Prerequisites

• If you are installling Oracle Hardwae Management Pack 2.4.9.0 or later, you must first uninstall any version older than 2.4.9.0 to remove components that are no longer supported. Use one of the following methods:

  • Using GUI Mode to Install and Uninstall Components

  • Using Console Mode to Install or Uninstall Components

  • Using Silent Mode to Install and Uninstall Components

• When installing Oracle Hardware Management Pack components manually, you can upgrade existing packages with the newer version of those packages.

• Different Hardware Management Pack components are supported by different servers and operating systems, so ensure that your target platform is supported by all of the components you intend to install. Before proceeding make sure that you have consulted the support matrix for the version that you plan to install. The support matrix is available at:

  https://www.oracle.com/goto/ohmp

• Depending on the target server's OS, you should note the following:

  • Oracle Solaris 10/11 OS - For the Oracle Server Hardware SNMP Plugins to function correctly, you must have System Management Agent (SMA). SMA is installed by default on Oracle Solaris OS. For more information about SMA, see snmpd(1M). When installing Hardware Management Pack components, you must be in the global zone, and Hardware Management Pack can only be installed on the global zone. The device /dev/bmc must be present on your system for the Hardware Management Agent to function correctly.

  • Linux OS - For the Oracle Server Hardware SNMP Plugins to function correctly, you must have Net-SNMP installed. For more information about Net-SNMP, see the snmpd documentation. The device /dev/ipmi# (where # is a digit) must be present on your system for the Hardware Management Agent to function correctly. You must also ensure that the IPMI interface between the Oracle server service processor (SP) and host OS is enabled, and that the IPMI service is started. When using the Hardware Management Agent, you must ensure the root user has read/write access to the IPMI device in order for the Hardware Management Agent to function correctly.

  • Beginning with Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.4.7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) support is no longer available.

• Review the known installation issues. For a complete list of installation issues, refer to Installation Notes and Issues in Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.4 Release Notes.