Users Guide

Administration

This chapter provides details about Dell Command | Power Manager administrative features, including installing, uninstalling, and

upgrading the software, and enabling and customizing Group Policies.

CAUTION: The tasks in this chapter should be performed only by a System Administrator.

Installing, Uninstalling, And Upgrading The Software

Dell Command | Power Manager is factory-installed on supported systems and and also released as a Dell Update Package (DUP,

available at dell.com/support). The installer is OS-specic, and a dierent DUP is required for 32–bit and 64–bit systems. System

administrators can install, uninstall, and upgrade the software using the DUP installation wizard.

CAUTION: Dell Command | Power Manager and Dell Feature Enhancement Pack (DFEP) cannot exist on the same

system. To prevent conicts, before installing Dell Command | Power Manager, you must rst uninstall DFEP.

To download and extract the DUP:

System administrators can install, uninstall, and upgrade Dell Command | Power Manager using the Dell Update Package (DUP)

available at dell.com/support.

NOTE: “DUP.exe” is a representation of the DUP le you will download.

1. Download the DUP.exe le from dell.com/support.

2. Double-click the *.exe le to start the installation wizard.

3. Follow the steps in the wizard until you complete installation, unistallation, or upgrade.

To install Dell Command | Power Manager using the DUP:

• Silent install

DUP.exe /s

• Extract the DUP

DUP.exe /s /e=C:\extractedDir

• Change the default log le location to a user-specied path

DUP.exe /l=”<C:\log path\log.txt>"

To install Dell Command | Power Manager using the setup.exe le, use one of the following options:

NOTE: You will need rst to extract the DUP, and then navigate to the setup.exe le before proceeding with the following

procedures.

NOTE: Variables are italicized and enclosed in angle brackets. For example, for

enter 32 or 64 to indicate

whether you are installing on a 32–bit or 64–bit operating system.

• Standard install with verbose logging

DCPM_Setup<os_arch>_2_0_0.exe /v"/l*vx <log_file_path>"

For example:

DCPM_Setup64_2_0_0.exe /v"/l*vx C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\installlog.txt"