User's Manual

22 Introduction
Deployment Using Removable Boot Media Without a Network Connection
(CD-Based)
1 Create a deployment CD containing a bootable image with the
appropriate drivers. The CD must also include the complete deployment
directory structure, which contains all DTK utilities, scripts,
and configuration files, an operating system installation answer file,
and the required operating system installation files and drivers.
2 Insert the bootable CD into the CD drive of the system to be deployed
(the target system).
3 Boot or reboot the target system.
The deployment process begins:
• Windows PE or embedded Linux, as the case maybe, is loaded
from the CD.
• DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the CD.
• Configuration information is read from the CD.
• The operating system is installed from the CD.
Network-Based Deployment (Remote)
For Windows PE environments, deployment using RIS is recommended.
(For details, see the Microsoft RIS documentation.) You can also use any other
deployment tool such as ADS.
For embedded Linux environments, a PXE set up is recommended.
(For details, see documentation available on your Linux operating system.)
Other Documents You May Need
In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available on the
Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page,
click SoftwareSystems Management. Click on the appropriate product
link on the right-side to access the documents.
•The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface
Reference Guide
provides information about configuring the BIOS,
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), Remote Access Controller
(RAC), RAID controllers, and hard-drive partitions on supported Dell
systems.