User's Manual

68 Preparing the Script Files for Deployment Using Microsoft Windows PE

SYSCAP.BAT

The SYSCAP.BAT sample script captures BIOS and BMC configuration settings

and saves them to a specified location. An optional user input can be passed as a

parameter. You can provide the path or filename as an input to this script.

The default variable values used in this script are set to the correct default values

to perform a scripted deployment. The SYSCAP.BAT script uses the

SYSCFG.EXE utility to retrieve BIOS and BMC configuration settings from the

source system and to save the settings in a file named syscfg.ini in the

\Toolkit\Systems\<target system> directory.

Perform the following steps to run the SYSCAP.BAT sample script to capture

BIOS and BMC configuration information in the syscfg.ini file:

Edit the

startnet.cmd

file on your Windows PE image to call the

SYSCAP.BAT

script after the network share with the pre-built DTK

directory structure is mounted. For example, add:

call

Z:\Dell\x32\Toolkit\Template\Scripts\SYSCAP.BAT

Boot the source system into Windows PE.

The script runs and saves configuration information in the

\Toolkit\Systems\<

target system

directory.

Edit the

startnet.cmd

file in your Windows PE image to remove the text

you added in step 1.

Capturing the RAC Configuration With the RACCAP.BAT Sample Script

If your system has a RAC, you can replicate the RAC configuration from the

RAC of a source Dell system to an identical target Dell system with an

identical RAC (for example, from one PowerEdge 1850 with a DRAC4/I to

another PowerEdge 1850 with a DRAC4/I).

NOTE: For the script to complete successfully, the source system must have

access to the network share that includes the pre-built DTK directory structure.