Now update your packages:-

# apt-get update
To verify your newly added debian.unofficial.org repository do the following (taken from http://debian-unofficial.org/faq.html):-

To verify your newly added backports.org repository do the following (taken from http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions):-

You will need to install Java and SNMP to get full functionality, to do this:-

# apt-get install sun-java6-jre
# apt-get install snmp snmpd openipmi lsb-base

SAS/5iR RAID Controllers

If you are running a machine with an SAS/5iR or similar RAID controller (like a PE860) you will need to take the following steps:-

Install mpt-status:-

# apt-get install mpt-status

Now make sure it loads correctly, this can be easily done via:-

The Dell OMSA should now be able to query the RAID controller.

Installation

Now install the package:-

# apt-get install dellomsa

The following packages will also get installed (if they are not already):-

You will get the following warning:-

Just type y, hit return and trust that nothing nasty is gonna happen

You may encounter this error while installing (well, I did anyway):-

It is basically moaning about not having enough space, the package attempts to write to /opt so all I did to resolve this was to move /opt to a partition with more space and symlink it back like so:-

# cd /
# mv opt /home/
# ln -s /home/opt opt

Now just re-run the install command:-

# apt-get install dellomsa

Configuration

Web Management Interface:-

To install the Web Management interface follow these instructions (taken directly from https://subtrac.sara.nl/oss/omsa_2_deb/wiki/FAQ):-

The IWS webserver enables you to read the same information that the omreport command supplies in a nice web interface. You can start IWS from the /etc/init.d directory, currently we don’t support automatic startup.

Manually start the webserver:

/etc/init.d/dsm_om_connsvc start

To automatically start the webserver on boot:

/usr/sbin/update-rc.d dsm_om_connsvc start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 19 0 1 6 . >/dev/null

You can login to the webserver using a local account on port 1311, for example:

https://your-machine.net:1311

Before you can log in to the WMI you need to edit /opt/dell/srvadmin/iws/config/iws.ini and make some changes:-

# vim /opt/dell/srvadmin/iws/config/iws.ini

Change username and password to something other than admin/admin.  Now you will be able to login to the interface using your system root username and password (I know its all a bit odd but if/when I find an explanation I will update this section).

SNMP:-

First you need to configure /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.  The easiest way to do this is by running snmpconf from command line:-

# snmpconf

Make sure that you set a read/write community from your local network.  When it has been written out you should get something like this (bear in mind I have removed all comments to keep it simple):-

To ensure that the OMSA SMUX works ok I found that I had to edit /etc/default/snmpd:-

# vim /etc/default/snmpd

And change SNMPDOPTS  to look like this (thanks to the guys on this list http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-473880.html):-

Now restart the snmpd service:-

# /etc/init.d/snmpd restart

Now enable SNMP in OMSA:-

# /etc/init.d/dataeng enablesnmp

Restart OMSA

# /etc/init.d/dataeng restart

Testing:-

The easiest way to test this is to use snmpwalk:-

The .1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.1 OID refers to the Dell Openmanage MIBs.

Firewall

If you are running an iptables firewall on your Linux Debian box (which, lets face it, is usually a good idea), then you will need to open the following ports:-

SNMP: 161 TCP/UDP
OMSA Web interface: 1311 TCP

So using IPTABLES you can just add these entries into your firewall config file (which may or may not be /etc/rc.local), change 192.168.0.0/24 to reflect your network address range:-