Users Guide

Setup and Administration 29
When you launch Server Administrator, it first determines if the
Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver is enabled. If the driver is enabled,
Server Administrator uses the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver to
provide its IPMI-based functionality. If the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI
driver is not enabled, Server Administrator uses its own internal IPMI support
to provide its IPMI-based functionality. For Server Administrator, it is
recommended that you use the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver instead of
the internal IPMI support. If your system is running Windows Server 2003 R2
or Windows Storage Server R2, it is recommended that after you install Server
Administrator, you also install the optional Hardware Management component
of R2.
To install the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver on Dell PowerVault x00
systems, perform the following additional step:
• From a command shell, execute the following command:
Rundll32 ipmisetp.dll, AddTheDevice
After installing the Hardware Management component of
Windows Server 2003 R2, restart the DSM SA Data Manager service so that
Server Administrator can switch over from using its own internal IPMI support to
using the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver. To restart the service, you can
either manually restart the service or reboot the system.
If you uninstall the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver later, either by
manually uninstalling it or by uninstalling the Hardware Management
component (which uninstalls the driver), restart the DSM SA Data Manager
service so that Server Administrator can switch over from using the Windows
Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver to using its own internal IPMI support. To restart
the service, you can either manually restart the service or reboot the system.
Digital Certificates
All Server Administrator packages for Microsoft are digitally signed with a
Dell certificate that helps guarantee the integrity of the installation packages.
If these packages are repackaged, edited, or manipulated in other ways,
the digital signature is invalidated. This manipulation results in an
unsupported installation package and the Prerequisite Checker does not
allow you to install the software.