Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems 97
When you launch Server Administrator, it first determines if the
Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver is enabled. If the driver is enabled,
Server Administrator uses the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver to provide its
IPMI-based functionality. If the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver is not
enabled, Server Administrator uses its own internal IPMI support to provide its
IPMI-based functionality. For Server Administrator, it is recommended that you
use the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver instead of the internal IPMI support.
If your system is running Windows Server 2003 R2 or Windows Storage
Server R2, it is recommended that after you install Server Administrator, you
also install the optional Hardware Management component of R2.
To install the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver on PowerEdge x8xx and
PowerVault x00 systems, perform the following additional step:
• From a command shell, execute the following command:
Rundll32 ipmisetp.dll, AddTheDevice
NOTE: This step is not required on PowerEdge x9xx systems.
After you install the Hardware Management component of
Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system and perform the additional step to
install the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver (on PowerEdge x8xx systems),
restart the DSM SA Data Manager service so that Server Administrator can
switch over from using its own internal IPMI support to using the
Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver. To restart the service, you can either
manually restart the service or reboot the system.
If you uninstall the Windows Server 2003 R2 IPMI driver later, either by manually
uninstalling it or by uninstalling the Hardware Management component (which
will uninstall the driver), restart the DSM SA Data Manager service so that
Server Administrator can switch over from using the Windows Server 2003 R2
IPMI driver to using its own internal IPMI support. To restart the service, you
can either manually restart the service or reboot the system.
Digital Certificates
All Server Administrator packages for Microsoft are digitally signed with a
Dell certificate that helps guarantee the integrity of the installation packages.
If these packages are repackaged, edited, or manipulated in other ways,
the digital signature will be invalidated. This manipulation results in an
unsupported installation package and the Prerequisite Checker will not allow
you to install the software.