Owner's Manual

NOTE: The Dell OpenManage IT Assistant option is displayed only if you have an earlier version of IT Assistant

already installed. In this case, selecting the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant option upgrades IT Assistant to version

8.9.1. For more information on upgrading IT Assistant, see the

Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User's Guide

Installing Management Station Software on Microsoft Windows

Server 2008 Core and Microsoft Hyper-V Server

The Server Core installation option of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server operating system

provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles that reduces the maintenance and management

requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. A Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation

installs only a subset of the binaries that are required by the supported server roles. For example, the Explorer shell is

not installed as part of a Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation. Instead, the default user interface for

a Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation is the command prompt.

Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server operating system does not support a graphical user interface (GUI) based

installation of Dell OpenManage software components. You need to install Dell OpenManage software in the CLI mode

on Server Core. For more information on Server Core, see the Microsoft website.

NOTE: You have to be logged in as a built-in Administrator to install systems management software on Windows

Server 2008 and Windows Vista. See the Windows Server 2008 Help for information about the built-in Administrator

account.

Installing Management Station Software in CLI Mode

To install the DRAC Tools, launch the MSI file from the command prompt using the command: msiexec /i

DRAC.msi

NOTE: The DRAC.msi file is located at SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\DRAC on the

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Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

To install BMU, launch the MSI file from the command prompt using the command: msiexec /i BMC.msi

NOTE: The BMC.msi file is located at SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\BMC on the

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Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

To install Active Directory Snap-In, launch the MSI file from the command prompt using the command: msiexec /i

ADSnapIn.msi

NOTE: The ADSnapIn.msi file is located at SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\ADSnapIn on the

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Systems Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

To install IT Assistant, launch the MSI file from the command prompt using the command: msiexec /i ITA.msi

NOTE: The ITA.msi file is located at SYSMGMT\ManagementStation\windows\ITAssistant on the

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Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

To install the localized version of the management station software, in the command prompt type the following

command: msiexec / I <management_station_software>.msi TRANSFORMS=

<languauge_transform>.mst