Users Guide

Contents 7
6 Installing Managed System Software on
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Operating
Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Dell Systems Console and Agent CD or
Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation DVD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Unattended and Scripted Silent Installation
. . . . 96
Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Installation Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Supported Operating System Versions
. . . . . . 97
System Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Supported Systems Management
Protocol Standards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Windows Server 2003 R2 and
the R2 IPMI Device Driver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Digital Certificates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Installation Procedures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Prerequisites for Installing or Upgrading
Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Installing and Upgrading
Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
System Recovery on Failed Installation
. . . . . . 109
Failed Updates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Windows Installer Logging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Upgrading the MSI Engine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Performing an Unattended Installation of
Managed System Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . 112
MSI Return Code
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Uninstalling Managed System Software
. . . . . . 120
Managed System Software Installation Using
Third-Party Deployment Software
. . . . . . . . . . . 124