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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.

Topics:

• Installing, Uninstalling, And Upgrading The Software

• Group Policy Templates

• Customizing Group Policy Settings

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-specific, and a different 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 conflicts, before installing Dell Command | Power Manager, you must first 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 file you will download.

1. Download the DUP.exe file from dell.com/support.

2. Double-click the *.exe file 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 file location to a user-specified path

DUP.exe /l=”<C:\log path\log.txt>"

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

NOTE:

You will need first to extract the DUP, and then navigate to the setup.exe file before proceeding with the following

procedures.

NOTE: Variables are italicized and enclosed in angle brackets. For example, for <os arch> 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>"

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