Owner's Manual

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The Deployment Toolkit version 3.3 supports the following Dell
PowerEdge(TM) systems:
800, 830, 840, 850, 860, 1800, 1850, 1855, 2800, 2850, 6800,
6850, 1900, 1950, 1955, 2900, 2970, 6950, 2950, T105, R200,
R900, R805, M600, M605, T605, R300, T300, R805, R905, M805, M905,
R610, R710, T610, M610, M710, T310, T410, R410, M910, R810, and R310.
NOTE: Other systems may be supported with this release. See the Dell
Support website at "support.dell.com" to verify the supported
systems and to download the latest version of the toolkit.
* The sample scripts included with Deployment Toolkit have been
tested with the deployment of the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Server (R) 2003 with SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2
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Installation Prerequisites
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Before installing Deployment Toolkit components, ensure that you have:
* The Deployment Toolkit self-extracting installation file
("dtk-3.Xwinpe-AXX.exe"), which contains the utilities, sample
scripts, sample configuration files, and documentation you need to
deploy your Dell system.
* A Windows workstation that has at least 500 MB of free hard-drive
space.
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Deployment Prerequisites
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Before beginning the deployment process, ensure that you have the
following tools, software, and information ready to use or consult:
* Advanced knowledge of Windows.
* Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) to build Windows PE.
* An unzip utility.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS)
and Automated Deployment Services (ADS) (including setting up of
RIS and ADS environments), or any other third party deployment