Quick Start Manual

Quick Installation Guide 3
Introduction
The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities,
sample scripts, and sample configuration files that you need, to deploy and
configure your Dell system. You can use DTK to build script-based and
RPM-based installation for deploying large number of systems on a
pre-operating system environment in a reliable way, without changing their
current deployment processes.
Documents You Will Need
• Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference
Guide
• Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User’s Guide
• Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD
• Operating system documentation
For a complete list of supported operating systems, BIOS firmware, and
hardware, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available at
support.dell.com/manuals Software Systems Management Dell
OpenManage Releases. Click the appropriate product version to access the
Support Matrix.
Prerequisites
Before using DTK to deploy Microsoft Windows Pre-installation
Environment (PE) or embedded Linux environment (Red Hat Enterprise
Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server), ensure you have the following
prerequisites:
• Software prerequisites
• Hardware prerequisites
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