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client_sccm.book Page 2 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Notes NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2009 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, PowerEdge, and Dell OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc.
client_sccm.book Page 3 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Contents 1 About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obtaining Technical Assistance 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Setup and Use Overview . 5 Prerequisites And Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Configuring your Network Access Account . . . . . 8 Supported Operating Systems and Systems . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . .
client_sccm.book Page 4 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Importing System Information . . . . . . . . . . . Reboot To PXE / USB Custom Action . 3 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting Using CCTK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resolving Deployment Issues at the Set BIOS Step . . . . . Contents 20 21 21 . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Obtaining System BIOS .ini File . 4 . . . . . . .
client_sccm.book Page 5 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM About This Document This document describes the Dell™ Client Deployment Pack for Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager (DCDP for ConfigMgr) features. This document does not cover all the scenarios or ways in which the DCDP ConfigMgr can be used. This document does not cover information on Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr), its installation, or features and functionalities. See the Microsoft TechNet site at technet.
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client_sccm.book Page 7 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Setup and Use This section contains information on prerequisites and requirements to use the Dell™ Client Deployment Pack for Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager (DCDP for ConfigMgr). It also lists steps to install and uninstall the plug-in, and some typical console use cases. Overview The DCDP for ConfigMgr is an easy-to-use GUI-based tool to configure and deploy your Dell client systems.
client_sccm.book Page 8 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Configuring your Network Access Account Use the following steps to configure your network access account: 1 Launch ConfigMgr. On the left-hand pane, click System Center Configuration Manager→ Site Database→ Site Management→ Site Name→ Site Settings→ Client Agents. The Client Agents screen displays. 2 Double click Computer Client Agent. The Computer Client Agent Properties screen displays. 3 Under Network Access Account, click Set.
client_sccm.book Page 9 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM 5 The license agreement displays. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next. 6 The Setup Type screen displays. There are two types of installation options available: • Custom • Complete 7 Select the Complete option and click Next. 8 The Ready to Install the Program screen displays. Click Install. 9 The Installing Dell Client Deployment pack for Configuration Manager 2007 progress screen displays.
client_sccm.book Page 10 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Typical Use Cases This section contains a typical use case for a Dell client system. It does not cover all possible scenarios nor does it cover all sequences possible to deploy your client system. To deploy operating systems on Dell client systems, perform the following steps: 1 Create Dell Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) boot images. (For more information, see "Creating Dell Windows PE Boot Image".) 2 Create driver packages.
client_sccm.book Page 11 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM 3 Select a boot image. For this use case, we will select Dell Deployment Boot Image (x86). Click Browse and select the Dell Windows PE driver CAB file. If a Dell Windows PE boot image already exists, a message displays stating that the image exists and that it will be overwritten if you continue. Click OK to continue. 4 Click Finish. A progress bar displays the status. 5 A Dell Client VistaPE(
client_sccm.book Page 12 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM NOTE: For Microsoft Windows XP operating systems, the Storage Driver Package option in the Task Sequence Editor is enabled. Select the appropriate storage driver during Microsoft Windows XP system deployment to avoid a continuous reboot with the following error: 0x0000007B (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE). For more information on the appropriate storage driver selection, see the Dell Tech Center site at www.delltechcenter.com.
client_sccm.book Page 13 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM 4 Click Next and proceed through the wizard to manage the distribution points. See the online help or the ConfigMgr documentation for details. 5 Right-click Dell Client Custom Reboot Script 1.0 and click Update Distribution Points. 6 The Confirm Update Distribution Points screen displays. Click Yes to update the distribution points.
client_sccm.book Page 14 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM 5 Under Client Hardware Configuration, select the hardware items that you want to configure in this task sequence. 6 Under Network (Admin) Account, enter your account name and password. 7 Under Operating System Installation, select the operating system installation type. The options are: • Use an OS WIM image • Scripted OS install 8 Select an operating system package from the Operating system package to use drop-down menu. 9 Click Create.
client_sccm.book Page 15 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM 3 Click OK to continue or Cancel to quit. 4 If you click OK, the Create Client Deployment Task Sequence window displays. You can now make changes to the task sequence accordingly. Next, you can configure your system BIOS.
client_sccm.book Page 16 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM 1 Select . The Create button displays. 2 Click Create. 3 The Configuration File Editor displays with the following options: • Import File: Click this button if you want to import an existing .ini file from a directory. • You can also create an online .ini file in the Configuration File Editor field and click OK. This prompts you to save the .
client_sccm.book Page 17 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Apply Operating System Image and Driver Package Use the options Apply Operating System Image and Apply Driver Packages to apply operating system images and driver packages to the task sequence. Apply Operating System Image NOTE: Before you begin this task, ensure that you have the required operating system image file (.wim file) under the Operating System Images tree in ConfigMgr.
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client_sccm.book Page 19 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM The Computer Association node displays a list of the computer associations that have been created. It also displays specific actions that can be run for that computer association when you select a computer association from the Computer Association results pane. To import computer information: 1 On the DCDP for ConfigMgr console, under Operating System Deployment, right-click Computer Association→ Import Computer Information.
client_sccm.book Page 20 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Reboot To PXE / USB Custom Action Windows PE may have an issue when you add a system hardware configuration action to a task sequence. Windows PE will not correctly recognize any newly-created disk partitions or any significant change to the disk structure created after the initial Windows PE boot. This will cause the task sequence to fail during any task that writes data to the disk (including the standard ConfigMgr reboot task).
client_sccm.book Page 21 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM Troubleshooting This section contains troubleshooting information for the Dell™ Client Deployment Pack for Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager (DCDP for ConfigMgr). Troubleshooting Using CCTK The following issues can be resolved using the Client Configuration Toolkit (CCTK). Obtaining System BIOS .ini File Use the following steps to obtain system BIOS .
client_sccm.book Page 22 Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:32 AM 5 You can also view the CCTK hex values at the console within the SMTS.log. 6 Convert to decimal and look for the error code within the CCTK Error Code file saved in the DCDP for ConfigMgr installation directory.
