Users Guide

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Setting Up Environment for Deploying
Hypervisors
To set up an environment for hypervisor deployment:
1. Prepare Golden Configurations.
2. Create a physical computer profile in SC2012 VMM. For more information see SC2012 VMM
documentation.
3. Create a target host group in SC2012 VMM, for more information see SC2012 VMM documentation.
4. Download the latest Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK) and create a Windows Preinstallation
Environment (WinPE) boot ISO image, for more information see WinPE Update.
5. Set up the systems for auto discovery, for more information see Discovering Servers Using Auto
Discovery.
6. Create a hardware profile, for more information see Creating Hardware Profiles.
7. Create a hypervisor profile, for more information see Creating Hypervisor Profiles.
8. Create a deployment template, for more information see Creating Deployment Templates.
9. After the systems are discovered and available in the appliance, do the hypervisor deployment. For
more information see Deploying Hypervisors.
10. View job status on deployment, for more information see Viewing Job Status.
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