Dell OpenManage on CentOS 5.x

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is a suite of tools provided by Dell for managing an individual server. Dell provides a Windows installation tool set on their support website but information pertaining to the installation on non-supported Dell operating systems (e.g. CentOS, Fedora) is a little hard to find.

If your running Dell branded servers with CentOS 5.x and need to install the current version of Dell OpenManage and OpenIPMI, the following script will automate the process.

1. Login to your server.
2. cd /usr/src
3. nano -w dellomi.sh
4. Cut and paste the following text:

#!/bin/bash
#
# Dell OpenIPMI & OpenManage Installer (m)
# Revision: 030609-1
#
HOST=`hostname`
D=`date ‘+%d%m%y’`

echo
echo “Dell OpenIPMI & OpenManage Automatic Installer”
echo “Revision: 030609 m”
echo
echo “Installing Dell Yum Repository…”
echo
wget -q -O – http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash
echo
echo “Dell Repository Install Complete!”
echo
echo “Installing Dell Server Administrator…”
echo
yum -y install srvadmin-all
echo
echo “Dell Server Administrator Install Complete!”
echo
echo “Starting Dell IPMI Services…”
echo
/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/srvadmin-services.sh start
echo
echo “Dell OpenIPMI & Dell OpenManage Install Complete!”
echo
echo “Please go to http://$HOST:1311 in order to access Dell OpenManage.”
echo

5. Save and exit nano (CTRL+X the Y to Save then exit)
6. Run the script: sh dellomi.sh
7. Once the script has complete you will be able to login to Dell OpenManage at http://your-server:1311 with your root username and password.

For more information on Dell’s Open Source initiatives click here.