Users Guide

Before Using Configuration Manager

Before you begin using the Configuration manager, ensure the following:

• Import the DTK packages if you are upgrading DSDP using the option Remove Dell Deployment

ToolKit (DTK) utilities and Windows PE drivers or installing DSDP for the first time.

NOTE: You can import the DTK package only from a Configuration Manager site server and not

from the admin console.

For more information on importing a DTK package for Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, 2012, or

2007, see Importing a DTK Package.

• Create distribution points or update 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 the 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 DSDP

DSDP with DTK version 4.4 supports the following Configuration Manager versions:

• Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 R3

• Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

• Configuration Manager 2012

• Configuration Manager 2012 SP1

NOTE: In Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, there are only Windows PE 4.0 drivers , so only 64–bit

operating systems' deployment is supported as DTK 4.4 does not support 32–bit version of

Windows PE 4.0 drivers.

In Configuration Manager 2012, there are only Windows PE 3.x drivers, so both 32–bit and 64–bit

operating systems' deployments are supported as DTK 4.4 supports 32–bit version and 64–bit

version of Windows PE 3.x drivers.