Users Guide

NOTE: Ensure that you edit the vmx file for every VM that you create.
To prepare your Microsoft hypervisor for using ROK media:
1. Insert the ROK media, and go to <DVD drive>: \ROK.
2. Run hyperv_prep.vbe on the Windows Server OS running Hyper-V, and follow the on-screen instructions.
NOTE: If you are running the utility on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2,
enter cscript hyperv_prep.vbe at the CLI.
To prepare your Citrix XenServer hypervisor for using the ROK media, ensure that the XenServer version is 5.5 or
later.
Running hyperv_prep.vbe may fail
Description Running hyperv_prep.vbe from the ROK media may fail in a Windows Server operating system, and an error
message is displayed.
Workaround Ensure that:
• The Windows server OS supports the Hyper-V role.
• The Hyper-V role is enabled on your system. If not, enable the role and proceed with the installation.
Operating system support matrix for the Dell EMC
PowerEdge systems
Windows Server OS can only be installed on certain Dell EMC PowerEdge systems. For a list of the Dell EMC supported PowerEdge
systems and OS combinations, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems at Dell.com/ossupport.
Supported Microsoft Windows videos for Dell EMC
PowerEdge systems
Table 1. Supported Microsoft Windows videos for Dell EMC PowerEdge systems
Video title Links
Downloading the driver for Windows from the Dell
support site
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r55q4HuyskM
Installing Microsoft Windows 2016 operating system
in UEFI mode by using Dell LifeCycle Controller
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDW_kZdtv9g
Installing Microsoft Windows 2016 operating system
in UEFI mode manually
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtisbtatoVY
Installing Microsoft Windows 2016 operating system
in UEFI mode manually
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?
list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfTCaDRFflB_VsoLpL8x84G
Installing Windows 2016 operating system in UEFI
mode by using Lifecycle Controller
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?
list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfTCaDRFflB_VsoLpL8x84G
OS Deployment - Unattended Installation using USB
drive
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?
list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfTCaDRFflB_VsoLpL8x84G
6 Overview