Administrator Guide

Graphical installation

1. Download the SHM software installation package from Dell.com/dsmsmanuals.

2. Go to the download directory of the installer.

3. Double-click the installation program — ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe.

4. Complete the on-screen instructions and accept the End User License Agreement.

NOTE: Installation of the SNMP monitoring service is optional.

After successful installation, start an elevated command line interface (CLI), and then run the secli

commands at the CLI.

Silent installation

1. Download the SHM software installation package from Dell.com/dsmsmanuals.

2. Run appropriate commands at the CLI as an administrator.

NOTE: The CLI must be an administrator prompt for proper use of the CLI.

3. Go to the download directory of the extracted installer.

4. Run the installation program by running the command:

ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe --mode unattended

or, modify options.installer and run with switch --options C:\path\to

\installer.options

for a non-default install.

This command installs the SHM software with all the default settings. The default installation

directory is C:\Program Files\Dell\ServerHardwareManagement.

5. Accept all End User License Agreements.

NOTE: There is no Windows console mode installation.

Uninstalling Server Hardware Manager

Command line interface

1. Run the CLI as an Administrator.

2. Go to the installation directory.

The default directory is C:\Program Files\Dell\ServerHardwareManager.

3. Run the uninstallation program, ServerHardwareManager_uninstall.exe. For silent

uninstallation: ServerHardwareManager_uninstall.exe --mode unattended