Owner's Manual

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Setting Up Environment for Operating
System Deployment
To set up an environment for operating system 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) Update, for more information see WinPE Update.
5. Set up the systems for auto discovery, for more information see Discovering Unassigned Servers
Using Auto Discovery.
6. Create a hardware profile, for more information see Creating Hardware Profile.
7. Create a hypervisor profile, for more information see Creating a Hypervisor Profile.
8. Create a deployment template, for more information see Creating a Deployment Template.
9. After the systems are discovered and available in DLCI for SC2012 VMM, do the operating system
deployment. For more information see Operating System Deployment.
10. View job status on deployment, for more information see Viewing Job Status.
Golden Configurations
A server is said to have golden configuration if that server contains the ideal configurations of boot
sequence, BIOS, and RAID settings. You can record this golden configuration by creating a hardware
profile of the server. Using the deployment feature, you can deploy this hardware profile on the servers
present in the data center.
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