Users Guide

78 Installing Managed System Software on Microsoft
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Windows
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Operating Systems
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.
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.
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.