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Getting started with Deployment Solution for Dell Servers
Using Deployment Solution for Dell Servers
Process for using Deployment Solution for Dell Servers
Table 2-1
Step
Action
Step 1
(Optional) Create a PXE
pre-OS image for a Dell
server.
Step 2
(Optional) Use
provisioning to set up your
servers.
Step 3
Install WinRM.
Step 4
Create the provisioning
credentials.
Description
You can use PXE to boot your Dell servers
using a network interface. You use a pre-OS
configuration to create a PXE image. Tasks can
then access and use that specific image.
See
"Creating a PXE pre-OS image for a Dell
server"
on page 13.
You don t have to use PXE to set up your Dell
servers for the first time. You can use
provisioning. Provisioning lets you
communicate with each server to direct what
tasks to run. You can use zero-touch
functionality to boot into a network ISO, set
up your hardware, or perform a scripted OS
installation. Provisioning lets you complete all
of these tasks without using PXE.
See
"About zero-touch provisioning"
on page 17.
If you don t want to provision your Dell
servers, skip to Step 5.
WinRM lets you communicate with the DRAC
card on each of your servers. It is Microsoft s
standard for remote management and allows
administrators to remotely execute and
manage Windows computers. You must install
WinRM to use some of the provisioning tasks
that are provided in Deployment Solution for
Dell.
See
"Installing WinRM"
You need to create the credentials that you
want to use with all of the tasks that require
authentication.
WS-MAN is the protocol that the DRAC card
uses to communicate. By creating the WS-MAN
credentials, you can log on to the DRAC and
boot to a network ISO or manage other features
of the server.
See
"Creating provisioning credentials"
on page 18.
on page 15.
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