Owner's Manual

Before you Begin Using Configuration Manager 9
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Before you Begin Using
Configuration Manager
After a fresh install or upgrade using the option Remove Dell Deployment
ToolKit (DTK) utilities and Windows PE drivers, make sure that you import
a DTK package before going ahead. For more information, see the
Importing a
DTK Package
section for systems running Configuration Manager 2007 and
Importing a DTK Package section for system running Configuration Manager
2012.
Also, make sure that you have created distribution points and/or updated the
appropriate packages to Configuration Manager distribution points. The
Update Distribution Points operation ensures that all packages of the Dell
Server Deployment Pack that you installed are updated on the distribution
points. The Distribution operation ensures that the packages are available on
the distribution points for the client systems to access them. To add a
distribution point, see the Configuration Manager Online Help.
Dell Server Deployment Pack provides consolidated launch points to various
wizards to perform a typical server deployment. To access the wizards
sequentially, right-click Operating System Deployment node and select Dell
PowerEdge Server Deployment. You can use DSDP for Configuration
Manager to perform the following tasks:
• Import a Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK)
• Create Dell boot images for server deployment
• Import Dell driver packages from Dell Systems Management DVD
• Create an operating system deployment task sequence
Recommended DTK version for Configuration Manager
Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 — DTK version 2.6 or later
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 — DTK version 3.2.1 or later
Configuration Manager 2012 — DTK version 4.0
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