===== Dell - NIM Process ===== ====Equipment Configuration Requirements==== There are three options to upload the software to the laptop: - Through a share drive and copy to local hard drive - Through an external USB drive (Preferred) - Through Blu-Ray optical media and copy to local hard drive * Minimum Requirements for the laptop * Internet not required * Windows 10/11 (Other Operating Systems will work and please contact us for those requirements) * A local admin account with a password that does not contain an exclamation point in it, except at the end if one is used. * The password is a Linux limitation and cannot be bypassed. * A folder called "nim" that allows the local admin read/write privileges * The nim folder contains the VxRail software * PowerShell * Version: 5.0 * Check current version * $PSVersionTable * Execution Policy set to RemoteSigned * Check current policy * Get-ExecutionPolicy * Set policy * Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine * Bi-directional read/write USB access