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Introduction 9
Introduction
Dell™ OpenManage™ Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities
for configuring and deploying Dell PowerEdge™ systems. DTK is designed for
customers who need to build scripted installations in order to deploy large
numbers of systems in a reliable fashion without having to dramatically
change their current deployment processes.
DTK consists of command line utilities to configure various system features,
sample scripts to perform common deployment tasks, and documentation for
each utility. You can use DTK in a Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Preinstallation
Environment (Windows PE) or a Linux environment.
What’s New
Deployment Toolkit version 1.0 was the first release of a Dell-designed and
tested suite of utilities, sample script files, and best practices models to use
for configuring and deploying Dell systems in a customized, predictable, and
unattended manner. DTK versions 1.1, 1.3, and 1.4 included added support
and additional utility options. DTK version 2.0 was the first release with
flexibility to use DTK in either a Windows PE or an embedded Linux
environment.
The new features for DTK version 2.4 include:
• Support for Dell PowerEdge systems T105, R200, R805, R900, M600, M605
NOTE: R805, M600, and M605 are scheduled to be available in Q4 CY07 - Q1
CY08.
• Support for installing Windows PE 2.0
• Support for PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller (PERC) 6 and Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) 6
• Support for Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 6 and RAID 60
• Support for installing Microsoft Windows Server
®
2008
NOTE: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is scheduled to be available in the
first half of 2008. For the latest information, see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx