Administrator Guide

Graphical installation

Steps

1. Download the Server Hardware Manager Software installation package from Dell.com/support.

2. Go to the download directory, and extract the installation files from the ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-<OS>-

installer.tar.gz file.

3. Go to the directory where the installation files were extracted.

4. Double-click the installation program: ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-<OS>-installer .

NOTE: Installation of the SNMP monitoring service is optional.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions, and accept the End User License Agreement.

6. When installation is complete, exit the shell and restart it with an elevated (root) access to run shmcli commands.

Silent installation

The installation requires full root user permissions.

About this task

NOTE: Console installation is no longer available. Instead, run the installer with switch --mode unattended for the

default installation. A default installation requires no arguments.

Steps

1. Download the Server Hardware Manager software installation package for Linux from Dell.com/support.

2. Go to the download directory, and extract the installation files from the ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-<OS>-

installer.tar.gz file.

3. Go to the directory where the installation files were extracted.

4. To perform a silent (unattended) install using the default settings, run the following command:

ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-<OS>-installer --mode unattended

The default installation directory is /opt/dell/ServerHardwareManager.

5. To change default settings before performing a silent (unattended) install, open the installer.options file in a text editor and

modify the values.

For example, to change the installation directory, edit the following line in the installer.options file:

prefix=${platform_install_prefix}

6. To perform a silent (unattended) install using the installer.options file, run the following command:

ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-<OS>-installer --mode unattended -options installer.options

7. When installation is complete, exit the shell and restart it with an elevated (root) access to run shmcli commands.

Uninstalling the Server Hardware Manager software

The uninstallation requires full root user permissions.

About this task

NOTE:

The shmcli log file remains after uninstallation.

Steps

1. Start a terminal, and go to the installation directory.

The default directory is: /opt/dell/ServerHardwareManager.

Installation procedure