Setup Guide

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Introduction
This document describes the activities that you can perform with Dell Command | Integration Suite for
System Center 2012 on systems running Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System
Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.
NOTE: Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012 version 4.0 is not backward
compatible with older versions of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. It is
recommended to download and use Dell Client Integration Pack 3.1 with Configuration Manager
2007 from dell.com/downloads.
What Is New
This release of Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012 supports the following new
features:
• Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Dell Command | Configure 3.0
• Dell Command | Monitor 9.0
• WinPE 5.0 for Windows 8.1 clients
• The Intel vPro OOB Management Extensions supports AMT 10
Key Features And Functionalities
Feature Description
Configuring
Windows
PreInstallation
(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 Dell
Command | Integration Suite for System Center 2012. 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.
Integration of
Dell Command
| Monitor 9.x
This feature enables Configuration Manager to use the features available on Dell
Command | Monitor version 9.x such as remote management applications,
accessing managed node information, manage client state, receiving alerts for
client events. For more information on Dell Command | Monitor integration, see
Importing Dell Command | Monitor.
Dell Command
| Configure 3.x
Dell Command | Configure is a packaged software offering that provides BIOS
configuration capability to Dell client systems such as OptiPlex, Latitude, and Dell
Precision in an operating system present environment. The feature helps
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