Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 7.1 - FOR DELL SERVERS V1.0, Manual

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Table 6-1
Process for performing a scripted OS installation without PXE
Description Action Step
You must open the access for the drivers that
match your operating system. You can choose
from specific versions of the Windows, Red
Hat, SUSE Linux, ESX, Hyper-V, or Citrix
operating systems.
See “Open access to drivers task type”
on page 39.
Open the access to the
drivers for the operating
system on the server. Step 1
You can copy the Dell-specific ISO to Vflash
or use the ISO that is on the network.
If you want to use the ISO on the network, skip
to Step 5.
Decide if you want to use
the ISO on Vflash or on the
network. Step 2
You need to copy the ISO to Vflash so that you
can boot to it later.
See “Copy Dell WinPE ISO to Vflash task type”
on page 40.
Copy the Dell-specific
WinPE ISO to Vflash. Step 3
You can boot your server to the ISO that you
copied to Vflash, and then skip to Step 6.
See “Boot to ISO on Vflash task” on page 40.
Boot to the ISO that is on
Vflash. Step 4
You can boot your server to the ISO that is on
the network.
See “Boot to Dell ISO on network task”
on page 41.
Boot to the Dell-specific
ISO that is on the network. Step 5
You need to copy the drivers for your operating
system before you close access to them.
See “Copy Windows 2008 SOI drivers task”
on page 41.
If you use Windows 2008,
copy the SOI drivers. Step 6
Before you can successfully perform the SOI,
you need to close access to the drivers.
See “Close access to drivers task” on page 42.
Close the access to the
drivers. Step 7
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