Step 3-3: Add the Necessary Device Drivers

When the MDT task sequence has been created, add any device drivers required for the reference computer (WDG-REF-01) to the Windows PE boot image and to the Windows 7 image. Add the device drivers in the Drivers node in the Configuration Manager console. Create a package that contains the device drivers, and inject the drivers into the custom Windows PE image created earlier in the process.

After creating the package that contains the device drivers, select the distribution point on which the package will be deployed.

To add the necessary device drivers

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then point to Microsoft System Center. Point to Configuration Manager 2007, and then click ConfigMgr Console.

2. In the Configuration Manager console navigation pane, go to System Center Configuration Manager/Site Database/Computer Management/Operating System Deployment/Drivers.

3. In the navigation pane, right-click Drivers, and then click Import.

The Import New Driver Wizard starts.

4. Complete the Import New Driver Wizard using the information in Table 21. Accept the default values unless otherwise specified.

Table 21. Information for Completing the Import New Driver Wizard

On this wizard page	Do this
Locate Driver	In Source folder, type \\WDG-MDT-01\Source$\Drivers, and then click Next.
Locate Driver: Driver Details	Click Next.
Locate Driver: Add Driver to Package	1. Click New Package. 2. Complete the New Driver Package dialog box by performing the following steps: a. In Name, type device_driver_name Package (where device_driver_name is a descriptive name for the device drivers). b. In Comment, type Device drivers that are necessary for the reference and target computers. 3. In Driver package source, type \\WDG-MDT-01\Packages$\Drivers, and then click OK. 4. Click Next.
Locate Driver: Add Driver to Boot Images	1. In the list of images, select the Windows PE Custom check box. 2. Select the Update distribution points when finished check box, and then click Next.
Summary	Click Next.
Confirmation	Click Close.

To select the distribution points for the driver package

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then point to Microsoft System Center. Point to Configuration Manager 2007, and then click ConfigMgr Console.

2. In the Configuration Manager console navigation pane, go to System Center Configuration Manager/Site Database/Computer Management/Operating System Deployment/Driver Packages.

3. In the preview pane, click device_driver_name Package (where device_driver_name is a descriptive name for the device drivers).

4. In the Actions pane, click Manage Distribution Points.

The Manage Distribution Points Wizard starts.

5. Complete the Manage Distribution Points Wizard using the information in Table 22. Accept default values unless otherwise specified.

Table 22. Information for Completing the Manage Distribution Points Wizard

On this wizard page	Do this
Welcome	Click Next.
Select Destination Distribution Point	Click Next.
Package	In Distribution points, select WDG-MDT-01, and then click Next.
Completion	Click Next.
Wizard Completed	Click Close.

6. Close all open windows and dialog boxes.