Owner's Manual

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by DTK tools to interact with the hardware.
* srvadmin-omilcore RPM - Contains a set of libraries and drivers
used by DTK tools to interact with the hardware.
If you have the DTK CD mounted under "/mnt/cdrom," you can extract
the DTK tools, scripts, and other essentials to build your customized
ISO image under the "tools" folder at the root of the CD.
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Deployment Prerequisites
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Before installing DTK components, ensure that you have:
* Advanced knowledge of Linux and Linux scripting (BASH), Linux
networking, installing and working with RPMs, and creating and
modifying loop file systems.
* Any third party deployment system or tool.
* A workstation that has
-500 MB RAM
-A writable CD drive and CD-writing software (optional)
-Network access
* A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for
all the DTK options to work correctly. In general, it is good
practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or
the "n-1" version that is available on "support.dell.com."
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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS - FEATURES
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Deployment Toolkit version 3.5 has the following new feature:
* Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP2
* Support for the following Dell Power Edge systems: R210 II, T110 II,
PE M915,R910, R810, and M910
* Support for following BIOS options: coreperformanceboost, memdynamicpower,
memprefailurenotify, and inteltxt
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INSTALLATION
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For complete installation instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage
Deployment Toolkit User's Guide."