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February 10th, 2015 17:00
PowerEdge T420 Raid Configuration script
I have over 200 T420 servers to deploy. I need an automated solution to set the RAID and bios settings during imaging. I'm new to Dell servers and exhausted with searching for an answer. I normally deploy images very simply by using MDT for in house and pure PE for field techs. Could someone help with a Dell utility, Powershell script or vbscript?
DELL-Chris H
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February 11th, 2015 06:00
Gsanders662,
The tool you would need is called DODT (Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit), which you can find here. That will help expedite the deployment of the servers. You can find the more information on it here, or get the User guide here.
Let me know how it goes.
gsanders662
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February 11th, 2015 14:00
Hey Chris,
Thank you so much for the fast reply. I think this may be just what I need. I noticed the first link takes me to a download for version 3.5.1 but the second link takes me to manuals for version 4.4. I searched for the download of version 4.4 but can't find it. I found a link for version 4.3 but it's a broken link. The third link you gave be for the User guide appears to be broken too but I think I think there's a guide in the download of the DTK.
Will version 3.5.1 work ok for these new servers? If not, could you assist me in finding the download for a later version?
Update. I found version 4.4.1 and have it installed. I've captured the RAID configuration and reconfigured it successfully. Got my deployment share and task sequence working today. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.