Dell Storage PowerTools Server Hardware Manager Version 3.2 Administrator’s Guide

Unattended installation

The installation requires full root user permissions.

1. Download the Server Hardware Manager software installation package for Linux from Dell.com/support.
2. Go to the download directory, and extract the installation files from the ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-<OS>-installer.tar.gz file.
3. Go to the directory where the installation files were extracted.
4. To perform a silent (unattended) install using the default settings, run the following command:

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

   The default installation directory is /opt/dell/ServerHardwareManager.
5. To change default settings before performing a silent (unattended) install, open the installer.options file in a text editor and modify the values.
   For example, to change the installation directory, edit the following line in the installer.options file:

   prefix=${platform_install_prefix}

6. To perform a silent (unattended) install using the installer.options file, run the following command:

   ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-<OS>-installer --mode unattended -options installer.options 

7. When installation is complete, exit the shell and restart it with administrator (root) access to run shmcli commands.