Users Guide

76 Installing Managed System Software on Windows
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Operating Systems
Performing an Unattended Installation of Managed System Software
The Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD features an Express Setup option and a
Custom Setup option for the unattended installation procedure.
Unattended installation enables you simultaneously to install Server Administrator on multiple systems.
You can perform an unattended installation by creating an unattended installation package that contains
all of the necessary managed system software files. The unattended installation option also provides
several features that enable you to configure, verify, and view information about
unattended installations.
The unattended installation package is distributed to the remote systems using a software distribution
tool from an ISV, an independent software vendor. When the package is distributed, the installation
script executes to install the software.
Creating and Distributing the Express Unattended Installation Package
The Express Setup unattended installation option uses the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server
Management CD as the unattended installation package. The msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /qb program
accesses the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD to accept the software license
agreement and install all required Server Administrator features on selected remote systems. The
msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /qb command installs Server Administrator features on each remote system
based on the system's hardware configuration.
NOTE: After an unattended installation has finished, in order to use the command line interface (CLI) feature of
Server Administrator, you must open a new console window and execute CLI commands from there. Executing CLI
commands from the same console window in which Server Administrator was installed will not work.
You can make the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD image available to the remote
system by either distributing the entire contents of the CD, or by mapping a drive from the target system
to the location of the CD image.
Mapping a Drive to Act as the Express Unattended Installation Package
1 Share an image of the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD with each remote
system on which you want to install Server Administrator.
You can accomplish this task by directly sharing the CD or by copying the entire CD to a drive and
sharing the copy.
2 Create a script that maps a drive from the remote systems to the shared drive described in step 1. This
script should execute
msiexec.exe /i Mapped
Drive
\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb after the drive has been mapped.
3 Configure your ISV distribution software to distribute and execute the script created in step 2.
4 Distribute this script to the target systems by using your ISV software distribution tools.
The
msiexec.exe /i Mapped Drive \srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb program
executes to install Server Administrator on each remote system.
5 Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.