Administrator Guide

Installation procedure

When connecting the storage enclosure to a Dell EMC PowerEdge server, the server must have a supported SAS HBA installed. See the

Dell Storage PowerTools Server Hardware Manager Support Matrix for information about supported SAS 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, see the documentation related to the server operating system (OS).

The Dell EMC 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 at Dell.com/support.

Topics:

• Server Hardware installation—Windows

• Server Hardware Manager Installation – Linux

• Server Hardware Manager Installation - ESXi

Server Hardware installation—Windows

Multipath I/O (MPIO)

Windows MPIO must be configured for the Server Hardware Manager software to recognize the hardware. For more information about

MPIO configuration procedures, see Microsoft documentation related to MPIO.

NOTE:

The Failover Only policy is recommended.

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.zip file.

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

4. Double-click the installation program: ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe

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

NOTE:

Installation of the SNMP monitoring service is optional.

6. When the installation is complete, start an elevated command-line interface (CLI) to run shmcli commands.

Silent installation

Use the CLI administrator command prompt for silent installation.

About this task

NOTE:

There is no Windows console mode installation.

Steps

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

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