Creating A Deployment Task For A Dell Server - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 7.1 - FOR DELL SERVERS V1.0 Manual

26 Creating tasks and jobs on Dell servers

Creating a deployment task for a Dell server

Creating a deployment task for a Dell server
Lifecycle Controller tasks for Dell servers
Table 4-2
Task
Boot to Dell ISO on network
Boot To ISO On Vflash
Close Access To Drivers
Copy Dell WinPE ISO To Vflash
Open Access To Drivers
Windows 2008 SOI Driver Copy
You can run the tasks that configure different types of Dell servers. You can also
run the tasks that manage the Lifecycle Controller on your servers.
See "About deployment tasks and jobs for Dell servers"
After a deployment task is created, it is listed under the Jobs and Tasks >
Deployment and Migration > Dell Servers folder. Click any task to view the
properties of that task. You can drag and drop tasks to other folders and manually
create folders.
Description
You can boot your server to the pre-OS ISO on the
deployment share without using PXE.
See "Boot to Dell ISO on network task"
You can boot your server to the pre-OS ISO that is on
the Vflash of the Lifecycle Controller.
See "Boot to ISO on Vflash task"
You can close the access to the drivers that are
embedded on the Lifecycle Controller.
See "Close access to drivers task"
See "Open access to drivers task type"
You can copy the WinPE ISO for Dell servers to the
Vflash on the Lifecycle Controller of your server.
See "Copy Dell WinPE ISO to Vflash task type"
on page 40.
You can open the access to the drivers that are
embedded on the Lifecycle Controller.
See "Open access to drivers task type"
See "Close access to drivers task"
Before you perform a scripted OS installation, you can
copy the drivers from the DRAC controller to the RAM
drive. This action resolves the issue that Windows does
not boot correctly if the drivers are present.
See "Copy Windows 2008 SOI drivers task"
on page 41.
on page 40.
on page 42.
on page 39.
on page 39.
on page 42.
on page 41.
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