Users Guide

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 (Configuration Manager).

NOTE: 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 associated Dell EMC Deployment Tool Kit (DTK) v6.4 is made available for latest iDRAC9 based PowerEdge

Servers, to be used with the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack only for the corresponding newly certified servers

listed under Fixes and Enhancement section.

• DTK is an End of Life from Dell EMC. Hence using this version of DTK outside of DSDP is unsupported.

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

• Support for Update 2002 for Configuration Manager

• Support for Update 1910 for Configuration Manager

• Support for Update 1906 for Configuration Manager

• Support for Update 1810 for Configuration Manager

• Support for Windows Server 2019 OS Deployment

• Support for iDRAC 9-based PowerEdge servers. For more information about the iDRAC 9-based PowerEdge servers, see iDARC 9-

based PowerEdge servers.. The latest iDRAC 9-based PowerEdge servers are:

○ PowerEdge R6515

○ PowerEdge R6525

○ PowerEdge R7515

○ PowerEdge R7525

○ PowerEdge C6525

NOTE:

The latest iDRAC 9-based PowerEdge servers are supported with your existing Dell EMC Server Deployment

Pack Version 4.1. Use the provided DTK v6.4 with your existing DSDP 4.1. No additional upgrade to the deployment pack

is required to support the servers.

Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack features

overview

You can perform the following tasks using the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack:

• Configure the server's integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), RAID, BIOS, and .XML files using .INI files and Command

Line Interface (CLI) options.

4 Introduction