User's Manual

22 Introduction
3 Boot or reboot the target system.
The deployment process begins and the following tasks are completed:
• Windows PE or embedded Linux, as the case maybe, is loaded
from the media.
• DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the media.
• Configuration information is read from the media.
• The operating system is installed from the media.
Network-Based Deployment (Remote)
For Windows PE environments, deployment using RIS is recommended.
(For details, see the Microsoft RIS documentation.) You can also use any other
deployment tool such as ADS.
For embedded Linux environments, a Pre-boot eXecution Environment
(PXE) set up is recommended. (For details, see documentation available on
your Linux operating system.)
Other Documents You May Need
In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available at
support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page, click SoftwareSystems
Management. Click on the appropriate product link on the right-side to
access the documents.
•The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Quick Installation Guide
provides information about installing and deploying DTK on supported Dell
systems. The guide is available as part of DTK download and at
support.dell.com .
•The
Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface
Reference Guide
provides information about configuring the BIOS,
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), Remote Access Controller
(RAC), RAID controllers, and hard-drive partitions on supported Dell
systems.
•The
Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User's Guide provides
additional information about performing an unattended installation of Server
Administrator on systems running supported Windows, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Server, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems.