Users Guide

Contents 5
5 Installing Management Station Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installation Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
System Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Enabling CIM Discovery and Security in IT Assistant
. . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing SNMP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing, Upgrading, and Uninstalling Management Station Software
on Systems Running Supported Windows Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . 50
Installing and Upgrading Management Station Software
. . . . . . . . . 51
Express and Custom Installations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Custom Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Upgrade
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Custom Modify
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Custom Repair
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
System Recovery on Failed Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Performing an Unattended Installation of
Management Station Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Uninstalling Management Station Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Performing an Unattended Uninstallation of
Management Station Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Supported Management and Alerting Agents
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Upgrading IT Assistant After Migrating to Windows Server 2003
. . . . . 63
Other Known Issues for Microsoft Installations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing Management Station Software on Systems Running
Supported Red Hat Linux Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6 Installing Managed System Software on
Windows
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Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD
. . . . . . . . . 65
Unattended and Scripted Silent Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66