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Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager ● 24Completing a Silent Windows Installation (Advanced)A silent installation uses command line parameters to complete an installation withoutmessages or user interaction.To complete a silent installation:1 Insert the Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD into your CD drive.2 Open a command prompt window and change to the CD directory.3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager using this command line string:setup.exe /s /v" /qn "where is one or more of the options listed in the next table. Separateproperties with spaces; separate feature names for the ADDLOCAL property with commas(see examples on page 25).Note: Synchronous Installation—To install Adaptec Storage Manager so that the setup.exe filedoes not close until the installation is complete, add the /w parameter to setup.exe and runthe application with the start /WAIT command as shown in this example:start /WAIT setup.exe /w /s /v" /qn "You might want to do this for a batch file installation so that the setup will not return until theinstallation is finished.4 After a minute or two, the silent installation should be complete and the Adaptec StorageManager icon should be accessible.Property ValuesINSTALLDIR(Not required)Specifies the installation path. If you are specifying the installation path, it mustbe set for a command line install, and must be enclosed in escaped quotationmarks. For example:INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Adaptec Storage Manager\"Note: If you do not explicitly set the installation path, the default path is"C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Adaptec Storage Manager"ADDLOCAL(Required)Note: Use commas to separate multiple values.● ALL—Installs all of the following features. If you specify ALL, do not also specifyany of the following values.● Manager—Installs Adaptec Storage Manager. If this feature is installed, yoursystem will reboot if certain RAID cards that use the filter driver are installed. Ifnecessary, you can use the REBOOT property to suppress this (see page 24).● SNMPSupport—Installs SNMP support for Adaptec Storage Manager. If youspecify the SNMPSupport value, the Manager value is also specifiedautomatically. (See page 131 for more information about SNMP support.)● ASMReadme—Installs the Readme file its Start menu shortcut.● CLITools—Installs Command Line Interface tools.REBOOT(Not Required)● Force—Forces a reboot at the end of the installation.● Suppress—Suppresses a reboot unless files were in use and could not beoverwritten during installation.● ReallySuppress—Suppresses all reboots at the end of the installation.NOTE: A reboot is only forced by the Adaptec installer if you have installedManager or DSM, or if any files can’t be overwritten.
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