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Zero-Touch Hardware Provisioning
and Deployment
Hardware Prerequisites
To successfully perform hardware provisioning and deployment, the physical
servers must appear in the Deployment Wizard. All physical servers must
meet the following prerequisites:
1
The server must be an 11G server.
See the Dell Management Plug-In for
VMWare vCenter Version 1.0.1 Release Notes for specific hardware
support information.
2
The server must have the minimum supported versions of iDRAC
firmware, Lifecycle controller and BIOS.
See the Dell Management Plug-
In for VMWare vCenter Version 1.0.1 Release Notes for specific hardware
support information.
NOTE: If the firmware versions are older, there could be a two step process
to upgrade to the minimum required versions. See the firmware
documentation for detailed upgrade instructions.
3
If using add-on NICs, the system must have the host LOMs enabled; the
Plug-in allows deployment only onto a host LOM. The management NIC
can be changed manually, and the system then added to vCenter.
4
If the iDRAC is in dedicated mode, its NIC must be enabled and the
iDRAC should be able to communicate with the Plug-in.
5
CSIOR must be enabled, and a cold reboot performed on the system
before initiating Auto Discovery to make sure that the retrieved data is
current. A cold reboot requires that power is removed from the system,
wait for a complete shut down of all components, and then reapply power.
See "Setting Collect System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) on a Clone
Server" on page 65 for information on how to enable CSIOR.
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To enable Auto Discovery and handshake, a server can be ordered with
deployment and hardware provisioning enabled from the factory. The
provisioning server Plug-in IP address information is either entered
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