Setup Guide

Operating Systems Dell Provisioning Service

Windows 8.1 x64 Edition

Windows 8 x64 Edition

Windows 7 x64 Edition

Windows Vista SP1 x64 Business Edition

Windows Vista x64 Business Edition

Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) Compatibility Matrix

The following table lists the operating systems that can be deployed by DLCI for Configuration Manager and their

respective WinPE environments.

Table 2. Compatible Operating Systems for WinPE

Configuration Manager WinPE Operating System

Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

3.0

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows Server 2008 R2

Configuration Manager 2012 3.0

• Windows Server 2008

• Windows Server 2008 R2

Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 4.0

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows Server 2012

NOTE: For Windows Server 2008 R2, see

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/

2853726#appliesto

Configuration Manager 2012 R2 5.0

• Windows Server 2008 R2

• Windows Server 2012

• Windows Server 2012 R2

Enabling or Disabling WMI Traffic Using Firewall

If firewall is enabled on Dell Lifecycle Controller Utility for Configuration Manager; then, to run remote PowerShell

commands for the WMI class, you must enable the WMI traffic.

To enable WMI traffic using firewall user interface:

1. In Control Panel, click Security and then click Windows Firewall.

2. Click Change Settings, and then click Exceptions.

3. In Exceptions , to enable WMI traffic, select Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

NOTE: To disable WMI traffic, clear Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).