Users Guide
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................... 4
What's new in this release.................................................................................................................................................... 4
Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack features overview.................................................................................................... 4
Configuration manager and operating system support matrix for Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack.................... 5
Distributed Configuration Manager setups on multiple primary site servers................................................................. 6
Chapter 2: Before using Configuration Manager................................................................................ 7
Recommended Dell Deployment Toolkit version for Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack............................................7
Chapter 3: Using the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack on systems running System Center
Configuration Manager................................................................................................................ 8
Dell Driver CAB files...............................................................................................................................................................8
Importing Dell Driver CAB files for creating boot image............................................................................................. 8
Upgrading Dell Driver CAB files......................................................................................................................................8
Customizing boot image and deploying OS through Dell Driver CAB files ..............................................................9
Creating a boot image for deploying PowerEdge servers.......................................................................................... 9
Enabling command prompt for debugging boot images........................................................................................... 10
Distributing content and updating distribution points............................................................................................... 10
Configuring 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 configuration and OS deployment...........................................................12
Upgrading a DTK package.............................................................................................................................................12
Customizing boot image, configuring hardware and deploying OS through DTK..................................................13
System Lockdown Mode...............................................................................................................................................13
Configuring the hardware components of your server............................................................................................. 14
Configuring task sequence actions.............................................................................................................................. 15
Creating task sequences for RAID, and iDRAC......................................................................................................... 20
Importing Dell Server Driver Packages..............................................................................................................................21
Chapter 4: Troubleshooting........................................................................................................... 22
An error occurs while trying to apply RAID on a system using command line interface............................................ 22
Chapter 5: Command line options...................................................................................................24
Chapter 6: Other Dell documents you might need............................................................................ 26
Contacting Dell.................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site..................................................................................................26
Contents
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