<font size=2 face="sans-serif">The IBM Endpoint Manager OS Deployment
team is pleased to announce the release of OS Deployment and Bare Metal
Imaging 3.6.<br>
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This release has the following features:</font><font size=3> <br>
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* Bare Metal target management from the IBM Endpoint Manager console </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Inventory
of Bare Metal targets </font><font size=2 face="Arial">that have done PXE-boot
(no IEM agent required)</font><font size=2 face="Ubuntu"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Deployment
of Bare Metal Profiles directly to a machine without requiring end-user
intervention</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Wipe the
disk contents of Bare Metal targets to erase sensitive data in </font><font size=2 face="Default San Serif">a
secure manner when the hardware needs to be disposed of or re-provisioned
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Support for Scripting toolkits facilitates
BIOS and RAID config across vendor platforms</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Deployment
of hardware-specific scripting toolkits from IBM, Dell, and HP on bare
metal targets </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Image Settings management improvements</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Copying
of image settings from a Windows reference image to another compatible
image to minimize user intervention when a new image is imported into the
Image Library</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Offline deployment media for Windows
targets</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Creation
of CD/DVD or USB media for offline deployments on targets that are not
connected to the network </font>
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Actions to take:</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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This release is an update of the existing site. No immediate actions are
required and the current product will continue to function normally. Some
changes were made to existing features and to the User Interface. <br>
To take advantage of the new features, you may need to create a new 3.6
MDT Bundle and update your Bare Metal Servers to Tivoli Provisioning Manager
for OS Deployment 7.1.1 Fixpack 17. <br>
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment can be downloaded from FixCentral.
In airgapped or proxy environments, you may need to cache files on the
IBM Endpoint Manager Server and/or the Console.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Additional Resources: </font><font size=3><br>
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Link to Users Guide:</font>
<br><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS63NW_9.2.0/com.ibm.tem.life.doc_9.2/Lifecycle_Man/OSD_Users_Guide/c_osdug_intro.html"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS63NW_9.2.0/com.ibm.tem.life.doc_9.2/Lifecycle_Man/OSD_Users_Guide/c_osdug_intro.html</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Link to Users Guide (PDF version):</font>
<br><a href=ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/tivoli/IEM/9.2/Lifecycle_Management/OSD_Users_Guide.pdf><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/tivoli/IEM/9.2/Lifecycle_Management/OSD_Users_Guide.pdf</font></a>
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Link to Wiki:</font><font size=3> </font><font size=3 color=blue><u><br>
</u></font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/OS%20Deployment"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/OS%20Deployment</font></a><font size=3>
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Instructions for air-gapped can be found at the following location:</font><font size=3>
</font><font size=3 color=blue><u><br>
</u></font><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616689"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616689</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Published site version:</font><font size=3>
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OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging, version 47<br>
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Application Engineering Team <br>
IBM Endpoint Manager</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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