Quick Reference Guide

Introduction 7
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Introduction
Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities,
sample scripts, and sample configuration files to deploy and configure your
Dell system.You can use DTK to build script-based and RPM-based
installation for deploying a large number of systems reliably, without changing
their current deployment processes.You can use DTK in a Microsoft Windows
Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) or a Linux environment.
What’s New in This Release
The new features for this release include:
• Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1.
• Support for the following BIOS options: coreperformanceboost,
memdynamicpower, memprefailurenotify, and inteltxt. For more
information, see Table 3-2.
• Support for the following Dell PowerEdge systems: R210 II, T110 II,
M915, R910, R810, and M910.
NOTE: From DTK 3.4 onwards, PowerEdge systems M710HD and M610x are
supported.
Requirements
For Windows PE, the DTK utilities support Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit and 64-bit)
and Windows PE 3.0 (32-bit and 64-bit).
For embedded Linux, the DTK utilities can be run on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux (version 4, update 4) 32-bit.