Dell Remote Access Controller 4 Firmware Version 1.30 manual Tasks

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3A network share, accessible from the remote target servers, which hosts the operating system files and drivers needed during the operating system deployment procedure. This network share may also host the operating system deployment boot image file(s) described in the next requirement.

4An operating system deployment boot image file, tailored to the deployment infrastructure:

•This file may be either a floppy image or a CD/DVD ISO image, with an industry-standard bootable format.

•This image file must be accessible by the deployment host (it may reside on a network share), for it is used to boot the target server during the first step of the deployment procedure.

•When booted, the programs or scripts that are included within the deployment image initialize the target host’s network interface, access the network share (see requirement 3) to retrieve the needed operating system files and drivers, and perform all tasks needed to successfully complete the remote server’s operating system installation.

For example, the target host may require RAID setup and initialization, before starting the operating system installation step. When complete, the deployment procedure reboots the target host, and the virtual deployment media is automatically disconnected. And, the newly deployed server boots from its own hard drive.

Tasks

When the target server hardware is installed, perform the following tasks before beginning the operating system deployments to those servers.

NOTE: You may leverage some of this work during subsequent operating system deployments, as you need to perform some tasks only once.

1Configure each target server’s DRAC 4 network interface.

NOTE: Dell’s CFI is available for this item.

2Configure each target server’s BIOS boot order to include the virtual devices at the top.

NOTE: Dell’s CFI is available for this item.

3Create/populate a network share with the operating system files needed for successful installation.

NOTE: Skip this step if the required operating system files are already in place.

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