Introducing Deployment
Solution for Dell Servers
This chapter includes the following topics:
■
About Deployment Solution for Dell Servers
About Deployment Solution for Dell Servers
You can remotely manage and automate the administration of your Dell servers
using Deployment Solution for Dell Servers.
See
“Using Deployment Solution for Dell Servers”
on page 11.
This software addition to Deployment Solution lets you manage your Dell servers.
You can create tasks from the predefined task types that Deployment Solution
for Dell provides. These tasks can configure your BIOS interfaces, DRAC (Dell
remote access controller) cards, and RAID systems. You can also create a task to
define dynamic types of RAID configurations. You can install an operating system
using a scripted install or image and update hardware configurations.
See
“About deployment tasks and jobs for Dell servers”
on page 23.
You can also use Deployment Solution for Dell to remotely provision servers using
zero-touch functionality. You can remotely install servers out of the box and
manage those servers across their life cycle.
See
“Provisioning a Dell server”
on page 19.
You should already be familiar with Deployment Solution and how to use its
features, such as:
■
Creating a deployment task
■
Scheduling a deployment task
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Chapter
Summary of Contents for ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 7.1 - FOR DELL SERVERS V1.0
Page 1: ...Altiris Deployment Solution for Dell Servers from Symantec Version 7 1 ...
Page 3: ...Symantec Corporation 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino CA 95014 http www symantec com ...
Page 16: ...Getting started with Deployment Solution for Dell Servers Installing WinRM 16 ...
Page 44: ...Performing a scripted OS installation Modifying the answer file 44 ...
