Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager A DellTM OpenManageTM Technical White Paper Systems Management By Dell │Product Group Dell │Tech Center Hari Venkatachalam Warren Byle Sandeep Karandikar
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Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5 Client system deployment CAB overview ......................................................................... 5 Content structuring ................................................................................................. 5 CAB editing tools .
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Figures Figure 1. Architecture-specific folder structure overview .................................................... 7 Figure 2. The E5420-WinXP-A01.cab extraction to local directory ......................................... 8 Figure 3. Specifying an import driver location .................................................................. 9 Figure 4.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Introduction IT administrators of large scale enterprises use centralized systems management processes for managing the heterogeneous network of clients.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Organizations usually provide standardized Windows OS support on a single platform. With that in mind, the 32-bit(x86) and 64-bit(x64) support files are combined into a single CAB file for convenience. CAB editing tools IT administrators need to extract the CABs, and only add drivers that are needed for the configurations they support.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Figure 1. Architecture-specific folder structure overview Driver management using Configuration Manager Configuration Manager 2012 provides several mechanisms for managing system level drivers: 1. Auto-apply drivers by importing in raw format. a. Uses the Import Drivers wizard and imports each driver from the extracted CAB into the Configuration Manager2012 driver store. b.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Figure 2. The E5420-WinXP-A01.cab extraction to local directory The above example shows where the E5420-WinXP-A01.cab was extracted to a local directory on the System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) host machine. The directory itself is available as a UNC share for access using the SCCM New Driver Package Creation Wizard.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager below are specific to importing driver CABs for a particular model of hardware, the steps are extended to importing the monolithic CABs. Figure 3. Specifying an import driver location Once the drivers have been imported, assign them to the appropriate categories.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Figure 4.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Figure 5. Available driver packages Select the package to which to add these drivers.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Importing drivers to boot images The Driver Import Wizard allows the network and mass storage drivers to be injected into WinPE boot image. Select any boot image in which drivers are added. This step is optional if you plan on using the WinPE Driver cab provided by Dell separately from this wizard. See the section titled “WinPE Driver CAB” for additional details.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Operating system images The following screen lets you specify the WIM file to use for OS deployment. Starting with Windows XP Service Pack 3 the base OS images on MSDN media are available in the compressed .WIM format. Figure 7.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Table 1.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Driver and BIOS boot device mode Note: Failure to select the appropriate pre-setup storage driver on Windows XP systems may result in a continuous reboot with the following error: 0x0000007B (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE). See the reference section link number 2 to get the combination for the latest models that may have been launched since the release of this white paper.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 3. Install Windows: a. Select the OS Image to be associated with the task sequence. b. Provide the local administrator password.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 4. Select to configure the network connectivity options. 5. Walk through the rest of the Wizard to install the Configuration Manager client package and specify addition settings like the choice to allow user state migration in case of upgrade scenarios. Mass storage controller/model combination This section is only applicable for Windows XP OS deployment. 1.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager WMI query for selective mass storage driver OSD allows WMI queries to be run during deployment to determine the boot controller mode (for example, ATA/AHCI/IRRT) that was selected. Each mode has a unique Device ID in the driver inf file. The following screen shows the use of wild card to cover a series of Device ID for a particular mass storage model driver combination.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Figure 8.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Figure 9. Deploying the task sequence and assigning the appropriate collection Client Configuration Toolkit (CCTK) During OS deployment, you may want to confirm BIOS settings.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 2. Create a task sequence with an appropriate title, for example - E4300 XP SP3 OS Deployment. 3. Let the wizard create the default steps. 4. Once the task sequence is created, choose to edit the task sequence. 5. Insert a mass storage device driver setup step using Table 1.
Deploying an Operating Systems Image on Dell Business Client Systems Using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 4. Deploying Operating System Images on Dell Business Client Systems using Microsoft® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/Automating_Image_Deployements_with_MDT.pdf 1. MDT 2010 Integration with Dell Deployment Cabs – Michael Niehaus http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/archive/2009/05/26/piles-and-piles-of-dell-drivers.
