Users 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 the Hyper-V Server operating system

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

requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. The 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. Install Dell OpenManage software in CLI mode on Server Core.

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

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

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

Installing Management Station Software in CLI Mode

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

DRAC.msi

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

Dell Systems

Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

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

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

Dell Systems

Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

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

ADSnapIn.msi

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

Dell

Systems Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

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

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

Dell Systems

Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

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

msiexec / I <management_station_software>.msi TRANSFORMS=

<languauge_transform>.mst

NOTE: Replace <

language_transform

>.mst with the appropriate language file:

• 1031.mst (German)

• 1034.mst (Spanish)

• 1036.mst (French)

• 1041.mst (Japanese)

• 2052.mst (Simplified Chinese)