Users Guide

Before using Conguration Manager
Before you begin using the Conguration manager, ensure the following:
Import the DTK packages if you are upgrading DSDP using the option Remove Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK) utilities and Windows
PE drivers or installing DSDP for the rst time. For more information about importing a DTK package for System Center Conguration
Manager, 2012 SP2, 2012 R2 SP1, 2012 R2, 2012 SP1, or 2012, see Importing a DTK Package for hardware conguration and OS
deployment.
Distribute and update the appropriate packages to Conguration Manager distribution points. The Update Distribution Points
operation ensures that all packages of the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack that you installed are updated on the distribution points.
The Distribution operation ensures that the packages are available on the distribution points for the client systems to access them. To
add a distribution point, see Online Documentation for System Center Conguration Manager.
NOTE: You can import the DTK .exe and CAB le from a Conguration Manager site
server.
Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack provides consolidated launch points to various wizards to perform a typical server deployment. To
access the wizards sequentially, right-click the Operating System Deployment node and select Dell PowerEdge Server Deployment. You
can use DSDP for Conguration Manager to perform the following tasks:
Import a Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK)
Create Dell boot images for server deployment
Import Dell driver packages from Dell Systems Management DVD
Create an operating system deployment task sequence
NOTE
: Always launch the Conguration Manager console with administrator
privileges.
Recommended Dell Deployment Toolkit version for
Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack
DSDP with DTK version 6.0.1, and 5.5 supports the following Conguration Manager versions:
System Center Conguration Manager
Conguration Manager 2012 SP2
Conguration Manager 2012 R2 SP1
Conguration Manager 2012 R2
Conguration Manager 2012 SP1
Conguration Manager 2012
NOTE
:
System Center Conguration Manager supports WinPE 10; Conguration Manager 2012 SP2, Conguration Manager 2012 R2 SP1, and
Conguration Manager 2012 R2 supports WinPE 5.0; Conguration Manager 2012 SP1 supports WinPE 4.0.
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