<font size=2 face="sans-serif">The IBM BigFix OS Deployment team is pleased
to announce the release of OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.8.<br>
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What's new in this release:<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* Multicast support for Reimaging and
Bare Metal Deployments on Windows targets</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Support
for deployments using multicast communication</font>
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* </font><font size=2 face="Default San Serif">Driver Management enhancements<br>
* New Check Drivers Tab in the Driver Library
where you can check if all the needed device drivers are available before
you begin deployment<br>
* Non_PCI drivers can now be bound to WinPE
engines<br>
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* </font><font size=2 face="Default San Serif">Support of VMware ESXi 6
for Bare Metal Deployments</font><font size=3> <br>
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* Improvements for Bare Metal Deployments</font>
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When you create a Bare Metal Profile for Windows images, you can choose
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Bare Metal Server and to the BigFix server respectively</font>
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After a Bare Metal deployment, you can specify a final action that will
be completed on the target computer</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">* List of the APARs included in
this release </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/APARS%20Fixed%20in%20V3.8"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/APARS%20Fixed%20in%20V3.8</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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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 3.8
MDT Bundle and update your Bare Metal Servers to Tivoli Provisioning Manager
for OS Deployment 7.1.1 Fixpack 19.<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
BigFix Server and/or the Console.</font><font size=3> <br>
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Additional Resources: <br>
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Link to Users Guide:</font><font size=3> </font><font size=3 color=blue><u><br>
</u></font><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"><u>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</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
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Link to Users Guide (PDF version):</font><font size=3> </font><font size=3 color=blue><u><br>
</u></font><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"><u>ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/tivoli/IEM/9.2/Lifecycle_Management/OSD_Users_Guide.pdf</u></font></a><font size=3>
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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"><u>https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/OS%20Deployment</u></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"><u>http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616689</u></font></a><font size=3><br>
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Published site version:</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging, version 54<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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