11Installing the CIM Extension for SUSE and Red Hat Linux

IMPORTANT: Do not install the CIM extension onto the management server.

This chapter contains the following topics:

About the CIM Extension for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server and SUSE Linux, page 227

Prerequisites, page 228

Verifying SNIA HBA API Support, page 228

Installing the CIM Extension, page 229

Starting the CIM Extension Manually, page 232

How to Determine if the CIM Extension Is Running, page 232

Configuring CIM Extensions, page 232

Stopping the CIM Extension, page 235

Rolling Over the Log Files, page 235

Removing the CIM Extension from Red Hat or SUSE Linux, page 235

Keep in mind the following:

This chapter describes how to install and manage the CIM extension directly on the host. You can also install and manage CIM extensions remotely. See Deploying and Managing CIM Extensions” on page 181.

Make sure you have reviewed Table 2 on page 2 to ensure you are at the correct step.

The 6.0 management server requires that any managed Tru64 or OpenVMS hosts be running at least version 5.1.0 SP4 (5.1.4) of the CIM Extensions. If the Tru64 and OpenVMS CIM Extensions are not at the minimum levels, the 6.0.0 management server will be unable to gather information from those hosts, and there will be various replication errors in the management server logs. It is preferable to upgrade all CIM Extensions to the same version as the management server, as some functionality may be unavailable when earlier CIM Extensions are used.

About the CIM Extension for Red Hat

Linux Advanced Server and SUSE Linux

The CIM extension for Red Hat and SUSE Linux gathers information from the operating system and host bus adapters. It then makes the information available to the management server.

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