Users Guide

Contents
1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................4
What's new in this release.................................................................................................................................................4
Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack features overview................................................................................................. 4
Console and operating system support matrix for Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack........................................... 5
Distributed Conguration Manager setups on multiple primary site servers..............................................................5
2 Before using Conguration Manager..............................................................................................................6
Recommended Dell Deployment Toolkit version for Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack.........................................6
3 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......................................................................... 8
Dell Driver CAB les........................................................................................................................................................... 8
Importing Dell Driver CAB les for creating boot image..........................................................................................8
Upgrading Dell Driver CAB les..................................................................................................................................9
Customizing boot image and deploying OS through Dell Driver CAB les .........................................................10
Creating a boot image for deploying PowerEdge servers..................................................................................... 10
Enabling command prompt for debugging boot images.........................................................................................11
Distributing content and updating distribution points.............................................................................................11
Conguring the task sequence steps to apply operating system image and driver package............................ 11
Deploying a task sequence........................................................................................................................................ 12
Dell Deployment ToolKit................................................................................................................................................... 12
Importing a DTK package for hardware conguration and OS deployment........................................................13
Upgrading a DTK package......................................................................................................................................... 13
Customizing boot image, conguring hardware and deploying OS through DTK...............................................13
System Lockdown Mode........................................................................................................................................... 14
Conguring the hardware components of your server.......................................................................................... 14
Conguring task sequence actions.......................................................................................................................... 16
Using the Array Builder..............................................................................................................................................22
Creating task sequences for RAID, DRAC, and iDRAC..........................................................................................26
Importing Dell Server Driver Packages..........................................................................................................................29
4 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................................... 30
An error occurs while trying to apply RAID on a system using command line interface......................................... 30
Upgrade Scenario 1....................................................................................................................................................30
Upgrade Scenario 2...................................................................................................................................................30
5 Command line options................................................................................................................................. 32
6 Other Dell documents you might need......................................................................................................... 34
Contacting Dell EMC....................................................................................................................................................... 34
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site.............................................................................................. 34
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