Users Guide

Setting up the environment for deploying
hypervisors
To set up an environment for hypervisor deployment:
1. Prepare Golden configurations.
2. Create a physical computer profile in SCVMM. For more information, see SCVMM documentation.
3. Create a target host group in SCVMM. For more information, see SCVMM 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. (Optional) create an update source. For more information, see Creating an update source.
7. (Optional) create a custom update group. For more information, see Creating custom update group.
8. (Optional) create a hardware profile. For more information, see Creating a hardware profile.
9. Create a hypervisor profile. For more information, see Creating a hypervisor profile.
10. Create a deployment template. For more information, see Creating a deployment template.
11. After the systems are discovered and available in the appliance, do firmware update (optional), and then do the hypervisor
deployment. For more information on applying updates, see Applying updates on servers. For more information on deploying
hypervisor, see Deploying hypervisors.
12. View job status on firmware update and deployment. For more information, see Jobs and logs center.
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