How to Install the Dell SMBIOS using Dell Command PowerShell Provider in Windows PE

Affected Products:

• Dell Command | PowerShell Provider
• Dell Command | Configure

For Dell Command | Configure (DCC) 4.4 and later or DCPP 2.4 and later

• Download and Install Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime 2019
  Note: Visual C++ 2015, 2017 and 2019 all share the same redistributable files.

For Dell Command | Configure 4.3.1 and prior or Dell Command | PowerShell Provider 2.3.1 and earlier:

• Download and Install Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime 2010
• Download and Install Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime 2015 -Update 3

1. Click the Start menu and search for PowerShell.
2. Right-click PowerShell and then select Run as administrator.
3. From the PowerShell prompt, type Find-Module DellBIOSProvider and then press Enter.
4. Press Y and then press Enter.
5. Type Install-Module DellBIOSProvider and then press Enter.
6. Press Y and then press Enter.
7. Type Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted and then press Enter.
8. Press A and then press Enter.
9. Type Import-Module DellBIOSProvider -Verbose and then press Enter.
10. Download and install the latest Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK).
11. Install DCC to be used in Windows PE as well (recommended), reference Dell Command | Configure.
12. Click the Start menu and search for Dell Command Configure Prompt.
13. Right-click Dell Command Configure Prompt and then select Run as administrator.
14. Make temporary directories to contain the CCTK Windows PE:
    • Type MD c:\dcshare
    • Type MD c:\dcshare\temp
    • Type MD c:\dcshare\temp\mount
15. Go to the DCC installation directory in the Dell Command Configure Prompt.
    • For 64 bit: CD C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Command Configure\X86_64
    • For 32-bit: CD C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Command Configure\X86
16. Have DCC create a Windows 10 PE file with the DCC binaries using the following command. From Command Prompt, type cctk_x86_64_winpe_10.bat c:\dcshare\pe344 c:\progra~2\dell\comman~1\ and then press Enter.
    Note:

    • The first parameter to the .bat file represents the path to the local directory for the customized Windows PE 10.0 image to create
    • The second parameter represents the path to the extracted Command Configure toolkit.
17. Mount the boot.wim in the Deployment and Imaging Tools Command Prompt using DISM:
    Note:
    PowerShell in Windows PE requires additional features that are in the Automated Deployment Kit, this must be installed before installing WinPE-PowerShell:
    • WinPE-WMI
    • WinPE-NetFX
    • WinPE-Scripting

    DISM /Mount-WIM /wimfile:c:\dcshare\pe344\ISO\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /MountDir:c:\dcshare\temp\mount
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-WMI.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-WMI_en-us.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-NetFX.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-NetFX_en-us.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-Scripting.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-Scripting_en-us.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-PowerShell.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-PowerShell_en-us.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-StorageWMI.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-StorageWMI_en-us.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-DismCmdlets.cab"
    
    Dism /Add-Package /Image:"C:\Dcshare\temp\mount" /PackagePath:"C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\WinPE_OCs\en-us\WinPE-DismCmdlets_en-us.cab"

18. Copy the DellBIOSProvider files from the DCPP Install directory (for example copy C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\DellBIOSProvider\2.4.0 to the mount\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules) directory.
    
19. Copy the following (previously installed) Visual C++ DLL files from C:\Windows\System32 to mount\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules.
    • For DCPP 2.4 and later
      • msvcp140.dll
      • vcruntime140.dll
      • vcruntime140_1.dll
        
    • For DCPP 2.3.1 and earlier
      • msvcp100.dll
      • msvcr100.dll
      • msvcp140.dll
      • vccorlib140.dll
      • vcruntime140.dll
        
20. Unmount the modified Windows 10 PE CCTK WIM file. Type DISM /unmount-wim /mountdir:c:\dcshare\temp\mount /commit and then press Enter.
21. Import the modified CCTK - Powershell boot.wim to Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), or a USB drive.
22. Once booted, open PowerShell
    • Type Set-executionpolicy unrestricted and then press Enter.
    • Type Import-Module DellBIOSProvider -Verbose and then press Enter.
    • Type CD DellSMBIOS: and then press Enter.