Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows
To install the MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, or Microsoft Windows 8 operating system, follow these steps:
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Insert the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installation CD in the CD‑ROM drive.
If necessary, find and double-click the setup.exe file to start the installation program.
If the MegaRAID Storage Manager software is already installed on this system, an upgraded installation occurs.
The Customer Information screen appears.
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If you select All users, any user with administrative privileges can use this installation of the MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view or change storage configurations.
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If you select Only for current user, the MegaRAID Storage Manager short-cuts and associated icons will be available only to the user with this username.
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Click Next to continue.
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On the next screen, accept the default Destination Folder, or click Change to select a different destination folder.
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Click Next to continue.
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Select Complete if you are installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a server.
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Select Custom Installation if you want to select individual program components.
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Click Next to continue.
If you select Custom Installation as your setup option, the second Setup Type dialog appears. Go to step 13 to select one of the setup options.
If you select Complete as your setup option, the LDAP Logon Information dialog appears, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 1 LDAP Logon Information
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Select Yes if you want to specify LDAP configuration details. If you do not want to specify LDAP configuration details, select No and click Next.
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Enter the LDAP server’s IP address in the Server IP field.
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Enter the LDAP server’s user name in the User name field. An example of a user name can be username@testldap.com.
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Enter the name of the Domain Controller in the Distinguished User name field. As an example, the Domain Controller name can be dc= TESTLDAP, dc=com.
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Enter the LDAP server’s port number in the Port field.
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Select the Use LDAP as default Login check box to always connect to the LDAP server.
All the values entered in this dialog are saved in the ldap.properties file.
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Click Next. In the dialog that appears, click Install to begin the installation.
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Select the Client radio button if you are installing the MegaRAID Storage Manager software on a computer that will be used to view and configure servers over a network. To begin installation, click Install on the next screen that appears.
In the Client mode of installation, the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installs only the client-related components, such as the MegaRAID Storage Manager GUI and the monitor configurator. Use the Client mode if you want to manage and monitor servers remotely. When you install the MegaRAID Storage Manager software in a Client mode on a laptop or on a desktop, you can log in to a specific server by providing the IP address.
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Select the Server radio button to install only those components required for remote server management. To begin installation, click Install on the next screen that appears.
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Select the StandAlone radio button if you will use the MegaRAID Storage Manager software to create and manage storage configurations on a stand-alone workstation. To begin installation, click Install on the next screen that appears.
NOTE If you select Client or Standalone as your setup option, the LDAP Logon Information dialog appears, as shown in Figure 1.
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Select the Local radio button if you want to view only the workstation that has the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installed. You will not be able to discover other remote servers and other remote servers will also not be able to connect to your workstation. In a local mode installation, you will be using the loopback address instead of the IP address.
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Select the Custom radio button if you want to specify individual program features to install.
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If you select Custom, a window listing the installation features appears. Select the features you want on this screen.
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Click Next to proceed.
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Click Install to install the program.
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In the final Configuration Wizard screen, click Finish to complete the installation process.
If you select the Client installation for a computer used to monitor servers and if there are no available servers with a registered framework on the local subnet (that is, servers with a complete installation of MegaRAID Storage Manager software), the server screen appears. The server screen does not list any servers. You can use this screen to manage systems remotely.
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