Owners Manual

Contents
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5
What's New in Version 2.0........................................................................................................................................5
Dell Server Deployment Pack Features Overview....................................................................................................5
Other Dell Documents You Might Need....................................................................................................................5
2 Before you Begin Using Configuration Manager...................................................................7
Recommended DTK version for Configuration Manager..........................................................................................7
3 Using The Dell Server Deployment Pack on Systems Running Configuration
Manager 2012
.................................................................................................................................9
Importing a DTK Package.........................................................................................................................................9
Upgrading a DTK Package........................................................................................................................................9
Creating a Boot Image for Deploying Dell PowerEdge Servers.............................................................................10
Distributing Content and Updating Distribution Points...........................................................................................11
Importing Dell Server Driver Packages..................................................................................................................11
Enabling Command Prompt for Debugging Boot Images.......................................................................................12
Configuring your Servers Hardware Components..................................................................................................12
Creating a Task Sequence...............................................................................................................................12
Creating a Dell specific Task Sequence..........................................................................................................12
Creating a Custom Task Sequence..................................................................................................................13
Editing a Task Sequence..................................................................................................................................13
Configuring Task Sequence Actions......................................................................................................................13
Configuring your System BIOS.........................................................................................................................14
Configuring Set Boot Order..............................................................................................................................15
Configuring RAID Using RAID Config (wizard).................................................................................................15
Using the Array Builder..........................................................................................................................................16
How Array Builder Works................................................................................................................................16
Controllers........................................................................................................................................................16
Variable Conditions..........................................................................................................................................17
Arrays...............................................................................................................................................................18
Logical Drives (also known as Virtual Disks)...................................................................................................18
Disks (also known as Array Disks)...................................................................................................................19
Exporting to XML..............................................................................................................................................20
Importing XML..................................................................................................................................................20
Saving to Package............................................................................................................................................20