Users Guide

Option Suboptions Description

iDRAC Configuration (iDRAC 7) <Create configuration file> For more information about the

BIOS option, see <Create

configuration file>.

<Import configuration file> For more information about the

BIOS option, see <Import

configuration file>.

idrac7cfg.ini Use the existing idrac7cfg.ini file

to configure iDRAC 7. For a similar

example, see <Edit syscfg.ini>.

The hardware component sequences are displayed in the Task Sequence Editor after configuring the

system BIOS, RAID, DRAC, and iDRAC.

Variable Replacement

The Variable Replacement tab allows you to use and configure task variables like:

• System Variables

• Task Sequence Variables

• Machine Variables

• Collection Variables

Configuring Variable Replacement Tab

To configure the options on the Variable Replacement tab:

1. Select one of the following options under the Action to take when a variable is unintialized or the

value is null or blank section:

Use a null/

blank value

Uses a variable that has not been initialized or has a blank value. This allows

the clients to continue processing the action even if the variable is undefined

or blank.

Fail the task Fails an action that cannot retrieve a valid variable value. This allows you to

view what is wrong with an action instead of trying to debug a failed command

line or a incorrectly configured system.

2. Select Search all text input files for variables to replace to do the following:

• Enable client-side scripts to search for and replace variables in the command line or within files

specified.

• Replace variables with values found in the task sequence environment or the Windows system

environment.

For optimum performance of the action clear the Search all text input files for variables to replace

check box.

3. Select Replace %PASSWORD% variables with this password to replace any instances of a password

in the

Actions with the password provided and confirmed dialog box.

4. Select Manually define additional variables to set additional variables on the system. To define the

additional variables:

a. Type a variable Name.