Owner's Manual

18 Use Case Scenarios
2 Select Firmware Inventory, Compare, and Update from the System
Viewer
utility or Config Utility .
3 View firmware related information:
• For a single system, see Comparing And Updating Firmware
Inventory.
• For a collection, see Comparing And Updating Firmware Inventory
For Systems In A Collection.
Deploying Operating System On A Collection
You can use DLCI for Configuration Manager to deploy an operating system
on a collection of systems under the All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers on
the Configuration Manager console.
You can deploy non-Windows operating systems such as Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Version 6.2, VMware ESXi 5 HDD, and VMware ESXi 5 U1 HDD from
Configuration Manager.
Prerequisites
• Common Prerequisites.
• Install Dell Server Deployment Pack version 2.0, available as an additional
plugin and then create a task sequence using Dell Server Deployment Pack
to apply drivers from Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see
Applying Drivers From Lifecycle Controller.
• Apply drivers from a Configuration Manager repository, for more
information, see Dell Server Deployment Pack documentation available at
support.dell.com/manuals .
• Create a task sequence boot media for the collection of systems with an
iDRAC to boot to the task sequence ISO. For more information, see
Creating A Task Sequence Media (Bootable ISO).
• For prerequisites on the non-Windows operating systems deployment task,
see section "Software Prerequisites and Requirements" in the
Dell Lifecycle
Controller Integration Version 2.0.1 for Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager Installation Guide
at support.dell.com/manuals .
• For deploying the operating systems on target systems, you must have
administrator privileges.
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