An NSM Agent can be installed on any of the following machines:
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2a or later with an x86 or x64 processor
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 with Jan. 2013 Maintenance release or later
Other notable information about NSM Agents:
The default NSM Agent port is 3011
A firewall inbound rule for the NSM Agent is created during the installation
At the root of the NSM-EDIR_4_0_0.iso image, open the folder pertaining to the platform on which you will be installing the NSM Agent.
For example, if you will be installing the NSM Agent on a Novell Open Enterprise Server 11, open the SLES 11 folder.
Locate and click
Save the RPM.
Launch a terminal session.
Do one of the following:
Install the NSM Agent RPM package by typing:
# rpm -i novell-storage-manager-agent-4.0.0-xx.xxxx.rpm.
Upgrade the NSM Agent by typing:
# rpm -Uvh novell-storage-manager-agent-4.0.0-xx.xxxx.rpm.
Continue with Section 4.6, Configuring an NSM Agent.