Owner's Manual

Setup and Use 21

Typical User Scenario

This section contains a typical scenario to discover a system with iDRAC and

to deploy an operating system remotely. You need to perform the following

steps in order to deploy operating systems remotely on the discovered and

authenticated systems with iDRAC:

NOTE: By default, the checkCertificate value is set to true. Ensure that you set the

checkCertificate value to false if you are not using unique certificates. For more

information, see "Security Configuration."

Ensure that the system is auto-discovered and present in the collection.

For more information on auto-discovery, see the "Auto-Discovery and

Handshake" section.

Create a task sequence. For information on creating a task sequence, see

the

Dell Server Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration

Manager User’s Guide

NOTE: Select the checkbox Apply Drivers from Lifecycle Controller if you

want to apply drivers from Lifecycle Controller while deploying operating systems.

Create a task sequence media. For more information, see the "Creating a

Task Sequence Media (Bootable ISO)" section.

Advertise the task sequence for the collection containing the systems with

iDRAC. For information on advertising a task sequence, see the

Dell

Server Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration

Manager User’s Guide

Create a Lifecycle Controller boot media. This modifies the task sequence

media to ensure that the deployment is unattended. For more

information, see the "Creating a Lifecycle Controller Boot Media" section.

Apply drivers on the task sequence. For more information, see the

"Applying Drivers on the Task Sequence" section.

Deploy operating systems to the collection by launching the

Config

Utility

For more information, see the "Deploying Operating System

Remotely" section.

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