Owner's Manual

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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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When upgrading from a previous release (1.x) of the DTK, ensure that
you create the new DTK version 2.x environment separately from your
previous version of DTK. This step is necessary because the
environments and requirements for DTK version 2.x are completely
different.
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USER NOTES
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This section provides information that can help enhance your
experience with the DTK.
* The sample scripts are provided as examples for customers that want
to develop their own deployment process. Some customers may find
that the scripts work well in their environment, while some
customers may need to develop their own scripts entirely from
scratch. Customers deploying multiple systems need to provide unique
information for each server when appropriate. For example, system
host names, IP addresses, and BIOS asset tags need to be unique for
each system. The batch scripts and configuration files need
to be modified to reflect the unique information for each system
being deployed. Many options are available to optimize this
process.
* In the previous releases, you could use a system profile
generated on a specific Dell system to deploy only that same system
model. Beginning this release, you can use a system BIOS
configuration profile generated for all systems belonging to the
same generation.
For example, "syscfg_x8xx.ini" for x8xx systems, "syscfg_x9xx.ini"
for x9xx systems, and so on.
* The "sshd" port is left open on the server after the DTK CD is
booted. You can log in as "root" without a password. This is done
so that scripts can be debugged easily. However, it could be a
security issue to leave the CD booted on a system.