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Storage enclosure management installation — Windows, MPIO (Multipath I/O), Graphical installation

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Storage enclosure management installation - Windows MPIO (Multipath I/O) You must configure Windows MPIO, for the Storage Enclosure Management Software to recognize the hardware. See Microsoft documentation related to MPIO for configuration procedures. NOTE: Dell recommends the Failover Only policy. Graphical installation 1. Download the Storage Enclosure Management Software installation package from dell.com/ support. 2. Navigate to the download directory of the installer. 3. Double-click the installation program, StorageEnclosureManagement-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe. 4. Complete the on-screen instructions and accept the End User License Agreement. NOTE: Installation of the SNMP monitoring service is optional. After successful installation, open an elevated command prompt and you will be able to run secli commands from the command prompt. Silent installation 1. Download the Storage Enclosure Management Software installation package from dell.com/support. 2. Run the command prompt as an Administrator. NOTE: The command prompt must be an Administrator prompt for proper use of the CLI. 3. Navigate to the download directory of the extracted installer. 4. Run the installation program by running the command: StorageEnclosureManagement-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe --mode unattended or modify options.installer and run with switch --options C:\path\to \installer.options for a non-default install. This command installs the Storage Enclosure Management Software with all the default settings. The default installation directory is C:\Program Files\Dell\ StorageEnclosureManagment. 5. Accept all End User License Agreements. NOTE: There is no Windows console mode installation. Uninstalling storage enclosure management Command prompt 1. Run the command prompt as an Administrator. 2. Navigate to the installation directory. The default directory is C:\Program Files\Dell\StorageEnclosureManagment. 12

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Storage enclosure management installation — Windows
MPIO (Multipath I/O)
You must configure Windows MPIO, for the Storage Enclosure Management Software to recognize the
hardware. See Microsoft documentation related to MPIO for configuration procedures.
NOTE:
Dell recommends the Failover Only policy.
Graphical installation
1.
Download the
Storage Enclosure Management Software
installation package from
dell.com/
support
.
2.
Navigate to the download directory of the installer.
3.
Double-click the installation program,
StorageEnclosureManagement-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe
.
4.
Complete the on-screen instructions and accept the
End User License Agreement
.
NOTE:
Installation of the SNMP monitoring service is optional.
After successful installation, open an elevated command prompt and you will be able to run secli
commands from the command prompt.
Silent installation
1.
Download the Storage Enclosure Management Software installation package from
dell.com/support
.
2.
Run the command prompt as an Administrator.
NOTE:
The command prompt must be an Administrator prompt for proper use of the CLI.
3.
Navigate to the download directory of the extracted installer.
4.
Run the installation program by running the command:
StorageEnclosureManagement-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe --mode unattended
or modify
options.installer
and run with switch
--options C:\path\to
\installer.options
for a non-default install.
This command installs the Storage Enclosure Management Software with all the default settings. The
default installation directory is
C:\Program Files\Dell\ StorageEnclosureManagment
.
5.
Accept all
End User License Agreements
.
NOTE:
There is no Windows console mode installation.
Uninstalling storage enclosure management
Command prompt
1.
Run the command prompt as an Administrator.
2.
Navigate to the installation directory.
The default directory is
C:\Program Files\Dell\StorageEnclosureManagment
.
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