Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack Version 4.1 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User's Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Before using Configuration Manager
- Using the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack on systems running System Center Configuration Manager
- Dell Driver CAB files
- Importing Dell Driver CAB files for creating boot image
- Upgrading Dell Driver CAB files
- Customizing boot image and deploying OS through Dell Driver CAB files
- Creating a boot image for deploying PowerEdge servers
- Enabling command prompt for debugging boot images
- Distributing content and updating distribution points
- Configuring the task sequence steps to apply operating system image and driver package
- Deploying a task sequence
- Dell Deployment ToolKit
- Importing a DTK package for hardware configuration and OS deployment
- Upgrading a DTK package
- Customizing boot image, configuring hardware and deploying OS through DTK
- System Lockdown Mode
- Configuring the hardware components of your server
- Configuring task sequence actions
- Creating task sequences for RAID, and iDRAC
- Importing Dell Server Driver Packages
- Dell Driver CAB files
- Troubleshooting
- Command line options
- Other Dell documents you might need
Introduction
This document describes the activities that you can perform with the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack (DSDP) Version 4.1 for
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) or Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager(MECM).
This release, of DSDP v4.1(revision A02), is the final release for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
(Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager) product with the associated functionalities. This release and the
releases prior to this will continue to be available for web download on the supported PowerEdge servers but no
additional features, new platform and associated components will be added as the Product is fully deprecated.
No support for upcoming generations and models of PowerEdge servers, outside of the supported systems list. This also implies
that no future release of the software for any new hardware and operating systems will be made available beyond
this DSDP v4.1 (A02) and available only for the currently listed PowerEdge servers. For more information about features
supported, see dell.com/support/documents.
NOTE: Dell EMC recommends customers to immediately transition to OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System
Center(OMIMSSC) for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager(MECM).
This document contains information about requirements and the supported software necessary for working with DSDP. If you
are installing this version of DSDP after a long time after its release date, check to see if there is an updated version of this
document on the support site. For accessing documents on support site, visit Accessing Documents From The Dell Support Site
or see Dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/04/Product/server-deployment-pack-v4.1-sccm.
NOTE:
The Dell Deployment Toolkit (DTK) which is a already deprecated, is packaged with DSDP 4.1. Hence, the DTK
needs to be used only with this DSDP and any usage outside stands unsupported.
NOTE: The associated Dell EMC Deployment Tool Kit (DTK) v6.4.0 is available for all latest iDRAC9 based PowerEdge
Servers, to be used with the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack only for the corresponding newly certified PowerEdge
servers listed here and dell.com/support. No additional upgrade to the deployment pack is required to support the
PowerEdge servers.
NOTE: The PowerEdge servers other than the list of iDRAC9 based platforms are not supported.
Topics:
• What's new in this release
• Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack features overview
• Configuration manager and operating system support matrix for Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack
• Distributed Configuration Manager setups on multiple primary site servers
What's new in this release
●
NOTE: DSDP will be deprecated with version 4.1 (revision A02) release. This is the final release.
● Support for Update 2103 for Configuration Manager
● Support for Update 2010 for Configuration Manager
● Support for Update 2006 for Configuration Manager
● Support for latest iDRAC9 based PowerEdge servers (Intel) :
○ R750
○ R750xa
○ R650
○ C6520
○ MX750c
○ R450
○ R550
○ R650xs
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