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Installing Managed System Software on Microsoft
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Windows
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DellOpenManage™Version5.1InstallationandSecurityUser'sGuide
Overview
Before You Begin
Installation Requirements
Installation Procedures
Managed System Software Installation Using Third-Party Deployment Software
Overview
You can install managed system software using several methods. The Dell™PowerEdge™InstallationandServerManagementCD provides a setup program to
install, upgrade, and uninstall managed system software features on your managed systems. You can install the software on multiple systems through an
unattended installation across a network.
ThemanagedsystemfeaturesthatyoucaninstallincludeDellOpenManage™ServerAdministrator,theIntel®SNMP agent, and the Broadcom SNMP agent.
From within Server Administrator, you can choose the Server Administrator Web server (not choosing it restricts you to use Server Administrator only from its
command line interface), Remote Access Service, and Storage Management Service subfeatures.
Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD
The Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD provides a setup program to install, upgrade, and uninstall managed system software features on
yourmanagedsystems.Additionally,youcaninstallthefeaturesonmultiplesystemsthroughanunattendedinstallationacrossanetwork.
Using the setup program in the Windows directory on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD, you can install and upgrade Server
Administrator on systems running all supported operating systems. On systems running supported Microsoft Windows operating systems, you can uninstall
the features through the operating system.
Unattended and Scripted Silent Installation
You can use the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD to perform an unattended and scripted silent installation of the managed system
features on systems running supported Windows operating systems. Additionally, you can install and uninstall the features from the command line on systems
running supported Windows operating systems.
Before You Begin
l Read the installation requirements section below to ensure that your system meets or exceeds the minimum requirements.
l Read the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Compatibility Guide. This guide contains compatibility information about Server Administrator installation
and operation on various hardware platforms running supported Windows, Red Hat®Enterprise Linux, and SUSE®Linux Enterprise Server operating
systems.
l Read the installation readme_ins.txt file on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD. This readme file contains the latest information
about new features, in addition to information about known issues.
l Read the Server Administrator readme file on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD. This readme contains the latest information
about software, firmware, and driver versions, in addition to information about known issues.
l Read the installation instructions for your operating system.
Installation Requirements
The following sections describe the general requirements for Server Administrator.
Supported Operating System Versions
Server Administrator supports each of the following operating systems:
l Windows 2000 Server SP4 (includes Server and Advanced Server)
NOTE: DRAC III, DRAC 4, and DRAC 5 cannot be used together.
NOTE: See the readme_ins.txt file on the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD for a list of the systems that are currently supported.