User's Manual

24 Installing, Uninstalling, and Upgrading Dell Management Console
Install Readiness Prerequisites
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
• Microsoft ASP .NET framework
•Microsoft Silverlight 3.0
• Microsoft SQL Express 2008, SQL Express 2005, SQL Server 2005, SQL
Server 2008 SP1, or SQL Server 2008 R2
• At least 15 GB of free disk space. 20 GB of free disk space is recommended.
• Internet Information Services 7.0 or lower
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8.0 or lower
• Internet Connection
NOTE: If you do not have access to the Internet, create an installation
package by installing SIM on a system with internet connection. Launch SIM,
click Create installation package and select the latest version of the Dell
Management Console. This will create a installation package. Copy the
installation package to the server where you would like to install the Dell
Management Console.
For more information on the installation prerequisites see the Support
Information Matrix for Dell Management Console
.
Other Considerations
• Do not configure the management station as a Windows
Domain
Controller.
• If you are installing the Dell Management Console through the
Terminal
Service, ensure that the installation is through the console
session. For
example, mstsc/console.
•(Highly recommended) On the management station, install configure and
enable the HyperText Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer
(HTTPS).
• If you are upgrading to this release of Dell Management Console, then use
SIM. SIM must be connected to internet for getting the latest updates.
you may have to update the SIM and any other critical updates available.
You can view the recommended and optional updates in the Updates
section.
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