Owners Manual

Overview

This guide provides information on software prerequisites and requirements to install and uninstall Dell Server

Deployment Pack (DSDP) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager.)

Before you begin configuring the server, make sure that you have set up the server and the environment using Microsoft

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 or Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. See the Microsoft

TechNet site at technet.microsoft.com for details.

Prerequisites And Requirements

• Familiarity with deploying operating systems using Configuration Manager 2007/2012.

• You should have Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 and later, installed on the server. For details on how to

download and install Configuration Manager, see the Microsoft TechNet site at technet.microsoft.com.

• Server should have at least 100 MB of free disk space to install and use the Dell Server Deployment Pack.

• On systems running Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, download and apply the hotfix provided in the Microsoft

knowledge base articles KB970170 and KB961105. For more information see, support.microsoft.com.

• On systems running Configuration Manager 2007 SP2, download and apply the hotfix provided in the Microsoft

knowledge base articles KB979492 and KB978754. For more information see, support.microsoft.com.

• To run the Configuration Manager task sequences on the client system, you must configure the Network Access

Account. For more information see, Configuring Network Access Account.

• You should specify a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). For more informations see, DSDPv2_0 Specifying a

Fully Qualified Domain Name .

Supported Operating Systems

See the Table below for the list of validated operating systems for installing Dell Server Deployment Pack.

Table 1. List of supported operating systems for installing Dell Server Deployment Pack

Operating System Configuration Manager Site Server

Support

Configuration Manager Admin Console

Support

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Enterprise Edition SP2 R2 x86 and

x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Standard Editions x86 and x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Enterprise Editions x86 and x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

x64

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

SP1 x64

Microsoft Windows XP x86 and x64

SP2 and SP3