User's Manual

20 Introduction

For using DTK utilities and scripts to deploy to a target system in the

embedded Linux environment:

Obtain the DTK Linux ISO image, which is a self-contained bootable

ISO image.

Use and customize the sample scripts per your requirements.

Set up an optimally configured source system by using the Systems Build

and Update Utility on the

Dell Systems Management Tools and

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DVD (to install your operating system) and the Systems

Service and Diagnostics Tools

(to load drivers).

NOTE: You can also download the latest drivers from support.dell.com.

Generate a system BIOS, BMC, RAID, and/or RAC configuration profile

from the optimally configured source system. Copy the generated

configuration files to a read/write share onto the workstation.

NOTE: You can obtain the system BIOS, BMC, RAID, and/or RAC

configuration files by booting from DTK Linux ISO image and running the

syscap.sh, raidcap.sh, and raccap.sh scripts.

NOTE: In previous releases, you could use a system profile generated on a

specific Dell system to deploy only that same system model. From DTK version

2.4 and later, you can use a system BIOS configuration profile generated for

all systems belonging to the same generation. For example, syscfg_x8xx.ini

for x8xx systems, syscfg_x9xx.ini for x9xx systems, and so on.

Create an operating system answer file that contains unattended operating

system software installation information.

Install an operating system on a target system.

Deploying

After you have prepared all scripts, files, and utilities, you are ready to proceed

with the deployment process. While there are many ways to use DTK utilities

to deploy Dell systems, this guide focuses on the two most common methods

for Windows PE and embedded Linux: media-based deployment (local) and

network-based deployment (remote).