Users Guide

Introduction

This document describes the activities that you can perform with the Dell Server Deployment Pack

(DSDP) Version 2.1 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager).

NOTE: This document contains information on requirements and the supported software necessary

for working with DSDP. If you are installing this version of DSDP after a long time after its release

date, check to see if there is an updated version of this document on the support site. For accessing

documents on support site, see Accessing Documents From The Dell Support Site or see dell.com/

support/Manuals/us/en/04/Product/dell-srvr-dplymnt-pck-v2.1-for-systm-center-config-

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What's New in This Release

• Support for Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager installed on Microsoft Windows

Server 2012 Standard Edition 64–bit, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition 64–bit, and

other earlier releases of Windows Servers.

• Support for Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager Admin console installed on

Microsoft Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8 Enterprise, 32–bit and 64–bit.

• Support for Dell Deployment Toolkit (DTK) version 4.4 and later.

• Support for deploying Windows Server 2012.

• Support for remote SMS Provider.

Dell Server Deployment Pack Features Overview

You can perform the following tasks using the Dell Server Deployment Pack:

• Configure the server's Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), integrated Dell Remote Access

Controller (iDRAC), RAID, and BIOS using INI files and Command Line Interface (CLI) options. You can

also configure RAID using the Array Builder Wizard.

• Create a Dell-specific boot image that is used in the operating system deployment.

• Import and apply driver installation packages for specific Dell servers.

• Consolidated launch points to various wizards, to perform a typical server deployment on site server

installation.

• Enhanced support for up to sixteen global and dedicated RAID hot spares.

• Support for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012, 2012 SP1, 2007 R2, SP2, and R3

releases.

• Support for importing of Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK) using the PowerEdge Deployment ToolKit

Configuration Wizard. Make sure that you import DTK package only from the site server and not from

the admin console.

• Support for importing Dell driver packages from the Configuration Manager Admin Console.

• Support for deployment using x64 boot images (DTK with 64-bit support is required).