Release Notes

Platforms Affected

For information on the platforms affected, see the Installation Guide, which is part of the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack 4.0 download

package.

What’s New

The release highlights are as follows:

• Support for 14th generation of PowerEdge servers

• Support for System Center Configuration Manager

• Support for the System Lockdown Mode feature

Fixed Issues

Important Notes

• In the task sequence, it is mandatory that you do not move or delete "SetRebootStep" in Custom Action steps.

• In the iDRAC network settings, if the "Auto config Domain Name" is enabled for a target, then the task sequence "Static DNS Domain

Name" used for configuring iDRAC will fail to set the configuration; however, the task sequence will not report any error, and the next

task will continue to run. To avoid this issue, before you run the task sequence, in iDRAC network settings, clear "Auto config Domain

Name".

• In the task sequence, Dell recommends that you do not move or delete these Custom Action steps - "Restart in WinPE",

"SetRebootStep", "Reboot to PXE/USB", Second "Format and Partition" step, "Setup windows and ConfigMgr," and "Reset

RebootStep".

• On a client machine, a task fails if the Dell Remote Access Controller "Virtual Flash" is set to "enabled". To prevent this failure, ensure

that the "Virtual Flash" is set to "disabled" when a task is executed on the client machine.

• After an operating system is deployed, ensure that the installed mass-storage driver is same as that specified in the Task Sequence. If

you find any differences, update the driver manually.

• In Array Builder, you cannot delete the logical drive under the Non-RAID disks.

• When DSDP is being uninstalled on Windows Server 2008 operating system, a message displays that a reboot is required to complete

the setup. Ignore this message and click "OK" to complete the uninstallation.

• While deploying an operating system on a target system with iDRAC configured in a shared network mode, the Windows PE

environment may fail to startup on the network drivers, causing the system to restart before reaching the task sequence.

• DSDP 4.0 does not support 9th generation of PowerEdge servers.

• DSDP 4.0 does not support SCCM 2007

History of previous release notes

Using OS Deployment tasks from multiple Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) within the same task sequence.

Scenario

To create a task sequence in Configuration Manager that performs system hardware configuration, operating system deployment, and

works on multiple hardware platforms, enabling you to add Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) hardware configuration steps from

more than one vendor in the same task sequence.

NOTE: All the following references to OEMs do not include Dell.

Issue

The OEM add-ons for system hardware configuration utilize pre-configured templates to arrange steps in the task sequence in a proper

order. When you add a new OEM step into a task sequence, it first checks to see if the task sequence already has any OEM steps in it. If

there are no steps, it prompts you for automatic configuration of the steps. In certain cases, such as the addition of a "Reboot to PXE or

USB" step, if you do not allow the automatic reconfiguration, it will fail.

In the first released version of the integration components on which the OEM hardware configuration add-ins are built, the Form checks

for pre-existing OEM task steps, but does not check for other existing OEM steps. This causes an issue where adding one OEM step to an

Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack Version 4.0 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Release Notes