User's Manual

Preparing the Directory Structure for Deployment in Microsoft
®
Windows
®
PE 29
Setting Up a Directory Structure for Deployment
To perform a DTK-enabled deployment, you must create a deployment directory structure on either a
network share or your local workstation hard drive. The deployment directory structure is a central
repository for all deployment files and can be used successively as a testing space, a repository for a
network deployment, and a repository to build a bootable deployment CD. If you plan to perform a
network-based deployment, you must set up the directory structure on a network volume that is
accessible from your workstation, the source system (to generate configuration information), and the
target system (to deploy).
Table 3-6. Supporting Tools and System Files
Additional Tools Purpose Source Save in DTK location
OEM Preinstallation Kit
(OPK) or Windows PE
CD and Microsoft
Windows Server
®
2003
(with SP1) to build
Windows PE 2005
Create a bootable CD.
NOTE: Contact Microsoft
to obtain the latest version
of OPK or Windows PE CD.
www.microsoft.com Save in the root
directory of the
bootable CD.
32-bit unzip utility Unzip utility partition
images in Windows PE.
www.info-zip.org
NOTE: This utility is not provided with
the Dell-supplied DTK zip file.
However, if you choose to use any
other unzip utility than the one
specified above, ensure that you
rename the utility to UNZIP.EXE and
that it supports the -d option to extract
the contents to a specified directory.
Save in one of the path
directories of your
Windows PE image,
preferably
\I386\system32.
upimg.bin Contains system-specific
Dell utility partition files.
NOTE: In the previous
releases, each
PowerEdge system
required a unique
upimg.bin file. Beginning
this release, the upimg.bin
file is common for all
PowerEdge systems.
Z:\Dell\Toolkit\
Systems, the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com, or the
Dell PowerEdge Installation and
Server Management CD
Save in the directory
Z:\Dell\Toolkit\
Systems.