User's Manual

Contents
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5
What's New in This Release.....................................................................................................................................5
Dell Server Deployment Pack Features Overview....................................................................................................5
2 Before Using Configuration Manager......................................................................................7
Recommended DTK Version for DSDP..................................................................................................................... 7
3 Using the Dell Server Deployment Pack on Systems Running Configuration
Manager 2012 and Configuration Manager 2012 SP1..............................................................9
Importing a DTK Package......................................................................................................................................... 9
Upgrading a DTK Package........................................................................................................................................9
Creating a Boot Image for Deploying Dell PowerEdge Servers............................................................................. 10
Enabling Command Prompt for Debugging Boot Images....................................................................................... 11
Importing Dell Server Driver Packages.................................................................................................................. 11
Distributing Content and Updating Distribution Points...........................................................................................11
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
Adding Diskpart Clean To Task Sequence.......................................................................................................14
Configuring Task Sequence Actions...................................................................................................................... 14
Configuring System BIOS.................................................................................................................................14
Configuring Set Boot Order.............................................................................................................................. 15
Retrieving Boot Device IDs.............................................................................................................................. 16
Configuring RAID Using RAID Config (wizard)................................................................................................. 16
Using the Array Builder.......................................................................................................................................... 17
How Array Builder Works................................................................................................................................ 17
Controllers........................................................................................................................................................17
Variable Conditions.......................................................................................................................................... 18
Arrays...............................................................................................................................................................19
Logical Drives (also known as Virtual Disks)................................................................................................... 20
Disks (also known as Array Disks)................................................................................................................... 21
Exporting to XML.............................................................................................................................................. 21
Importing XML..................................................................................................................................................21
Saving to Package............................................................................................................................................22
Creating Task Sequences for RAID, DRAC, and iDRAC..........................................................................................22
Variable Replacement......................................................................................................................................23