Administrator Guide

Silent installation

NOTE: Linux installation requires full ‘root’ user rights. Console installation is no longer available.

Instead, run the installer with switch --mode unattended for the default installation. A default

installation requires no arguments.

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

2. Navigate to the directory containing the extracted installer.

3. Run the command:

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

This command installs the Server Hardware Management Software with all the default settings..

4. Accept all End User License Agreements. The default installation directory is /opt/Dell/

ServerHardwareManagement.

5. To change the installation directory, uncomment and edit the following line in the

installer.options file:

;prefix=/opt/dell/ServerHardwareManagement

6. To start the SNMP daemon after installation, set the value SNMP to 1.

SNMP=1

7. Run the command:

ServerHardwareManagement-x.x.x.x-<OS>-installer --mode unattended -options /

path/to/installer.options

Console uninstallation

NOTE: Linux uninstallation requires full root user permissions

NOTE: The shmcli log file remains after uninstallation.

1. Run the terminal and navigate to the installation directory.

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

2. Run the command:

ServerHardwareManagement_uninstall. For silent uninstallation:

ServerHardwareManagement_uninstall --mode unattended.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the uninstallation.

NOTE: Dell recommends you to read through the information in the README.txt file because

it has important information regarding your product.