Users Guide

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.
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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.
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3. ConfigureyourISVdistributionsoftwaretodistributeandexecutethescriptcreatedinstep2.
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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.
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5. Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
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Distributing the Entire CD as the Typical Unattended Installation Package
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1. Distribute the entire image of the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD to your target systems.
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2. Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the msiexec.exe /i CD Drive\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb
program from the DellPowerEdgeInstallationandServerManagement CD image.
The msiexec.exe /i CD Drive\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi /qb program executes to install Server Administrator on each
remote system.
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3. Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
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Creating and Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
To create a custom unattended installation package, perform the following steps:
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1. Copy the windows directory from the CD onto the system hard drive.
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2. Create a batch script that will execute the installation using the Windows Installer Engine (msiexec.exe).
An example is msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi ADDLOCAL=SA,IWS,BRCM /qb. (See the "Customization Parameters" section below for additional details and
available feature identifications.)
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3. Place the batch script in the windows directory on the system hard drive.
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Distributing Custom Unattended Installation Packages
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1. Configure your ISV distribution software to execute the batch script once your installation package has been distributed.
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2. Use your ISV distribution software to distribute the custom unattended installation package to the remote systems.
The msiexec.exe /i System Drive\srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement\SysMgmt.msi ADDLOCAL=SA,IWS,BRCM /qb program installs Server
Administrator along with specified features on each remote system.
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3. Reboot each remote system to enable Server Administrator.
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Specifying Log File Locations
For managed system MSI installation, run the following command to perform an unattended installation while specifying the log file location:
msiexec.exe /i SysMgmt.msi /l*v "C:\openmanage\logs\SysMgmt.log"
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Unattended Installation Features
NOTE: For Customized Unattended Installation, each required feature must be included as a Command Line Interface (CLI) parameter for it to be
installed.
NOTE: The SysMgmt.msi installation package for Server Administrator used in Custom Setup unattended installation (see "Creating and Distributing
Custom Unattended Installation Packages") is located in the srvadmin\windows\SystemsManagement directory.