Administration; Installing The Software; Installing, Uninstalling, And Upgrading From The Cli - Dell Latitude E6540 User Manual

Administration

This chapter provides details about Dell Power Manager administrative features, including installing the software and
enabling and customizing Group Policies.
CAUTION: The tasks in this chapter should be performed only by a System Administrator.

Installing the Software

Dell Power Manager is available as a factory-installed option on supported systems and released as a Dell Update
Package (DUP, available at dell.com/support). The installer is OS-specific and a different DUP is required for 32–bit and
64–bit systems. System administrators can install, uninstall, and update the software using the DUP installation wizard or
the command line interface.
CAUTION: Dell Power Manager and Dell Feature Enhancement Pack (DFEP) cannot exist on the same system. To
prevent conflicts, before installing DFEP, you must first uninstall Dell Power Manager.
Also, keep in mind that If you are using Windows Imaging Format (WIM) to image multiple systems with Dell Power
Manager already installed on them, you will need to use the following command on each system post-imaging to
properly configure the power plans for that machine:
<Install_Path>\DpmPowerPlanSetup.exe -installpowerplans
where <Install_Path> is the installation directory of Dell Power Manager. For additional information about
Windows Imaging Format, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749478%28v=WS.10%29.aspx

Installing, Uninstalling, and Upgrading from the CLI

Dell Power Manager is a factory-installed option for certain systems; however, System Administrators can also install,
upgrade, and uninstall the software from the command line interface (CLI), as described below. In order to use the CLI
install option, you must first download and run the Dell Update Package (DUP) available at dell.com/support, then select
the Extract option to extract the installer.
NOTE: Variables are italicized and enclosed in angle brackets. For example, for <os_arch>, enter 32 or 64 to
indicate whether installing on a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
• Standard install with verbose logging
DPM_Setup<os_arch>_1_0_0.exe /v"/l*vx <log_file_path>"
For example:
DPM_Setup64_1_0_0.exe /v"/l*vx C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop
\installlog.txt"
• Silent install
DPM_Setup<os_arch>_1_0_0.exe /s /v"/qn"
For example:
DPM_Setup64_1_0_0.exe /s /v"/qn"
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