Users Guide
l Use the unattended installation method through the Windows Installer Engine msiexec.exe(seeTable6-1) to install Server Administrator and other
managed system software on multiple systems.
Typical and Custom Installations
The Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD features a Typical 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 Typical 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 a Typical 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.
When you select the Custom Setup option, you can deselect one or more software features that the install program has identified as appropriate for the
installed options on the system. During a Typical Setup, you cannot add to the list of features to install because all the features that are appropriate for the
hardware configuration are preselected. The Server Administrator Storage Management Service is installed by default during Typical Setup.
Custom Installation
The sections that follow show how to install and upgrade Server Administrator and other managed system software using the Custom Setup option.
1. Log on with Administrator privileges to the system where you want to install the system management software features.
2. Close any open application programs and disable any virus-scanning software.
3. Insert the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD into your system's CD drive.
If the CD does not automatically start the setup program, go to your system's desktop, double-click MyComputer (or open Windows Explorer), double-
click the CD drive icon, double-click the srvadmin folder, double-click the windows folder, and double-click the setup.exe file.
The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator prerequisite status screen opens and runs the prerequisite checks for the managed station. Any relevant
informational,warning,orerrormessagesaredisplayed.
4. Click the Install, Modify, Repair, or Remove Server Administrator option.
The Welcome to the Install Wizard for Dell OpenManage Server Administratorscreenopens.
5. Click Next.
The Dell Software License Agreement is displayed.
6. Click Accept and Next if you agree.
The Setup Type dialog box opens.
7. Select Custom and click Next.
The Custom Setup dialog box opens.
To select a specific managed system software application, click the drop-down arrow beside the listed feature and select either to install or not to install
the software.
A selected feature has a hard drive icon depicted next to it. A deselected feature has a red X depicted next to it. By default, if the Prerequisite Checker
finds a software feature with no supporting hardware, the checker deselects them.
To accept the default directory path to install managed system software, click Next.
Otherwise, click Change and navigate to the directory where you want to install your managed system software, and click OK. You will return to the
Custom Setup dialog box.
8. Click Next to accept the selected software features for installation.
NOTE: Formodularsystems,youmustinstallServerAdministratoroneachservermoduleinstalledinthechassis.
NOTE: You can go to Add/Remove Programs to find out what features are currently installed.
NOTE: You can upgrade from Dell OpenManage software version 4.3 to 5.1 through a full MSI Installation only.
NOTE: After you install Server Administrator on PowerEdge 1650, 2650, and 4600 systems, you may be prompted to reboot your system if you have
chosen to install Storage Management Service.
NOTE: Management station and managed system services can be installed in the same or in different directories. You can select the directory for
installation.