User's Manual

Introduction 21

Deployment Using Removable Boot Media With a Network Connection (Media-

Based)

For media-based deployment with a network connection:

Create a deployment media containing a bootable image with the

appropriate media and network drivers, along with any utilities needed to

connect to a network share. The deployment media initiates the

deployment process by mapping to the network share where the

deployment directory structure resides.

Insert the bootable media into the appropriate drive of the system to be

deployed.

Boot or reboot the system.

The configuration process begins and the following tasks are completed:

• Windows PE or embedded Linux, as the case may be, is loaded from

the media.

• Network shares are mapped.

• DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the network

share or the media itself.

• Configuration information is read from the network share.

• The operating system is installed from a network share.

(This installation may happen after your system reboots.)

Deployment Using Removable Boot Media Without a Network Connection

(Media-Based)

For media-based deployment without a network connection:

Create a deployment media containing a bootable image with the

appropriate drivers. The media 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.

Insert the bootable media into the media drive of the system to be

deployed (the target system).