Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Windows
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Operating Systems 69
An informational message describes a condition of which you should be aware. It does not prevent a
feature from being installed.
A warning message describes a condition that prevents a software product from being installed during
Express installation. It is recommended that you resolve the condition causing the warning before
proceeding with the installation of that software. If you decide to continue, you can select and install the
software using the Custom installation. For example, if an Intel network interface card (NIC) is not
detected on the system, you will see the following message:
An Intel NIC was not detected on this system. This will disable the
"Express" installation of the Intel(R) SNMP Agent.
Use the "Custom" installation setup type later during installation to
select this feature if you have an Intel(R) NIC installed.
An error message describes a condition of which you should be aware that prevents the software feature
from being installed. You must resolve the condition causing the error before proceeding with the
installation of the software feature. If you do not resolve the issue, the software feature will not be installed.
You can run the prerequisite check silently by running RunPreReqChecks.exe /s from the
srvadmin\windows\PreReqChecker directory. For further details see "Prerequisite Checker."
Installing and Upgrading Server Administrator
This section explains how to install and upgrade the Server Administrator using two installation options:
• Use the setup program in the windows directory on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server
Management
CD to install or upgrade Server Administrator and other managed system software.
• Use the unattended installation method through the Windows Installer Engine
msiexec.exe (see
Table 6-1) to install Server Administrator and other managed system software on multiple systems.
NOTE: For modular systems, you must install Server Administrator on each server module installed in the chassis.
NOTE: You can go to Add/Remove Programs to find out what features are currently installed.
Express and Custom Installations
The Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD features an Express Setup option and a
Custom Setup option for installing Server Administrator and other managed system software.
When you insert the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD in your system's CD drive,
the setup program calls the Prerequisite Checker, which uses your system's PCI bus to search for installed
hardware such as controller cards.
When you launch the Server Administrator installation from the Prerequisite Checker and select the
Express Setup option, the setup program installs or upgrades all of the managed system software features
that are appropriate for your particular system's hardware configuration. For more information about how
to perform an Express Setup, see the Quick Installation Guide. You can access the Quick Installation
Guide by clicking Quick Install Guide on the menu bar within the Prerequisite Checker user interface.