Installation manual

Installing Managed System 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 reduce 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.

NOTE: 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. Install OpenManage software in the Command

Line Interface (CLI) mode on Server Core. For more information on Server Core, see microsoft.com.

NOTE: On Windows 7, to install the systems management software successfully, log in using an account which

belongs to the Administrators Group and must execute the setup.exe using the option Run as administrator from

the right-click menu.

NOTE: Log in as a built-in administrator to install the systems management software on Windows Server 2008 and

Windows Vista. For more information about the built-in Administrator account, see the Windows Server 2008 Help.

Running Prerequisite Checker In CLI Mode

You must run the prerequisite checker in the CLI mode as Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server does not support

the GUI mode.