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Dell Client Integration Pack for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Version 3.1 Installation Guide

March 2013 Rev. A00

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Notes, cautions, and warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid

the problem.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

2013 Dell Inc.

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Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 4 Prerequisites to install Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center .................................................... 4 Supported Operating Systems......................................................................................................................................... 5 Configuring a network access account..........................................................................................................................5 Installing Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center ............................................................................. 5

Complete Installation.................................................................................................................................................... 6 Custom Installation........................................................................................................................................................6

Changing or repairing program options in the installer.............................................................................................. 6 Using the Repair Option in the Installer......................................................................................................................... 6 Upgrading Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center ...........................................................................7 Uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center .........................................................................7 Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................................................................7

Error: Cannot Delete Log File while Uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite..................................... 7 Error while uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center .............................................. 7

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Overview This guide provides information about software prerequisites and requirements to install and uninstall Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center.

Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center is an easy-to-use GUI-based tool to configure and deploy your Dell client systems. Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center directly integrates into the Configuration Manager console. It eliminates the need for the command-line tools and scripts that are normally used in Dell Command | Configure. It also adds functionality for remote management both in- and out-of-band.

Topics:

Prerequisites to install Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Supported Operating Systems Configuring a network access account Installing Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Changing or repairing program options in the installer Using the Repair Option in the Installer Upgrading Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Troubleshooting

Prerequisites to install Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center This section lists the prerequisites to install Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center:

Install Configuration Manager 2012, Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, Configuration Manager 2012 R2, or Configuration Manager Current Branch on the system where you install Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center. For details on how to download and install Configuration Manager, see the Microsoft TechNet site at technet.microsoft.com.

Ensure that the Windows PowerShell is installed and configured on the system running Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base on Windows PowerShell at support.microsoft.com/kb/968930.

Ensure that .NET version 4.6.1 or higher is installed on the system where you install Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center even if you are only installing the Dell Warranty portion of the software.

To run the Configuration Manager task sequences on your client system, configure the Network Access Account. For more information, see Configuring Your Network Access Account.

The Configuration Manager Plugin Extensions and Intel vPro OOB Management Extensions components of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center are supported only on systems running Configuration Manager console.

You must have both administrative rights on the client systems on the network and one of the following types of rights to Configuration Manager: Full Administrator Application Administrator Application Author Operating System Deployment Manager Operations Administrator

NOTE: Remote provisionings on the 11th Generation Intel Core Processor Family platforms fail while using the Intel Setup

and Configuration Software version 12.2.0.139. The Intel Setup and Configuration Software version 12.2.0.150 must be used

to provision the 11th Generation Intel Core Processor Family platforms. To download, see the Intel Setup and Configuration

Software documentation.

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Supported Operating Systems For the list of operating systems and systems that the Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center supports, see the readme.txt in the installation directory.

Configuring a network access account The network access account is required when Configuration Manager clients from workgroups or nontrusted domains require access to resources in the site server's domain.

To configure the network access account:

1. Launch the Configuration Manager console.

2. In the Configuration Manager console, click Administration.

3. Expand Overview > Site Configuration, and click Sites.

4. Right-click the site that you want to configure, and then select Configure Site Components > Software Distribution. The Software Distribution Component Properties screen is displayed.

5. Click the Network Access Account tab.

6. Select the Specify the account that accesses network locations option, and then click Set.

7. Make a selection from the drop-down menu: Existing AccountUse an existing account

a. Select your user account. b. Click OK.

Or

New AccountAdd a new account

a. Enter administrator credentials for accessing Configuration Manager from your client systems. b. Click OK.

The username is displayed in the Account field.

8. Click OK.

Installing Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Before you proceed, ensure that you are logged in with an account that has administrator privileges on the system where you want to install Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center. On a system without Configuration Manager, only Dell Command | Warranty can be installed.

The Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center installer offers several installation options: Complete InstallationAll three tools are installed, Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center, Dell Command |

Intel vPro Out of Band, and Dell Command | Warranty. Custom Installation

Only Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center is installed. Both Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center and Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band are installed. Both Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center and Dell Command | Warranty are installed. Only Dell Command | Warranty is installed.

NOTE: Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band cannot be installed without also installing or having previously installed Dell

Command | Integration Suite for System Center.

1. Go to dell.com/support/downloads.

2. Download and run the installer for Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center.

3. Follow the installer instructions, and select Complete Installation or Custom Installation based on your requirements.

To prevent a specific feature from being installed, click the drop-down box next to the feature, and select This feature will not be available.

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Complete Installation

NOTE: On systems without Configuration Manager only the Dell Warranty Utility is installed.

1. On the Setup Type screen, select Complete and click Next.

2. Click Install. After the installation is complete, the Installation Completed Successfully screen is displayed.

3. Click Finish.

Custom Installation

1. On the Setup Type screen, select Custom and click Next. You can install the following components of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012: Console Manager Extensions Dell Warranty Intel vPro OOB Management Extensions.

NOTE: All the components are selected to install by default.

NOTE: On systems without Configuration Manager only the Dell Warranty feature is available.

2. Click the drop-down icon to select/deselect a feature of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012.

3. Click Next. The Ready to Install the Program screen is displayed.

4. Click Install. After the installation is complete, the Installation Completed Successfully screen is displayed.

5. Click Finish.

Changing or repairing program options in the installer The Modify or Change option on the Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center installer modifies the program features that are installed. This option enables you to perform the following actions: Install a feature that you did not install earlier. Remove a feature that you installed earlier. The repair option in the installer allows you to repair any installation errors that may have occurred during installation.

1. Open Control Panel and click Programs and Features, and then click the Uninstall tab.

2. Click Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center, and then follow the uninstaller instructions to uninstall, change, or repair your installation.

Using the Repair Option in the Installer This feature repairs any installation errors that may have occurred when you were installing Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012.

1. Open Control Panel and click Programs > Uninstall a program.

2. Right-click Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012 and click Repair. The Welcome screen for Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012 is displayed.

3. Click Next.

4. On the next window select Repair and click Next.

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Upgrading Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center Run the latest Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center installer to upgrade from previous versions of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center. For more information, see Installing Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center.

Uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center

NOTE: If you have set up subscriptions using Dell Command | Intel Out Of Band Plug-in, uninstalling Dell Command

| Integration Suite for System Center may leave clients subscribed and producing indications that use unnecessary

bandwidth. Ensure that you have unsubscribed all clients prior to uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite for System

Center. See Unsubscribing All Subscriptions in your User Guide.

To uninstall Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center:

1. Close all running instances of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center and the Configuration Manager console.

2. Open Control Panel, click Programs and Features.

3. Right-click Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center, and then click Uninstall.

4. To complete the uninstallation, follow the instructions on the screen.

Troubleshooting This section contains troubleshooting information for Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center.

Error: Cannot Delete Log File while Uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite

While uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite for Configuration Manager through Uninstall a program, if you receive an error that says that the log file cannot be deleted, uninstall Dell Command | Integration Suite through the installer.

NOTE: You can also right-click on the installer and select uninstall.

Alternatively you can restart the system and then select uninstall from Uninstall a program.

Error while uninstalling Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center

An error stating that Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log f

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