Dell Server Deployment Pack Version 2.
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Contents 1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 5 What's New in This Release...................................................................................................................5 Dell Server Deployment Pack Features Overview................................................................................5 2 Before Using Configuration Manager...............................................................
Configuring Variable Replacement Tab....................................................................................... 22 Log/Return Files ............................................................................................................................23 Configuring the Task Sequence Steps to Apply Operating System Image And Driver Package..... 23 Applying the Operating System Image.........................................................................................
Introduction 1 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). N.B.: 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.
Before Using Configuration Manager 2 Before you begin using the Configuration manager, ensure the following: • Import the DTK packages if you are upgrading DSDP using the option Remove Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK) utilities and Windows PE drivers or installing DSDP for the first time. NOTE: You can import the DTK package only from a Configuration Manager site server and not from the admin console.
Using the Dell Server Deployment Pack on Systems Running Configuration Manager 2012 and Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 3 This section provides information on how to use Dell Server Deployment Pack on systems running Configuration Manager 2012 and Configuration Manager 2012 SP1. Importing a DTK Package NOTE: Download the latest DTK pack from support.dell.com. Make sure that you import a DTK Package from the site server and not from the admin console. To import a DTK Package: 1.
4. Click Browse and navigate to the DTK self-extractable zip file that you downloaded. The selected DTK version, Windows PE version, and architecture is displayed under DTK selected for import. 5. Click Next. The Boot Image Selection screen is displayed. 6. In Boot Image Properties, follow steps 3 to 8 in the Creating a Boot Image for Deploying Dell PowerEdge Servers section for creating a boot image.
The boot image creation process begins. A progress bar shows the status of the boot image creation. Once the boot image is created, the boot image details are displayed on the Summary screen, the information includes DTK details, and success state. 8. Right-click each of the newly created boot images and perform the update and manage distribution points operations. N.B.: You can view the DTK configuration details only by using the PowerEdge Deployment ToolKit Configuration Wizard.
Distributing Content and Updating Distribution Points To update and manage distribution points: 1. Launch Configuration Manager Console. 2. From the left pane of the Configuration Manager Console, select Software Library → Overview → Application Management → Packages → Dell PowerEdge Deployment. 3. Right-click PowerEdge Deployment Toolkit Integration and click Update Distribution Points. A message box prompting for a confirmation is displayed. 4. Click OK to update the distribution points. 5.
5. Select the boot image to use from the drop-down list. N.B.: It is recommended that you use the Dell custom boot image that you created. 6. Under Server Hardware Configuration, select the hardware items that you want to configure in this task sequence. 7. Under Operating System Installation, select the operating system installation type. The options are: • 8. 9. Use an OS WIM image • Scripted OS install Select an operating system package from the Operating system package to use drop-down menu.
N.B.: When editing a task sequence for the first time, an error message Setup Windows and ConfigMgr is displayed, create and select the Configurations Manager Client Upgrade package to resolve the error. For more information on creating packages, see the Configuration Manager 2012 documentation at technet.microsoft.com. You can now make changes to the task sequence accordingly.
7. Click Apply to save the edited file to the task sequence. 8. Select Set from the Action: drop-down menu. The Configuration file/Command line parameters field is enabled. For more information see, Configuration file/Command line Parameter Options. Alternatively, you can select the option from the drop-down to create an ini file from the start.
The Task Sequence Editor window is displayed. 2. Click Add → Dell Deployment → PowerEdge Server Configuration. This loads the custom action for your Dell server deployment. 3. Select the Configuration action type as Boot Order and Action as Set. 4. Under Configuration file/Command line parameters, select --bootseq=virtualcd.slot.1. This sets the boot order to boot from a virtual CD. To retrieve the boot device ids for a device, see Retrieving Boot Device IDs. N.B.
• To create steps for RAID: 1. Select the sample ini file from the drop-down. The View button is enabled. 2. Click View to open the ini file. Make modifications per the configurations required and save the file. For information on the ini file format, see “Sample File Formats” in the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.4 Command Line Interface Reference Guide. You access guide from this URL: www.dell.com/support/Manuals. 3. 4.
allows you to visualize how your array controllers are configured. Rules are processed in the order displayed in the Array Builder tree, so you know exactly which rules have priority. You can define rules to match configurations based on detected slot number that the controller is in (or just the embedded controller, if any), how many disks are attached to the controller, or simply apply a blanket configuration to any controller the Array Builder finds.
Select all remaining controllers in the system regardless of configuration Set a rule to select all remaining controllers in the system regardless of configuration. 4. Under Variable Matching Criteria, you can set a rule to apply this configuration only if it matches certain criteria that you select. Select Apply this configuration only when variable to enable the rule setting options. 5. Click OK.
Editing a Variable Condition To edit a variable condition: 1. Select the variable condition and click Variables → Edit Variable Condition. The Variable Condition Configuration window is displayed where you can make changes to your variable condition. 2. Click OK to apply the variable condition, or Cancel to return to Array Builder. Deleting a Variable Condition To delete a variable condition: 1. Select the variable condition and click Variables → Delete Variable Condition. 2.
Logical Drives (also known as Virtual Disks) Logical drives are present on RAID arrays and non-RAID groups. You can configure them by specifying the size (in GB) or to consume all available (or remaining) space in the array. By default, a single logical drive is created for all new arrays and is set to use all the available space.
controller specifies a minimum number of disks, then you can add or remove disks, else you cannot remove disks below the lower limit of the controller configuration. Adding a New Disk To add a new disk to an array, select the array and click Disks → New Disk. You can choose from the following: • Single disk • Multiple disks • Hot spare (only for the current array) • Global hot spare (all arrays) Changing a Disk To change a disk, click on the disk and select Disks → Change Disk.
Creating Task Sequences for RAID, DRAC, and iDRAC From the Configuration action type menu you can select the options listed in following table to create task sequences for RAID, DRAC, and iDRAC. Option Suboptions Description RAID Configuration (.ini file) 5i-raid0.ini Sample file for RAID 0. 5i-raid1.ini Sample file for RAID 1. 5i-raid5.ini Sample file for RAID 5. raidcfg.ini Use the existing raidcfg.ini file to configure RAID. For a similar example, see . iscsicfg.
Option Suboptions Description iDRAC Configuration (iDRAC 7) For more information about the BIOS option, see . For more information about the BIOS option, see . idrac7cfg.ini Use the existing idrac7cfg.ini file to configure iDRAC 7. For a similar example, see .
b. Type the variable Value. c. Select the variable Type from the drop-down menu. 5. Click Apply and OK. Log/Return Files To retrieve the log files or capture configuration files: 1. Select Retrieve the task sequence log file from the client after this action runs. 2. Select Enable extended / debug logging by this action to get extensive information in the log files. 3.
5. Click Apply. N.B.: After operating system deployment, make sure that the mass-storage driver installed is same as that specified in the Task Sequence. If you find any differences, then update the driver manually. Advertising a Task Sequence After saving the task sequence, assign it to the collection of servers by advertising it. To advertise a task sequence: Right-click the task sequence and select Deploy. The Deploy Software Wizard is displayed.
For more information on how to deploy a task sequence using the preceding methods, see the Configuration Manager Online Help.
Using the Dell Server Deployment Pack on Systems Running Configuration Manager 2007 4 The chapter will help you to use Dell Server Deployment Pack on systems running Configuration Manager 2007. Importing a DTK Package NOTE: Download the latest DTK pack from support.dell.com. To import a DTK package and create a Dell boot image: 1. Launch Configuration Manager by clicking Start → Microsoft System Center → Configuration Manager 2007 → Configuration Manager Console.
The Configuration Manager Console screen is displayed. 2. From the left pane of the Configuration Manager Console, select Site Database → Computer Management → Software Distribution → Packages → Dell PowerEdge Server Deployment. 3. Right-click Dell PowerEdge Server Deployment and select Dell PowerEdge Server Deployment → Launch Deployment ToolKit Configuration Wizard. The PowerEdge Deployment ToolKit Configuration Wizard screen is displayed.
N.B.: The Windows PE custom boot image should have XML, Scripting, and WMI packages installed on it. For more information on how to install these packages, see the Microsoft Windows AIK documentation available on your system. 5. Click Next. The Boot Image Property screen is displayed. 6. Type a name for the Dell boot image. N.B.: The Version and Comments fields are optional. 7. Select Enable Unknown Computer Support for this Boot Image to enable unknown computer support.
The Manage Distribution Point Wizard screen is displayed. 10. Proceed through the wizard to manage the distribution points. 11. Repeat step 8 and step 9 for all the other boot images that you created. Similarly, use the Manage and Update Distribution Points wizard to update and manage the operating system images to distribution points.
N.B.: To display the debug console during deployment, press . Configuring Your Servers Hardware Components Configuring the various components of the hardware on your server. Creating a Task Sequence You can create a task sequence to configure your server in two ways: • Create a Dell-specific task sequence using PowerEdge Server Deployment template. • Create a custom task sequence.
The Configuration Manager Console screen is displayed. 2. From the left pane of the Configuration Manager Console, select Site Database → Computer Management → Operating System Deployment. 3. Right-click Task Sequences, then New → Task Sequence. The New Task Sequence Wizard is displayed. 4. Select Create a new custom task sequence and click Next. 5. Type Task sequence name and Description for the task sequence. 6. Browse for the Dell boot image that you had created, and click Finish.
You can insert the Reboot to PXE/USB Custom Action into a task sequence in one of the following ways: • Reboot to PXE/USB Custom Action is created automatically when a task sequence is created using the Dell PowerEdge Server Deployment template. • Reboot to PXE/USB Custom Action is created automatically when you edit a task sequence. For more information, see Editing a Task Sequence.
Deploying a Task Sequence Now that the task sequence is ready, use any of the following methods to deploy the task sequence you have created: • Deploy through a CD • Deploy through a USB • Deploy through PXE For more information on how to deploy a task sequence using the above methods, see the Configuration Manager Online Help.
Troubleshooting 5 N.B.: Before you run the sample commands provided in the troubleshooting section, see the DTK documentation and if required recreate the commands based on machine configuration. Task Sequences Fail or Act Incorrectly After an Upgrade on Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 In order for the task sequences to function correctly on systems running Configuration Manager 2007 SP2: 1. Launch the task sequence editor. For more information see, Editing a Task Sequence. 2.
DTK Configuration wizard completes with errors When the DTK configuration wizard completes with errors, while importing the DTK package on systems running Configuration Manager 2007: 1. Check if the log file contains text similar to Utilities::ExtractDTK: Exception occurred during extraction. When the preceding text exists, it is due to a driver catalog file that is in use by the WMI process. 2. Restart the WMI process. ATTENZIONE: The WMI process is a common service used by other applications. 3.
Command Line Options 6 DSDP supports the command line options supported in Dell Deployment Toolkit. For more information on the command line options, usage guidelines, and syntax, see Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.4 Command Line Interface Reference Guide. However, you must do the following changes to the syntax, for the commands to run in DSDP.
Mandatory Options and Arguments Optional Parameters Valid Parameters Arguments Description -vd -vd=id ac=svdn - vdn= c=id or vdisk vdisk= id action= setvdname vdname= controllerid= id NA NA Sets the name of the specified virtual disk on the specified controller. Example: A:>raidcfg -vd -vd=2 -ac=svdn vdn=xxx -c=2 RAIDCFG Command successful! When using this command in DSDP, remove raidcfg and run the command.
Other Dell Documents You Might Need 7 In addition to this guide and the online help, you might need to refer the following documents to get details on specific Dell OpenManage products. These documents are available at dell.com/support/ manuals. • • • • • • • • • • • The Dell Server Deployment Pack Version 2.1 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Installation Guide provides information about installing DSDP 2.1 on your system.
4. Selezionare l'appropriato collegamento al servizio o all'assistenza in funzione delle specifiche esigenze. N.B.: Se è stato acquistato un computer Dell, è possibile richiedere il Numero di servizio. Accessing Documents From Dell Support Site You can access the required documents in one of the following ways: • From the following links: – For all Systems Management documents — dell.com/softwaresecuritymanuals – For Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.