I just wanted to share a few things with you, then you can feel free to ask any other follow-up questions that come to mind:
The web server portion of OMSA must be installed for it to work at all, so just do a Custom install to make sure that Storage Management is installed (don't DE-select anything).
Don't install from CD ... you cannot upgrade from that version to the latest. Install the old one or install the new one, forget the upgrade.
Download and run to extract the files, then run C:\Openmanage\windows\setup.exe, Custom.
The latest version is 150MB, so 2GB free should be plenty to install OMSA. OMSA MUST be installed on the C: partition.
You can start the rebuild from the RAID BIOS, then boot to the OS while the rebuild completes - there is no need to keep the server "out of commission" until it completes.
On a 2600, it is not necessary (nor is it recommended) to power down to replace/rebuild the drive. Simply swapping the drive "hot" will probably kick off the rebuild. If the rebuild doesn't begin within a minute or two, then you would need to start it manually.
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I just wanted to share a few things with you, then you can feel free to ask any other follow-up questions that come to mind:
The web server portion of OMSA must be installed for it to work at all, so just do a Custom install to make sure that Storage Management is installed (don't DE-select anything).
Don't install from CD ... you cannot upgrade from that version to the latest. Install the old one or install the new one, forget the upgrade.
Version 5.4:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails?DriverId=R183698&FileId=2731119587&DriverName=Dell%20OpenManage%20Server%20Administrator%20Managed%20Node%2C%20v.5.4.0%2C%20A01
Download and run to extract the files, then run C:\Openmanage\windows\setup.exe, Custom.
The latest version is 150MB, so 2GB free should be plenty to install OMSA. OMSA MUST be installed on the C: partition.
You can start the rebuild from the RAID BIOS, then boot to the OS while the rebuild completes - there is no need to keep the server "out of commission" until it completes.
On a 2600, it is not necessary (nor is it recommended) to power down to replace/rebuild the drive. Simply swapping the drive "hot" will probably kick off the rebuild. If the rebuild doesn't begin within a minute or two, then you would need to start it manually.