Users Guide
Contents
1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 5
What's new in this release..................................................................................................................... 5
Dell Server Deployment Pack features overview................................................................................. 5
Console and operating system support matrix for Dell Server Deployment Pack.............................6
Distributed Configuration Manager setups on multiple primary site servers..................................... 6
2 Before using Configuration Manager................................................................7
Recommended Dell Deployment Toolkit version for Dell Server Deployment Pack.........................7
3 Using the Dell Server Deployment Pack on systems running
Configuration Manager 2012, 2012 SP1, or 2012 R2.........................................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.......................................................................12
Configuring the hardware components of your server.....................................................................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
Deploying a task sequence on static IP networks........................................................................14
Configuring system BIOS.............................................................................................................. 15
Configuring system BIOS using XML input...................................................................................17
Configuring iDRAC 7 and iDRAC 8 using XML input....................................................................18
Configuring Set Boot Order.......................................................................................................... 18
Retrieving boot device IDs............................................................................................................ 19
Configuring RAID by using RAID Config (wizard).........................................................................19
Using the Array Builder....................................................................................................................... 20
How Array Builder works.............................................................................................................. 20
Controllers..................................................................................................................................... 21
Variable conditions........................................................................................................................22
Arrays............................................................................................................................................. 23
Logical drives (also known as virtual disks).................................................................................. 23
Disks (also known as array disks)..................................................................................................24
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