Managing drivers

Add drivers to system images

Adding drivers to scripted installation deployments

Managing network drivers

Managing operating system drivers

You can manage the network and mass storage drivers required to build the KACE Boot Environment from the drivers share directory. You can manage the drivers that the operating system requires by enabling the Driver Feed, which downloads and installs drivers to the driver_postinstall directory.

The appliance's driver library is a network share that stores the drivers that the appliance and Remote Site Appliance deployments use. The appliance automatically installs the drivers as part of the deployment, and enables uploading drivers for peripherals and hardware that are not included in the Source Media or the KACE Boot Environment (KBE). The appliance hosts Samba shares, and provides three directories to help you manage drivers.

Downloaded drivers are stored in the drivers_postinstall share directory using the following folder structure:

•	Virtual devices: <OS_name>/<OS_version>/<OS_platform>/any/vmware|hyperv/. For example: /windows/7/x64/any/vmware/.

•	Physical devices: <OS_name>/<OS_version>/<OS_platform>/<build_version>|any/<manufacturer>/<system_ID>/. For example: /windows/7/x64/any/dell/049a/.

Ensure that you set the appliance Samba Share Password on the General Settings page.

About adding drivers to the drivers_postinstall directory

•	You can add device drivers that do not get updated from the Driver Feed to the drivers_postinstall directory.

•	You can organize the drivers under the drivers_postinstall directory using the above folder structure.

About adding drivers to the drivers directory

•	You can add any driver type to the drivers directory. Quest recommends only adding the network and storage drivers required to build the KACE Boot Environment (KBE).

•	The drivers directory is organized into subdirectories: two boot environments and a directory for each of the supported operating systems. Each KBE and operating system type requires its own driver versions. You can create folders under the drivers share directory to organize the drivers.

•	The added drivers must match the version of the WinPE that you are using.

•	Drivers that are included in a single .exe or .msi file require extracting the files before adding the drivers to the folder.

About adding drivers to the restore directory

•	You can add driver packages that are larger than 1.5 GB to the restore directory.

NOTE: The Package Management Export feature creates packages for larger driver files that you can import from the restore directory to the appropriate drivers share directory to make the drivers available to the appliance.