 1.8.10–3–3 for impitool or impiflash

     • 2.1.0–1.e15 for libs, snmp, hwmgmt or tools

   • distribution = esx3, esx4, el4, el5, sl10 or sl11

   • architecture = i386 (32-bit) or x86_64 (64-bit)

   For example, for OEL5 32–bit, the file names are as follows.

   ipmitool-1.8.10.3-3.rhel5.i386.rpm
   oracle-hmp-tools-2.1.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
   ipmiflash-1.8.10.4-3.rhel5.i386.rpm
   oracle-hmp-hwmgmt-2.1.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
   oracle-hmp-snmp-2.1.0-1.el5.i386.rpm
   oracle-hmp-libs-2.1.0-1.el5.i386.rpm 

3. If you want to install only ipmitool or ipmiflash, see the following steps. If you also want to install the other Hardware Management Pack components, go to Step 4.
   • To install ipmiflash, run the following command:

     # rpm -i /extraction-directory/SOFTWARE/packages/ipmiflash*.rpm

   • To install ipmitool, run the following command:

     # rpm -i /extraction-directory/SOFTWARE/packages/ipmitool*.rpm

     For example:

     # rpm -i extraction-directory/SOFTWARE/packages/ipmi*rpm

     By default, no output appears after the installation.

4. Determine which Hardware Management Pack components to install.

   The following packages are available for installation:

   • oracle-hmp-hwmgmt — Oracle Hardware Management Agent

   • oracle-hmp-libs — Oracle Hardware Management Pack Libraries (mandatory)

   • oracle-hmp-snmp — Oracle Hardware Management Pack SNMP plugins (requires oracle-hmp-hwmgmt)

   • oracle-hmp-tools— Oracle Hardware Management Pack CLI Tools

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   Note - You must install oracle-hmp-libs with all packages. If you are installing oracle-hmp-snmp you must also install oracle-hmp-hwmgmt.

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5. Use the following command to install the packages:

   # rpm -i /extraction-directory/SOFTWARE/packages/ oracle-hmp-libs*.rpm additional components

   For example, to install just the agent and SNMP plugins:

   # rpm -i /extraction-directory/SOFTWARE/packages/oracle-hmp-libs*rpm 
   /extraction-directory/SOFTWARE/packages/oracle-hmp-hwmgmt*rpm 
   /extraction-directory/SOFTWARE/packages/oracle-hmp-snmp*rpm

   No output appears by default.