User's Manual

Introduction 13
NOTE: The best practices examples included in this guide are intended to provide
illustrations for using specific scripts and configurations that have been tested on
specific Dell systems.
Preparing the deployment directory
structure that includes best
practices for:
• Installing DTK
• Gathering and organizing
deployment files (DTK, operating
system, drivers, systems
management software, and so on)
• Preparing an optimally configured
source system
""Preparing the
Directory Structure
for Deployment in
Microsoft Windows
PE" on page 31"
""Preparing the
Directory Structure for
Deployment in
Embedded Linux" on
page 85"
Preparing the deployment script
files, that includes best
practices for:
• Editing and modifying sample
scripts
• Capturing basic input/output
system (BIOS), baseboard
management controller (BMC),
and remote access controller
(RAC) configuration profiles from
an optimally configured source
system
""Preparing the Script
Files for Deployment
Using Microsoft
Windows PE" on
page 51"
""Preparing the Script
Files for Deployment
Using Embedded
Linux" on page 101"
Running a scripted deployment that
includes best practices for:
• Creating deployment media
• Running the deployment
""Running
Deployment Scripts
Using DTK and
Microsoft Windows
PE" on page 71"
""Running Deployment
Scripts and RPMs
Using DTK and
Embedded Linux" on
page 125"
Running Dell Update Packages in
the embedded Linux environment
on supported Dell systems.
Not applicable ""Running Dell Update
Packages in
Embedded Linux" on
page 131"
Table 1-1. Information Organization in This Guide
(continued)
Topics Section for
Windows PE
Section for
Embedded Linux