Release Notes

DellServerDeployment packconfiguresyour server'sDellRemoteAccessController(D R A C), integratedDellRemoteAccessController
(iDR A C),RAID,andBIOSusingINIfiles andCommandLineInterface(CLI)options .Youcanalsoco nf i g ur e RAIDusi ng theArrayBuilder
Wizard.ItalsocreatesaDellspecificbootimageth at willbe
usedintheoperatingsystemde pl oyme nt . 
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What’s New
 Supportfor 12thGe ner at i on ofDellPowerEdgesyst ems.
 Supportfor MicrosoftSystemCenter2012Co nfi gurati onManager.
 Supportfor importingdriverpacka g es directly fromDellSystemsManage mentToolsandDocumentationDVDlocatedonthe
harddrive.
 Improvementper formanceinthetimetakenforadeploymentdue toreductionofreboots.
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Hardware and Software Requirements
SupportedHardwareandSoft wareRequirementsforDellServerDeploy ment Pack 
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Forinformationonhardwareandsoftwarerequirements,installing,uninstalling,orupgradingtheDellServer DeploymentPack2.0for
ConfigurationManage r,refertheInstallationGuidewhichispartoftheDellSe rverDeployment Pa ck2.0downloadpack a ge. 
Supported Target Systems and Operating Systems
ForthelistofDellsystemsandoperat ing systems(Windowsonly)thatca nbede pl oye dontheta rg e tsystemsusingDSDP,seethe
"SupportedDellOpenManageSys temsManagementSoftware"sectioninthe"DellSystemsSoftwareSupportMatrix"a vailableat
support.dell. com/man uals .OntheManualspa ge , clickSof t wa r e ‐>SystemsManagement‐>DellOp e nMa na ge Releases.Selectthe
relevantOpenManagerelease versionandclickDellSystemSoftwareSupportMatrix. 
Notes
 Itisrecommendedthatyoudonotmoveor de l et e the"RestartinWinPE","SetRebootStep","ReboottoPXE/USB",Second
"FormatandPartition"step,"Set upwindowsandCo nf igMg r, "and"ResetRebootStep"Cus to mActionstepsinthetask
sequenceinConfigurationManager2007SP1 . 
 ThetaskwillfailiftheDellRemoteAccessController"VirtualFlash"issetto"enabled "ontheclientmachine.Topreventthis,
ensurethatthe"VirtualFlash"issetto"disabled"whentheta s kisexecutedontheclientmachine .
 InstallationofWindowsServer2003operatin gsystemwillfailifthemassstoragedriverto beinstalledisnotse lectedinthe
taskSequence.Todothisinthe"ApplyDriverPack a g e " stepensureth at youselecttheMassStorageDriverthatisrequi redfor
theoperatingsysteminstallation.
 ForsuccessfuldeploymentofMicr osoftWindowsServer2003,itisrecommendedthatyoudon'tusethe"Appl yDeviceDrivers"
stepinthetasksequence.
 ForsuccessfuldeploymentofMicr osoftWindowsServer2003oper ati ngsystemon serverswithon‐board SATAbootcontroller,
theoperatingsystemimageshouldbecap t uredfromasimilarmachi n ewhichhasanon‐boardSATA bootcontroller.
 Afterope ra tin gsystemde pl oy ment, ensurethatthema ss‐storagedrive rinstalledissameasthatspecifiedintheTaskSequence.
Ifyoufindanydifferen ces,updatethedrivermanually.
 LogicaldriveunderNon‐RAIDdisksinArrayBuilder can no t bedelete d. 
 WhenDell specificpackages,drivers,andbootimagesarema nagedusingConfigurationManager's"ManageDistributio nPoi nt
Wizard,"theconfirmationpagedisplaysincompletesummaryinConfigurationMana ger2007.
 Inthe TaskSeque nceEditorWin do wtomodifythepat hunder"L ogs/ Ret urnFiles"pagefortheDellcu stomactions,clic k
"APPLY"and"OK."
 WhenDSDPis being uninstalledonWindowsServer2008operatingsystem,amessage dis playsthatarebootisre quiredto
completethesetup.Ignorethismessageandcl ick"OK"toco m pl e t e theuninstallation.
 Thefollowingstepsenableyoutoupg ra de thechildsitewhenaprevi ousversionofDSDPisinstalledonitspa r en tsite:
1.
UninstallDSDPfrombothparentandchildsite
2.
RemovetheDSDPpackagesfromtheparentsite
 Thereisnone w versionof"ConfigMgrClientPa c kage"forDSDP2.0.