Dell KACE K2000

Deployment Appliance
Easy-to-use, comprehensive, affordable systems provisioning

As mixed operating systems and multiple

system configurations for different
departments have become the norm, it
has become increasingly more complex
for organizations to provision systems
to their end users. Add to that the
number of applications that must be
supported and the sheer quantity of
associated drivers, prerequisites, patches
and configuration settings that must be
applied across a variety of devices, and
successful IT deployment has become
one of the top challenges for todays
systems management professional.

application installation, configuration

and recovery.
The K2000 appliance delivers a fully
integrated systems provisioning
solution, unlike traditional OS
deployment software solutions.
Traditional solutions typically require
complex and time-consuming
deployments and may not fully
automate systems provisioning. The
K2000 appliance breaks the complexity
and cost barrier by utilizing an
appliance-based architecture.
KACE appliances are available as
both physical and virtual appliances,
providing customers with a variety
of deployment options and allowing
them to leverage their investment in a
VMware infrastructure.

The Dell KACE K2000 Deployment

Appliance fulfills the systems
provisioning needs of an organization
including inventory assessment,
image management, OS deployment,

System Lifecycle Management

Desktops

Service desk
User portal & self service

Tablets

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Monitoring & alerting

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Laptops

Multicasting
User state migration

Remote control

Remote site support

Mobile access

Servers

Patch management

Discovery & inventory

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Vulnerability scanning
Virtual
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Privilege management

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Configuration management
Smartphones

For me, the KACE

appliance really is the
extra person. If something
goes wrong, I dont have
to physically visit the
machineI can push out
a new image, reboot,
and theres a new
machine sitting there.
Problem solved!

Asset management
Software distribution

Reporting & compliance

User environment management

Network assets

Designed to save you time and your organization money, the KACE K2000
Deployment Appliance typically installs in under one day at a low total cost.

Leigh Scaggs
Network Administrator,
Boyd County Public Library

Benefits:

Deploy in as little as one day

Train in hours via the Web
Upgrade in minutes
Low total cost of ownership
No hardware or software
pre-requisites
No incremental professional
service fees

Using the K2000

appliance we are
saving great amounts
of time over our old
methods. In the past
we would manually
image 10 or 15
computers in a day.
With the K2000, were
able to image upwards
of over 100 computers
in one day.
Mark Luffman
Director of IT Service
Cottonwood Oak Creek
School District

System requirements
For a complete list of system
requirements, visit
software.dell.com/products/
kace-k2000-systemsdeployment-appliance/

Features
Hardware-independent imaging
Provides industry-standardized imaging
in a clean and unified fashion via
hardware-independent native imaging
that can streamline image capture and
management and reduce storage costs,
while scaling to a growing portfolio of
managed operating systems.
Windows driver management
Automatically downloads the latest
drivers by computer model, while the
driver harvesting tool and hardware
inventory make working with drivers easy.
Centralized deployment library
Enables easy storing of deployment assets
in one manageable, secure location.
Customizable pre- and postdeployment configuration Enables
automation of all deployment tasks,
such as RAID and BIOS configuration,
application installation and your
own scripts.
Remote systems repair and recovery
Recovers systems using native Windows
and Mac toolsincluding native
imaging tools.
Integrated reporting Eases systems
deployment and appliance administration.
Windows network OS install Allows
for hardware-independent provisioning
of any system.
Windows user state migration
Centrally captures, stores and deploys
user-specific settings and files, enforces
compliance by excluding files by type
and location, and offers a single-step
offline migration.

Computer inventory scanning and

assessment Collects detailed
hardware inventory on target systems.
Network boot architecture Allows
deployment assets to be provisioned
over the network, even for bare-metal
machines, i.e., those without any
operating system and software.
Offboard storage Enables adding
Network Attached Storage using the
Network File System protocol to allow
the K2000 to grow with your needs.
Centralized administration Includes
an integrated web-based console for
easy, centralized systems deployment
and systems recovery.
Remote replication with virtual remote
appliances Allows a single centralized
K2000 Deployment Appliance to stage
and deploy virtual remote disk appliance
disk images, network OS installs, drivers
and applications to remote sites without
the need for dedicated hardware or
personnel at remote facilities. Virtual
remote appliances are easy to deploy
and maintain, and dramatically reduce
the cost and complexity of managing a
multi-site organization.

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This software, when combined with
Dell hardware and services, drives
unmatched efficiency and productivity
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Remote site management Allows

deployment of disk images, operating
systems, drivers and applications at
remote sites without dedicated on-site
hardware or staff.

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