<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 3.7.<br>
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What's new in this release:</font><font size=3><br>
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* </font><font size=2 face="Default San Serif">Driver Management enhancements</font>
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The Model Binding Feature allows you to associate drivers to one or more
hardware models. The driver selection logic that operates at deployment
time is more efficient and reduces the need for manual adjustments.</font>
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Support of non-PCI drivers</font>
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A revised dashboard and panel layout, including a new and simplified driver
import wizard, improves the overall user experience</font>
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Product use case examples that show the new Driver Management features
at following link:</font>
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</font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Driver%20Management"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Driver%20Management</font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* </font><font size=2 face="Default San Serif">Support
for the following Linux Enterprise Versions for Re-imaging and Bare Metal
Deployments:</font>
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RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.6</font>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Version 12</font>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) Version 12</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* </font><font size=2 face="Default San Serif">Support
of VMware ESXi 5 and later for Bare Metal Deployments</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Default San Serif">* Serviceability Improvements
for Re-imaging and Bare Metal Deployments </font>
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Upload the Bare Metal deployment logs to the Endpoint Manager Server for
Linux and Windows deployments</font>
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During the re-image of a Windows target you can enable real time logging
of the LiteTouch phase on a user-defined network share for debugging purposes</font>
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Endpoint Manager client installation during a Bare Metal Deployment is
completed through the network instead of from stored setup files in the
MDT Bundle</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 3.7
MDT Bundle and update your Bare Metal Servers to Tivoli Provisioning Manager
for OS Deployment 7.1.1 Fixpack 18. <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>
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</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 51<br>
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Application Engineering Team <br>
IBM Endpoint Manager</font><font size=3> </font>
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