Dell version 3.0 manual Configuring Set Boot Order, Retrieving boot device IDs

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Configuring Set Boot Order

1.Right-click the task sequence and click Edit. The Task Sequence Editor window is displayed.

2.Click Add Dell Deployment PowerEdge Server Configuration. The custom action for Dell server deployment is loaded.

3.From the Configuration action type drop-down list, select Boot Order.

4.From the Action drop-down list, select Set.

5.Under Configuration file/Command line parameters, select --bootseq=virtualcd.slot.1. This sets the boot order to boot from a virtual CD. To retrieve the boot device ids for a device, see Retrieving Boot Device IDs.

NOTE: See the Dell Deployment Toolkit CLI Guide for information on parameters for -- bootseq option.

Retrieving boot device IDs

1.Create a task sequence using DSDP:

a.Launch the Create Dell Task Sequence wizard.

b.In Server Hardware, select Set BIOS config.

c.Select the appropriate boot image, credentials, and other inputs.

d.Click Create and Save the Task Sequence.

2.Edit the task sequence and from the Action drop-down list, select Get.

a.Right-click on the task sequence and click Edit.

b.Delete the step Build the Reference Machine as deploying OS is not required.

c.Click Set BIOS Config (ini file).

d.Change the action to Get.

e.In Configuration File/Command line parameters, provide a filename. This filename is assigned to the BIOS config file that is created after running the task sequence.

f.In the Log/Return Files tab, provide the share path and credentials of the location where you want to create the file.

g.Save the task sequence.

3.Run the task sequence on the target for which you need to set the boot order. A file is created in the mentioned share location with the specified file name.

4.Select a value for the bootseq attribute from the config file. For example: bootseq=nic.emb. 1,cdrom.emb.0,hdd.emb.0,virtualfloppy.slot.1,virtualcd.slot.1

Values separated by comma are the individual bootable devices in the target.

5.Select the device ID of the device which you want to set in the boot order. For example, hdd.emb.0.

Configuring RAID by using RAID Config (wizard)

By using the RAID Config (wizard) you can create a new configuration file or import an existing configuration to configure RAID on your systems.

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