Users Guide

1 Select <Import conguration le> from the Conguration le/Command line parameters drop-down menu.

2 Click Import.

3 Specify the location of the conguration le you want to import and click Open.

<sample.xml>

1 From the Conguration le / Command line parameters drop-down list, select <sample.xml>.

2 Click View.

The Array Builder wizard for the sample.xml is displayed.

3 To edit the sample.xml, see <Create conguration le>.

Using the Array Builder

Using Array Builder, you can dene arrays/disk sets with all available RAID settings, logical drives/virtual disks of varying sizes or use all

available space, and assign hot spares to individual arrays or assign global hot spares to the controller.

How Array Builder works

When you run the task sequence on a target server, the array conguration utility detects the existing controller(s) on the server as well as

the disks attached to each controller. The custom action then tries to match the physical conguration(s) the utility detected to the logical

congurations you selected in the Array Builder- <xml le name>.xml > Controller Conguration window. The available options are:

• Select the embedded controller (on the motherboard)

• Select the controller located in slot

• Select any controller with <number of disks> disks attached

• Select all remaining controllers in the system regardless of conguration

These array conguration rules are dened using a graphical, logical layout that allows you to visualize how your array controllers are

congured. Rules are processed in the order displayed in the Array Builder tree, so you know exactly which rules have priority.

You can also apply conguration rules based on task sequence variables detected on the server. This allows you to dene dierent

congurations to dierent servers even if the detected hardware is identical.

Controllers

Controller elements contain variable condition elements. Controllers are one of several conguration types:

• The embedded controller

• A controller in slot "X"

• Any controller with "X" disks

• Any controller with "X" disks or more

• All remaining controllers

When launching Array Builder from a <Create conguration le> selection in the deployment action, a default embedded controller is

created.

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