Users Guide

The Configuration Manager Console screen is displayed.
2. In the left pane, select Software Library > Operating Systems > Task Sequence.
3. Right-click the task sequence that you want to edit and click Edit.
The Task Sequence Editor window is displayed.
4. Click Add > Dell Deployment > Apply Drivers from Dell Lifecycle Controller.
The custom action for your Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack is loaded. You can now make changes to the task sequence.
NOTE:
● When editing a task sequence for the first time, the error message, Setup Windows, and Configuration
Manager is displayed. To resolve the error, create and select the Configurations Manager Client Upgrade
package. For more information about creating packages, see the Configuration Manager documentation at
Technet.microsoft.com.
● Make sure that the Set RebootStep Variable step in a task sequence is enabled for any set configuration.
Adding diskpart clean to task sequence
1. In Task Sequence Editor, click Add > General > Command Line.
2. In the Name text box, enter Diskpart Clean as the name for the command line.
3. Select the input command line option diskpartclean.bat.
4. Select package Dell PowerEdge Deployment > Dell PowerEdge Custom Reboot Script.
Configuring task sequence actions
When you select PowerEdge Server Configuration from the Task Sequence Editor, the following tabs are displayed:
● Action Settings
● Variable Replacement
● Logs/Return Files
This section explains the Action Settings tab. For information about Variable Replacement tab, see Variable Replacement.
For information about Logs/Return Files tab, see Log/Return Files .
Deploying a task sequence on static IP networks
The task sequence deployment involves the following steps:
● Preparing the .CSV File
● Importing Targets
● Creating the Bootable Media for OS Deployment
● Using the Bootable Media for OS Deployment
Preparing the .CSV file
Update the sample CSV file located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration
Manager\OSD\Lib\Packages\Deployment\Dell\PowerEdge\NetworkSetting\Samples\MACIPMap.csv by
adding a row for each of the targets.
NOTE:
Ensure that the MAC address for each target matches the MAC address of the target’s NIC port that is connected
and active on the network.
NOTE: If EnableDHCP is true, the values of IPAddress, SubnetMask and IPGateway are ignored, but DNS fields are used
to set DNS Servers for both WinPE and post OSD network settings.
Importing targets
1. In the left side of Configuration Manager, expand Assets and Compliance, right-click Devices, and select Import
Computer Information wizard.
Using the Dell EMC Server Deployment Pack on systems running System Center Configuration Manager, 2012 SP2,
2012 R2 SP1, 2012 R2, 2012 SP1, or 2012
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