Install Dell OpenManage on XenServer 5.6.1

I have been trying to install Dell OpenManage on XenServer 5.6.1 for many hours today. A lot of tutorials online are pretty much outdated and won’t work properly. It turned out to be real simple however. Follow this guide and you’ll be set in no time:

1. Login to you XenServer console
2. Enable the CentOS repository (is disabled by Xen)
3. Add the Dell repository
4. Install lockfile
5. Install srvadmin-all
6. Add a firewall rule
7. Start the services
8. Access the web-interface

That’s basically it.

Login to you XenServer console

Login to your console through SSH like ssh root@YOUR-XEN-SERVER-IP

Enable the CentOS repository

We need to edit a file and enable the CentOS repository to allow for installing some depencies:

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

Change the first block from:

enabled=0

to:

enabled=1

Add the Dell repository

To do this run this command:

wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash

Install lockfile

OpenManage needs a binary called ‘lockfile’ which can be found in the ‘procmail’ package and seems to be working. Execute these commands to install the binary:

yum install procmail
cp /usr/bin/lockfile /tmp/
yum remove procmail
mv /tmp/lockfile /usr/bin/lockfile


Install srvadmin-all

To install the OpenManage software run this command:

yum -y install srvadmin-all

Add a firewall rule

Before we can access the web-interface we need to add a rule to the firewall and restart iptables:

vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables

Add this line before the REJECT line at the bottom:

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 1311 -j ACCEPT

Restart iptables:

service iptables restart

Start the services

To start the services run this command:

/opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/srvadmin-services.sh start

Access the web-interface

To access the web-interface open your browser (IE, Firefox or Safari, chrome doesn’t work) and go to:

https://YOUR-XEN-SERVER-IP:1311/

You can now login with your XenServer root login and password.

References:

• http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX116325
• http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/citrix/en/solutionsguide/5_6/html/solutioi.htm
• http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/OpenManage+on+XenServer+5.6
• http://melick.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/installing-dell-openmanage-on-citrix-xenserver-50/
• http://www.md3v.com/dell-openmanage-on-centos-5x