Users Guide

Conguring iDRAC 7 and iDRAC 8 using XML input

To congure idrac 7 and idrac 8 using XML input:

1 Right-click the task sequence and click Edit.

2 In the left side of the Task Sequence Editor, under Congure Hardware > Step 1 , click set iDRAC7 Cong (xml le) > Action

Settings tab.

For iDRAC 8, click Congure Hardware > Step 1 , click set iDRAC8 Cong (xml le) > Action Settings

3 From the Conguration action type drop-down list, select iDRAC 7 Cong (xml le).

For iDRAC 8, select the iDRAC 8 Cong (xml le) option.

4 From the Conguration le / Command line parameters drop-down list, select idrac_xml.xml.

The View button is enabled.

5 Click View to open the XML le. Make modications as per the congurations required and save the le.

For information about the XML le format in:

• Dell’s 12th generation systems, see “Sample File Formats” in the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.4 Command Line

Interface Reference Guide

• Dell’s 13th generation systems, see “Sample File Formats” in the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.4 Command Line

Interface Reference Guide

available at Dell.com/support/manuals.

6 Select Save to a le in the toolkit package for this custom action when I click OK to save the changes and return to the Task

Sequence Editor, and then click OK.

7 Save the le in the default directory.

An example of default directory: \\<site server hostname>\sms_<site code>\OSD\lib\Packages\Deployment\Dell\PowerEdge\DTK

\Template\Congs\Syscfg.

8 Click Apply to save the edited le to the task sequence.

9 Select Set from the Action: drop-down menu.

The Conguration le/Command line parameters eld is enabled. For more information, see Conguration le/Command line

Parameter Options.

Alternatively, you can select the <Create conguration le> option from the drop-down list to create an XML le from the start.

Conguring Set Boot Order

1 Right-click the task sequence and click Edit.

The Task Sequence Editor window is displayed.

2 Click Add > Dell Deployment > PowerEdge Server Conguration.

The custom action for Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack is loaded.

3 From the Conguration action type drop-down list, select Boot Order.

4 From the Action drop-down list, select Set.

5 Under Conguration le/Command line parameters, select --bootseq=virtualcd.slot.1. This sets the boot order to

boot from a virtual CD. To retrieve the boot device ids for a device, see

Retrieving Boot Device IDs.

NOTE

: See the

Dell Deployment Toolkit CLI Guide

for information about parameters for --bootseq option.

Retrieving boot device IDs

1 Create a task sequence using DSDP:

a Launch the Create Dell Task Sequence wizard.

Using the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack on systems running System Center Conguration Manager, 2012 SP2, 2012

R2 SP1, 2012 R2, 2012 SP1, or 2012