Owner's Manual

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tool.
* A workstation with the following capabilities:
-- A writable CD drive and CD writing software
-- Network access
* A target system with a CD drive if you are performing a local
deployment or network access if you are performing a network
deployment.
* All Deployment Toolkit utilities, sample scripts, and sample
configuration files.
* All required Windows PE drivers, operating system drivers, and the
Dell utility partition image file.
* A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for
all the DTK options to work correctly. In general, it is good
practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or the
"n-1" version that is available on "support.dell.com."
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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
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Deployment Toolkit version 2.3 adds the following features:
* Support for Dell PowerEdge 2970 systems.
NOTE: Other systems may be supported with this release. Check
"support.dell.com" to verify the supported systems and to
download the latest version of the toolkit.
* Support for RAID replication feature that enables you to capture
and replicate RAID settings on PowerEdge systems with similar
configuration.
* A new utility partition image that can be installed on all supported
PowerEdge systems has been included with the DTK tools. The utility
partition image carries hardware diagnostics for PowerEdge systems
and can be installed on a partition of the hard disk.
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INSTALLATION
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For complete installation instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage
Deployment Toolkit User's Guide."
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UPGRADING
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