Selecting the deployment drivers

In this step of the OSD wizard, the drivers required for the WinPE must be selected. For the deployment to work at least one driver must be selected, that is, the network driver, and the SATA driver if the target disk is a SATA disk. By default no drivers are predefined, therefore this list box is empty.

To add a new WinPE driver, for example, an Ethernet network driver, proceed as follows:

1. Click Create Driver above the list box.
    The Create a New Driver window appears.

2. Enter the required data into the respective boxes.

   Information

   After all parameters are defined they must be checked that they are correct. Until the verification is executed and returns the Status OK , the wizard cannot continue.

3. To verify click Check Driver to the right of the Status box.
    BMC Client Management - Software Distribution will now verify all entries of this page, that is, the directory and the access rights to it and fill in the remaining boxes with the recovered information, such as the list of driver files. If the driver is a valid deployment driver the box Deployment Driver displays a green Yes.

   Warning

   Note:

   If the box Deployment Driver displays a red No , the driver might be a valid driver but not a deployment driver. If you click OK nevertheless the driver will be created but it will not appear in this view, because it was added to the available image drivers.

4. If all values are correct the Status OK is returned, otherwise an error message displays in the Status box indicating where the parameter value is not correct.
5. After the Status OK is returned click OK to add the new driver to the list and return to the Deployment Drivers window.
6. Now the driver displays in the list of available drivers.
7. Repeat these steps to add a SATA driver if you are using a SATA disk, be aware that also the SATA drivers must be Windows 7 compliant.
8. Then in the Deployment Drivers window mark both check boxes next to the added drivers to indicate that they are to be used.
9. Click Next to go to the following wizard page.

 

You can execute following operations on drivers:

Modifying a driver

1. Select OS Deployment > Your OSD Manager > Drivers in the left window pane.
2. Select the desired driver in the left window pane.
3. Select Edit > Properties .
    The Properties window appears.
4. Make the desired modifications in the respective boxes.
5. Click Check Driver to the right of the Status box.
6. If the Status box displays:
   1. Click OK at the bottom of the window to confirm the modifications.
   2. Anything other than OK , reverify your modifications for errors and repeat steps 5 and 6.

Your modifications were saved and applied to the selected driver.

Selecting drivers by tag

1. Click Select drivers by Tag .
2. In the Select drivers by Tag window select the required drivers.
3. Click OK to confirm.

The selected drivers are added to the project.