Administrator Guide

Installation procedure

When connecting the storage enclosure to a Dell PowerEdge server, the server must have a supported

SAS HBA installed. See the Dell Storage Appliance Tools (DSAT) and SDK Server Hardware Manager

Administrator’s Guide for information about supported SAS Host-bus Adapters (HBAs). If the host is

connected to the storage enclosure by using multiple paths (two or more SAS connections), the host

must have multipath configured. For more information about multipath configuration, refer to the

documentation related to the server operating system (OS).

The Dell Storage Enclosures are compatible with Windows and Linux operating systems (OSs). For more

information about the specific OSs supported, see the Dell Storage Enclosure Support Matrix on

Dell.com/support.

Server Hardware Management installation — Windows

MPIO (Multipath I/O)

You must configure Windows MPIO for the Server Hardware Management Software to recognize the

hardware. For more information about MPIO configuration procedures, see Microsoft documentation

related to MPIO for configuration procedures.

NOTE: Dell recommends the Failover Only policy.

Graphical installation

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

2. Go to the download directory of the installer.

3. Double-click the installation program — ServerHardwareManagement-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.

Silent installation

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

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.