Users Guide

<Create configuration file>
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 as per the configurations required and save the file.
For information about the ini file format, see “Sample File Formats” in the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.4
Command Line Interface Reference Guide. You can access the guide from this URL: www.dell.com/support/Manuals.
The Array Builder <XML filename>.xml window is displayed.
3. Select Save to a file in the toolkit package for this custom action when I click OK and click OK to return to the Task
Sequence Editor window.
4. Click OK.
5. Save the file in the default directory.
An example of default directory: \\<site server hostname>\sms_<site
code>\OSD\lib\Packages\Deployment\Dell\PowerEdge\DTK\Template\Configs\Raidcfg.
6. Click Apply to save the edited file to the task sequence.
Alternatively, you can select the <Create configuration file> option from the drop-down to create a .ini file from the start.
<Import configuration file>
1. Select <Import configuration file> from the Configuration file/Command line parameters drop-down menu.
2. Click Import.
3. Specify the location of the configuration file you want to import and click Open.
<sample.xml>
1. From the Configuration file / Command line parameters drop-down list, select <sample.xml>.
2. Click View.
The Array Builder wizard for the sample.xml is displayed.
3. To edit the sample.xml, see <Create configuration file>.
Using the Array Builder
Using Array Builder, you can define arrays/disk sets with all available RAID settings, logical drives/virtual disks of varying sizes
or use all available space, and assign hot spares to individual arrays or assign global hot spares to the controller.
How Array Builder works
When you run the task sequence on a target server, the array configuration utility detects the existing controller(s) on the
server as well as the disks attached to each controller. The custom action then tries to match the physical configuration(s)
the utility detected to the logical configurations you selected in the Array Builder- <xml file name>.xml > Controller
Configuration window. The available options are:
● Select the embedded controller (on the motherboard)
● Select the controller located in slot
● Select any controller with <number of disks> disks attached
● Select all remaining controllers in the system regardless of configuration
These array configuration rules are defined using a graphical, logical layout that 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 also apply configuration rules based on task sequence variables detected on the server. This allows you to define
different configurations to different servers even if the detected hardware is identical.
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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