Download network and storage drivers

You can go the Quest KACE Support site to download the network and mass storage drivers required to build the KACE Boot Environment (KBE).

1.	Move any drivers that are currently stored in the drivers share directory to a different location.

NOTE: When switching from one version of WinPE KBE to another, remove any drivers that were downloaded from the Driver Feed because the drivers are similar. To avoid slow deployments, remove drivers for devices that are no longer in your environment.

2.	For instructions on adding drivers, re-caching, and building a new KBE, see https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/111717.

The extraction process creates a KBE_driver_pack directory, which contains the kbe_windows_x86 and the kbe_windows_x64 directories. The kbe_windows_x86 and kbe_windows_x64 directories each contain a dell-winpe-a0x and kace directory.

3.	Access the drivers share directory of your appliance from the UNC path \\<appliance>\drivers where <appliance> is either the appliance IP address or the DNS name.

4.	Copy the contents from the KBE_driver_pack/kbe_windows_x86 directory in to the corresponding kbe_windows_x86 directory on the appliance. Also, copy the contents of the KBE_driver_pack/kbe_windows_x64 directory in to the corresponding kbe_windows_x64 directory on the appliance.

5.	Create the directory structure for the driver types, for example .inf, .sys, and .cat.

There might be dependent files that the .inf file requires to load the drivers, or you can add drivers that are not in the driver package. Quest KACE recommends placing all files in the same directory as the .inf, .sys, and .cat files.

The command-line tasks from Windows are complete. You can log in to the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance Administrator Console to re-cache the driver directory to which you added the drivers.

6.	On the left navigation pane, click Library to expand the section, then click Drivers to display the Drivers page.

7.	Select Choose Action > Add Drivers, and re-cache the directory to which you added drivers.

The driver re-cache scans only the drivers share directory. The drivers_postinstall directory does not require re-caching.

Use the latest version of the KACE Media Manager and the Windows ADK to build the WinPE KBE for Windows 7 and higher. The new KBE includes the new drivers.