User's Manual

Preparing the Script Files for Deployment Using Microsoft Windows PE 71

Perform the following steps to run the SYSCAP.BAT sample script to capture

BIOS and BMC configuration information in the syscfg.ini file:

Edit the

startnet.cmd

file on your Windows PE image to call the

SYSCAP.BAT

script after the network share with the prebuilt DTK

directory structure is mounted. For example, add:

call

:\Dell\Toolkit\Template\Scripts\SYSCAP.BAT

Boot the source system into Windows PE.

The script runs and saves configuration information in the

Z:\Dell\Toolkit\Systems\<target system>

directory.

Edit the

startnet.cmd

file in your Windows PE image to remove the text

you added in step 1.

Capturing the RAC Configuration With the RACCAP.BAT Sample Script

If your system has a RAC, you can replicate the RAC configuration from a

source Dell system’s RAC to an identical target Dell system with an identical

RAC (for example, from one PowerEdge 1850 with a DRAC4/I to another

PowerEdge 1850 with a DRAC4/I).

NOTE: For the script to complete successfully, the source system must have

access to the network share that includes the prebuilt DTK directory structure.

RACCAP.BAT

The RACCAP.BAT sample script captures RAC configuration settings and saves

them to a specified location. An optional user input can be passed as a

parameter. You can provide the path or file name as an input to this script.

The default variable values used in this script are set in the script to the

correct default values to perform a scripted deployment. The RACCAP.BAT

script uses the RACADM.EXE utility to retrieve RAC configuration settings

from the source system and to save the settings in a file named raccfg.ini in

the Z:\Dell\Toolkit\Systems\<target system> directory.

NOTE: Ensure that you run RACCAP.BAT in a writable environment. If you run

RACCAP.BAT in a read-only environment, DTK displays the message

<filename.ini> has been generated even though no new file is

created.