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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
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Windows
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Preinstallation
Environment (Windows PE) or a Linux environment.
What’s New in This Release
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.
DTK version 3.0 was released to support xx1x systems.
This release of DTK includes adding support for:
• New SYSCFG options for BIOS configuration
• New SYSCFG options for power management configuration
• New SYSCFG options for IPv6 configuration
• New RAIDCFG options
• Support for new Dell systems
NOTE: For the list of Dell systems supported for this version of DTK, see the
readme.txt file in the root folder, or the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix
on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD or on the
Dell Support website at support.dell.com.