Users Guide

Contents 7
7 Installing Managed System Software on
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
. 93
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation DVD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Unattended and Scripted Silent Installation
. . . . 94
Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Installation Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Supported Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
System Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Supported Systems Management Protocol
Standards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Windows Server 2003 R2 and the R2 IPMI
Device Driver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Digital Certificates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Installation Procedures
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Prerequisites for Installing Server Administrator
. 98
Installing Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . 99
System Recovery on Failed Installation
. . . . . . 105
Failed Updates
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Windows Installer Logging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Performing an Unattended Installation of
Managed System Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
MSI Return Code
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Uninstalling Managed System Software
. . . . . . 114
Managed System Software Installation Using
Third-Party Deployment Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . 118