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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 Dell Driver Cab files...........................................................................................................9
Upgrading a Dell Driver Cab files..........................................................................................................9
Creating a boot image for deploying Dell PowerEdge servers..........................................................11
Enabling command prompt for debugging boot images..................................................................12
Importing DLCI Dell Server Driver Packages......................................................................................12
Distributing content and updating distribution points.......................................................................13
Configuring the hardware components of your server.....................................................................13
Creating a task sequence.............................................................................................................. 13
Creating a Dell specific task sequence......................................................................................... 13
Creating a custom task sequence.................................................................................................14
Editing a task sequence.................................................................................................................14
Adding diskpart clean to task sequence....................................................................................... 15
Configuring task sequence actions.................................................................................................... 15
Deploying a task sequence on static IP networks........................................................................15
Configuring system BIOS.............................................................................................................. 16
Configuring system BIOS using XML input...................................................................................18
Configuring iDRAC 7 and iDRAC 8 using XML input....................................................................19
Configuring Set Boot Order..........................................................................................................20
Retrieving boot device IDs............................................................................................................20
Configuring RAID by using RAID Config (wizard)........................................................................ 20
Using the Array Builder....................................................................................................................... 22
How Array Builder works...............................................................................................................22
Controllers.....................................................................................................................................22
Variable conditions........................................................................................................................24
Arrays............................................................................................................................................. 24
Logical drives (also known as virtual disks).................................................................................. 25
Disks (also known as array disks).................................................................................................. 26
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