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6. In Boot Image Properties, follow steps 3 to 8 in the Creating a Boot Image for Deploying Dell PowerEdge Servers

section for creating a boot image.

Creating a Boot Image for Deploying Dell PowerEdge Servers

To create boot image for deploying Dell PowerEdge Server:

1. Launch Configuration Manager Console.

2. From the left pane of the Configuration Manager Console, select Software Library → Overview → Operating

Systems → Boot Images.

3. Right-click Boot Images and select Dell PowerEdge Server Deployment → Create Dell Server Boot Image.

4. In Boot Image Selection, select any one of the following options:

NOTE: Make sure that you import a 64-bit version of DTK before selecting x64 boot images in any of the

following options.

Use Boot Image

from WAIK/ADK

tools

Select this option to create both x64 and x86 Dell boot images. The source for the boot

image creation is obtained from Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) and all the

Windows PE custom install packages are added to the boot image.

Use existing Boot

Image from

Configuration

Manager

This option allows you to select an existing boot image in Configuration Manager. Select

the existing boot image from the drop-down list and use it to create a Dell boot image.

Use a custom

Boot Image

Select this option to import a custom boot image from any other location. Specify the

Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path of the Windows Imaging (WIM) file and select

the boot image from the drop-down list.

NOTE: Only finalized images are supported if you select the Use a Custom Boot Image option for Windows PE

version 2.

NOTE: The Windows PE custom boot image should have XML, Scripting, and WMI packages installed on it.

For more information on how to install these packages, see the

Microsoft Windows AIK documentation

available on your system.

5. Click Next.

The Boot Image Property screen is displayed.

6. Enter a name for the Dell boot image.

The Version and Comments fields are optional.

7. Click Create.

The boot image creation process begins. A progress bar shows the status of the boot image creation. Once the

boot image is created, the boot image details are displayed on the Summary screen, the information includes DTK

details, and success state.

8. Right-click each of the newly created boot images and perform the update and manage distribution points

operations.

NOTE: You can view the DTK configuration details only by using the PowerEdge Deployment ToolKit

Configuration Wizard.