Users Guide

1
Introduction
This document describes the activities that you can perform with Dell Client Integration Pack for Microsoft System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager (DCIP for Configuration Manager.) DCIP allows you to:
NOTE: DCIP 3.0 is not backward compatible with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. If you need
DCIP compatible with Configuration Manager 2007, then use DCIP 2.0.
What Is New
This release of DCIP for Configuration Manager supports the following features:
Feature Description
System Center
2012
Configuration
Manager Support
Support for installing DCIP on systems running System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
only.
Distribution
points
Simplified steps to distribute content to distribution points in all the Import Wizards by reducing
fourteen steps to one.
Warranty Utility Install the Warranty Utility as a standalone application on any system that has .Net Client
Profile installed..
Key Features And Functionalities
Feature Description
Configuring
Windows Pre-
Installation (PE)
environment
This feature enables Configuration Manager to configure and push the customized operating
system image on the client system using the features available on DCIP. For more information
on configuring the Windows PE environment, see Creating Dell Windows PE Boot Image.
Creating and
Importing Dell
Client Driver
Packages
This feature enables Configuration Manager to configure and push the customized driver
packages onto the client system. For more information on creating Dell client driver packages,
see Creating Dell Client Driver Packages.
OMCI Integration This feature enables Configuration Manager to use the features available on Dell OpenManage
Client Instrumentation (OMCI) such as remote management applications, accessing managed
node information, manage client state, receiving alerts for client events. For more information
on OMCI integration, see Importing OMCI.
Client
Configuration
Toolkit 2.0
Dell Client Configuration Toolkit (CCTK) is a packaged software offering that provides BIOS
configuration capability to Dell client systems such as OptiPlex, Latitude, and Precision in an
operating system present environment. The feature helps configuring the BIOS for Dell client
systems using the CCTK Self Contained Executable (SCE) package.
Intel AMT vPro
OOB
Management
This is an Out-of-band (OOB) management feature using Intel AMT. It is supported through a
standalone application running on the Configuration Manager server. This feature provides the
7