Users Guide

Overview
Dell EMC Reseller Option Kit (ROK) is a standalone Dell EMC branded operating system (OS) kit. It is offered in the following editions:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008
NOTE: ROK is supported only in English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified
Chinese, and Turkish.
Topics:
• Installing operating system
• Related information
• Important information
• Operating system support matrix for the Dell EMC PowerEdge systems
Installing operating system
NOTE:
You can install the ROK media only on the Dell EMC PowerEdge systems and virtual machines (VMs) hosted on
the Dell EMC systems. If you try to install the Windows Server operating system (OS) on a non-Dell EMC PowerEdge
system or on a VM hosted on a non-Dell EMC PowerEdge system, the installation may fail, and the system verification
failure message is displayed.
NOTE: Windows Server OS can be installed only on certain Dell EMC PowerEdge systems. For a list of the Dell EMC
supported PowerEdge systems and OS combinations, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell EMC
PowerEdge Systems document at Dell.com/ossupport.
Related information
• Installation Guides, and Important Information Guides for the following operating system (OS) are available at Dell.com/
operatingsystemmanuals:
○ Microsoft Windows Server 2016
○ Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
○ Microsoft Windows Server 2012
○ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
○ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
NOTE:
• Dell EMC offers multilingual Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2, and Microsoft Windows Server 2016
media from which you can select the language of your choice to install the OS.
• Dell EMC offers separate Japanese media for Windows Server 2012 R2 OS.
• Dell EMC offers separate Simplified Chinese media for Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2, and Microsoft
Windows Server 2016 OS.
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