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Silent

This document provides instructions for silently installing, upgrading, uninstalling, and extracting drivers from the Broadcom Driver and Management Apps Installer using command line arguments. It explains that all commands are case sensitive and may require administrator privileges, and that .NET Framework 2.0 is required for some applications to run properly. Various commands are provided to silently install just drivers, drivers and applications, or only applications, and to generate log files.

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Silent

This document provides instructions for silently installing, upgrading, uninstalling, and extracting drivers from the Broadcom Driver and Management Apps Installer using command line arguments. It explains that all commands are case sensitive and may require administrator privileges, and that .NET Framework 2.0 is required for some applications to run properly. Various commands are provided to silently install just drivers, drivers and applications, or only applications, and to generate log files.

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========================== Silent Install Readme Note ========================== This text file shows "Manageable Update Pac age" command

line arguments supporte d by "brcmsetup.exe". NOTES: ====== - All commands are case sensitive - User must "Run as Administrator" for Windows Vista when using "msiexec" for "s ilent" install/uninstall(s). - .NET Framewor 2.0 is required for Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) 3 to operate. Running BACS 3 without .NET Framewor 2.0 installed will result in an error. help: cmd: brcmsetup /? output : shows help parameters GUI Install: cmd : brcmsetup.exe Install driver only: cmd: brcmsetup /s Install driver and applications: cmd: brcmsetup /s /v"FRESHINSTALL=true" Application only: cmd:brcmsetup /s /v"/qn NO_DRIVER=Y FRESHINSTALL=true" Extract Drivers for PNP install cmd: brcmsetup /s /v"EXTRACTDRIVERS=c:\dell\drivers\networ " Generating Log Files: LOGFILE with destination directory parameter can be appended to above commands t o generate log file. For example: cmd: brcmsetup /s /v"FRESHINSTALL=true LOGFILE=c:\dell\updatepac age\BrcmNet.log " Log file format: ============== Update Pac age Started ============== Date/Time Executed: Thu Jul 01 13:15:47 2010 Command Parameters: BrcmSetup.exe /s /v"FRESHINSTALL=true LOGFILE=c:\dell\updat epac age\log\brcmNet.log" ==================================================== Inventory version prior to update: N/A Update version: 14.0.3.2 ============== Update Result ============== Date/Time Completed: Thu Jul 01 13:16:58 2010 Exit code = 3010 (Reboot Required) ==================================================== ================================================================================ ===============

This note shows the different line commands to run unattended "silent" install/U ninstall(s) for the Broadcom Management Applications installer. NOTES: ====== - All commands are case sensitive - User must "Run as Administrator" for Windows Vista when using "msiexec" for "s ilent" install/uninstall(s). - .NET Framewor 2.0 is required for Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) 3 to operate. Running BACS 3 without .NET Framewor 2.0 installed will result in an error. Silent Install from within the installer source folder: setup /s /v/qn Silent Upgrade from within the installer source folder: setup /s /v/qn Silent Uninstall: msiexec /x "{1C1BF886-56B6-4989-AB12-438871EC44CC}" /qn Note: After silently uninstalling it is necessary to reboot the system before re installing this installer. If a reboot is not performed, BASP will not install correctly. Silent Reinstall of the same installer: setup /s /v"/qn REINSTALL=ALL" Note: the "REINSTALL" switch should only be used if the same installer is alread y installed on the system. If upgrading an earlier version of the installer, pl ease use "setup /s /v/qn" as listed above. Silent Install by Feature on IA32 Platforms: Use ADDSOURCE to include any of the features listed below. setup /s /v"/qn ADDSOURCE=Driversi32,BACSi32,BASPi32,SNMPi32,CIMi32" Silent Install by Feature on AMD64/EM64T Platforms: Use ADDSOURCE to include any of the features listed below. setup /s /v"/qn ADDSOURCE=Driversa64,BACSa64,BASPa64,SNMPa64,CIMa64" The following line command will install the Broadcom drivers only on IA32 Platfo rms... setup /s /v"/qn ADDSOURCE=Driversi32" The following line command will install the Broadcom drivers only on AMD64 Platf orms... setup /s /v"/qn ADDSOURCE=Driversa64" Note: The Broadcom device drivers are a required feature and will always be inst alled, even if not specifying with ADDSOURCE. Silent Install from within a batch file and "wait" for the install to complete b efore continuing with the next commandline: start /wait setup /s /w /v/qn Silent Install and not install the BACS Tray icon (Default setting is YES): setup /s /v"/qn BACSTRAY=NO" Silent Install to force downgrade (Default setting is NO):

setup /s /v"/qn DOWNGRADE=Y" Uncompress the installer files: The /a switch causes Setup.exe to uncompress the driver files included in the se tup to a directory specified by the user, but does not create shortcuts, registe r COM servers, or create an uninstallation log. Important Note: Broadcom and De ll do not recommend or support installing the NetXtreme II drivers manually. If not in a manufacturing environment under certain controlled conditions, install ing these drivers manually can cause unexpected behavior. Broadcom and Dell reco mmend installing the NetXtreme II and the NetXtreme I drivers with the "Driver a nd Management Apps Installer." Note: Windows unattended installation can be accomplished using the Driver and M anagement Apps Installer in the post-GUI-installation or post-install section of the Microsoft unattended installation.

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