Owner's Manual

14 Prerequisites and Deployment
Supported Operating Systems
For Windows, DTK utilities support Windows PE 2.0 (32-bit and 64-bit) and
Windows PE 3.0 (32-bit and 64-bit). Using DTK utilities we can deploy the
following Windows operating systems:
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
For Linux, DTK utilities support Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
version 5.5, update 4 (32-bit). Using DTK utilities we can deploy the
following Linux operating systems:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP4
• SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP2
Supported BIOS Firmware Versions
The latest (n) version or the n-1 version of BIOS firmware that is available at
support.dell.com.
Prerequisites and Requirements
The prerequisites and requirements to run DTK utilities are as given below.
NOTE:
The target system must not have Fibre Channel (FC) devices.
Installation Prerequisites
Before installing the DTK components for Windows PE, make sure that you
have the following:
• The DTK self-extracting zip file ( DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe ), which
contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, and
documentation you need to deploy your Dell system.
• A Windows workstation or server that has 512 MB of RAM.