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• Permit incoming traffic from all clients to the TCP ports (and UDP ports, if necessary) on your server in the Ports range(s) specified above. • If you are using callbacks, permit incoming traffic on all ports where the TCP connection was initiated by your server." WMI queries will succeed only if you add the User account to local admin group. Refer to the Microsoft knowledgebase articles for the way to do this. For example: Leverage Group Policies with WMI Filters: support.microsoft.com/kb/555253/en-us For user rights for WMI access, see: www.mcse.ms/archive68-2005541196.html See also: Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system (support.microsoft.com/kb/832017/) Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Driver The Web-Based Enterprise Management driver currently supports operating systems supporting the Web-Based Enterprise Management interface (WBEM). WBEM is always installed on the following operating systems versions (and later): • Red Hat Linux 5.5 or 6.0 • VM Ware (ESX) with WBEM installed. You can install Web-Based Enterprise Management on some other systems if they do not already use it, but monitored devices must have this installed. NOTE: To verify WBEM is running on your system, run the following command: ps-e | grep cim. You should see a process labelled cimserver. Installing WBEM on Red Hat For Red Hat 5, the latest supported release for WBEM is tog-pegasus-2.7.02.el5_2.1.i386.rpm and this is what you need to download once you have logged into the Red Hat network. Install this as follows: Install: rpm -ih tog-pegasus-2.7.0-2.el5_2.1.i386.rpm Upgrade: rpm -Uh tog-pegasus-2.7.0-2.el5_2.1.i386.rpm To determine if wbem is running, run ps -ef | grep cimserver in a shell. To start | stop | get status of the WBEM service: tog-pegasus start | stop | status" If the system is running Fedora, then you can access tog-pegasus updates at this site: https:// admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/tog-pegasus 26 Sizing for Standalone Installations | Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager

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Permit incoming traffic from all clients to the TCP ports (and UDP ports, if necessary) on
your server in the Ports range(s) specified above.
If you are using callbacks, permit incoming traffic on all ports where the TCP connection was
initiated by your server.”
WMI queries will succeed only if you add the User account to local admin group. Refer to the
Microsoft knowledgebase articles for the way to do this. For example: Leverage Group Policies with
WMI Filters: support.microsoft.com/kb/555253/en-us
For user rights for WMI access, see: www.mcse.ms/archive68-2005541196.html
See also:
Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system
(support.microsoft.com/kb/832017/)
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Driver
The Web-Based Enterprise Management driver currently supports operating systems supporting
the Web-Based Enterprise Management interface (WBEM).
WBEM is always installed on the following operating systems versions (and later):
Red Hat Linux 5.5 or 6.0
VM Ware (ESX) with WBEM installed.
You can install Web-Based Enterprise Management on some other systems if they do not already
use it, but monitored devices must have this installed.
NOTE:
To verify WBEM is running on your system, run the following command:
ps-e | grep cim
. You
should see a process labelled
cimserver
.
Installing WBEM on Red Hat
For Red Hat 5, the latest supported release for WBEM is
tog-pegasus-2.7.0-
2.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
and this is what you need to download once you have logged into the
Red Hat network.
Install this as follows:
Install:
rpm -ih tog-pegasus-2.7.0-2.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
Upgrade:
rpm -Uh tog-pegasus-2.7.0-2.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
To determine if wbem is running, run
ps -ef | grep cimserver
in a shell.
To start | stop | get status of the WBEM service:
tog-pegasus start | stop | status"
If the system is running Fedora, then you can access tog-pegasus updates at this site:
https://
admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/tog-pegasus