Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation (OMCI) can be installed locally using the OMCI installation wizard, or remotely through a silent or administrative installation.
Local Installation: The OMCI installation wizard allows you to install the complete package or to do a custom installation of specific components required for a particular environment. OMCI can also be modified, repaired, or removed through the Add/Remove Programs dialog in the Microsoft® Windows® operating system environment.
Silent Installation: OMCI provides a series of command-line switches for silent installation. This allows you to remotely install the product using an electronic software distribution tool with no end-user interaction.
Administrative Installation: You can use a server image to deploy OMCI to client computers on a network by using a login script, Windows system policies, or other methods.
NOTE: To install OMCI, you must have administrative rights on the target system. This means that you must be authenticated on the target system as an user who is a member of the Administrators group, typically Administrator. The target system must be a Dell system with SMBIOS version 2.3 or later. Otherwise, the OMCI 7.4 installer will exit without installing OMCI.
NOTE: The OMCI 7.4 installer cannot upgrade OMCI 6.x to OMCI 7.4. If OMCI 6.x exists on the target system, the OMCI 7.4 installer pops up a message box indicating that OMCI 6.x is already installed, and it has to be uninstalled before OMCI 7.4 can be installed. OMCI version 7.2 and later can be installed only on a Dell system with the Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems.
NOTE: Separate installation programs exist for Windows 32-bit and x64-bit Edition operating systems, and are available for download from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
Local Installation
Installing the Client
Click Download Now to download the installation file (for example, r118302_a00.exe) from the Dell
Support website at support.dell.com. When the File Download window appears, save the file.
The installation file contains the components for the following languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. It can be installed only on systems running Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems.
Navigate to the directory to which you downloaded the installation file, and double-click the file. The
Systems Management dialog box is displayed which provides information on the software version,
supported systems, supported operating systems, and supported languages.
In the Systems Management dialog box, click Continue. Specify the folder where you want to unzip
the installation file and click OK. A confirmation message appears after the file is successfully
unzipped. Click OK.
Double-click the extracted installation executable file, setup.exe. The Choose Setup Language dialog
box appears. Select a language and click OK.
When the InstallShield Wizard window displays the Welcome message, click Next.
The InstallShield Wizard window displays the message Setup Type.
Choose the installation type by clicking one of the following options:
Complete — Installs all modules and WMI support to a default directory.
Custom — Enables you to install specific program features and specify the installation directory.
Select the Complete option and click Next. The InstallShield Wizard window displays the message
Ready to Install the Program. If the option Custom is selected, the Custom Setup
window is displayed, allowing you to install specific program features and also specify the directory in
which you want to install OMCI. Click Next.
Click Install to begin the installation.
If OMCI version 6.x is installed on the system, the installation program prompts you to uninstall it and then run the installation program again.
The InstallShield Wizard window displays the message Installing OMCI. A progress bar indicates the status of the installation. When the installation is completed, the message changes to InstallShield Wizard Completed.
Click Finish to end the installation.
Uninstalling the Client
To remove the client instrumentation using the Add/Remove Programs icon on the Control Panel, perform the following steps:
Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
Click Add/Remove Programs.
From the Add/Remove Programs dialog box, select OMCI and click Remove.
Follow the prompts on the screen.
Silent Installation
Installing the Client Silently
You can run silent installations (no dialog boxes appear) for complete and custom installations.
NOTE: When typing commands, enter spaces exactly as shown in the examples in this section.
Performing a Silent Complete Installation
The following command line runs a silent, unattended installation of OMCI with all components to the default directory:
setup.exe /s /v/qn
where setup.exe is the installation executable file for OMCI.
To specify the installation language use the /L<language ID> option, where <language ID> is 1031 (German), 1033 (English), 1034 (Spanish), 1041 (Japanese), 1036 (French), or 2052 (Simplified Chinese). If the installation language is not specified, the installer defaults to the operating system language, or to English if OMCI does not support the operating system language.
For example, the following command line silently installs the French version:
setup.exe /s /L1036 /v/qn
Performing a Silent Custom Installation
To specify a custom installation directory, modify the command line as follows:
setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=<destination>"
where <destination> is the custom directory and INSTALLDIR must be uppercase.
For example, the following command line silently installs under the directory c:\destination:
setup.exe /s /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=c:\destination"
Upgrading the Client Silently
To upgrade from one version of OMCI 7.x to a later version of OMCI 7.x, execute the following command:
To silently uninstall the client instrumentation with the installation program, run the following command from the directory containing the installation program:
setup.exe /s /x /v/qn
Administrative Installation
To create a server image of OMCI on your network through an administrative installation, perform the following steps:
Using the OMCI installation package, run the following command line:
setup.exe /a
The Choose Setup Language dialog box appears.
Select a language and click OK.
When the InstallShield Wizard window displays the Welcome message, click Next.
Enter the network location in the Network Location dialog box and click Install to begin the
installation.
The InstallShield Wizard window displays the message Installing OMCI. A progress bar indicates the status of the installation. When the installation is completed, the message changes to InstallShield Wizard Completed.
Click Finish to end the installation.
You can use the server image to deploy OMCI to client systems on your network by using a login script, Windows system policies, or other methods.
For example, the following command line installs silently using the server image:
msiexec /i <Network Location>\omci.msi /qn
where <Network Location> is the path to the server image.
NOTE: For information on using the server image to deploy OMCI, refer to the documentation for the application program that you are using as your deployment agent.
