Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack Version 4.0 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User's Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Before using Configuration Manager
- Using the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack on systems running System Center Configuration Manager, 2012 SP2, 2012 R2 SP1, 2012 R2, 2012 SP1, or 2012
- Dell Driver CAB files
- Importing Dell Driver CAB files for creating boot image
- Upgrading Dell Driver CAB files
- Customizing boot image and deploying OS through Dell Driver CAB files
- Creating a boot image for deploying PowerEdge servers
- Enabling command prompt for debugging boot images
- Distributing content and updating distribution points
- Configuring the task sequence steps to apply operating system image and driver package
- Deploying a task sequence
- Dell Deployment ToolKit
- Importing a DTK package for hardware configuration and OS deployment
- Upgrading a DTK package
- Customizing boot image, configuring hardware and deploying OS through DTK
- System Lockdown Mode
- Configuring the hardware components of your server
- Configuring task sequence actions
- Using the Array Builder
- Creating task sequences for RAID, DRAC, and iDRAC
- Importing Dell Server Driver Packages
- Dell Driver CAB files
- Troubleshooting
- Command line options
- Other Dell documents you might need
Introduction
This document describes the activities that you can perform with the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack (DSDP) Version 4.0 for
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager).
NOTE: This document contains information about requirements and the supported software necessary for working with
DSDP. If you are installing this version of DSDP after a long time after its release date, check to see if there is an updated
version of this document on the support site. For accessing documents on support site, visit Accessing Documents From
The Dell Support Site or see Dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/04/Product/server-deployment-pack-v4.0-sccm.
Topics:
• What's new in this release
• Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack features overview
• Console and operating system support matrix for Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack
• Distributed Configuration Manager setups on multiple primary site servers
What's new in this release
● Support for 14th generation of the PowerEdge servers.
● Support for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
● Support for the System Lockdown mode feature. For more information, see System Lockdown Mode.
Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack features overview
You can perform the following tasks using the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack:
● Configure the server's Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), RAID,
and BIOS using INI files and Command Line Interface (CLI) options. You can also configure RAID using the Array Builder
Wizard.
● Create a Dell-specific boot image that is used in the operating system deployment.
● Import and apply driver installation packages for specific Dell servers.
● Consolidate launch points to various wizards to perform a typical server deployment on-site server installation.
● Support up to sixteen global and dedicated RAID hot spares.
● Support for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, 2012 SP2, 2012 R2 SP1, 2012 R2, 2012 SP1, or 2012 releases.
● Import Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK) using the PowerEdge Deployment ToolKit Configuration Wizard. Make sure that
you import DTK package only from the site server and not from the admin console.
● Import Dell driver packages from the Configuration Manager Admin Console.
● Deploy the operating system by using x64 and x86 boot images (DTK with 64-bit support is required).
NOTE:
For all supported operating systems, see the Supporting operating systems section in Dell EMC Server Deployment
Pack Version 4.0 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Installation Guide.
Console and operating system support matrix for Dell
EMC Server Deployment Pack
The following table provides information about the operating systems supported by Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack for
Configuration Manager.
1
4 Introduction