Owner's Manual

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environments and requirements for DTK version 3.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.
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SCRIPT NOTES
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* The sample scripts are provided as examples for customers who 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.
* Because of security reasons, the "ssh" and "scp" services are not
available from DTK 3.1.1 onwards. The mount command is available
in the DTK CD.
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TOOL NOTES
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* SYSCFG:
- Some options may not be present on all systems, which may
be due to the BIOS version or hardware feature set. The usage
information generated by running SYSCFG without arguments shows
only those options that are valid for your system.
- The "--devseq" option is present only if you have an
available, bootable hard-disk partition. If this option is
present in the configuration file, but not present on your
system, you will receive a usage error.