Setup Guide

Operating Systems Dell Provisioning Service

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 SP2 — Standard, Enterprise, and

Datacenter x64 Editions

Windows Server 2008 — Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter

x64 Editions

Windows Server 2008 R2 — Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter

Editions

Windows Vista SP1 x64 Business Edition

Windows Vista x64 Business Edition

Enabling or Disabling WMI Traffic Using Firewall

If firewall is enabled on Dell Lifecycle Controller Utility for Configuration Manager; then, to run remote PowerShell commands for the WMI

class, you must enable the WMI traffic.

To enable WMI traffic using firewall user interface:

1. In Control Panel, click Security and then click Windows Firewall.

2. Click Change Settings, and then click Exceptions.

3. In Exceptions , to enable WMI traffic, select Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

NOTE: To disable WMI traffic, clear Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Providing Read and Execute Permissions to Users

Non-administrator users are required to complete the following prerequisites on the Site Server, SMS provider Server, and DPS Server

before installing DLCU and DPS components:

1. In PowerShell, run this command: Enable-PSRemoting.

2. In the confirmation message, type Y.

3. In PowerShell, run this command: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned.

4. In the confirmation message, type Y.

Prerequisites