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Running the Deployment Scripts 83

Running the Deployment Scripts

This chapter provides best practices, procedures, and scenarios for using the

Deployment Toolkit (DTK) to perform pre-operating system configuration

tasks and to install supported operating systems on supported Dell systems.

After you have populated the deployment directory structure with all

necessary files and carefully edited the deployment scripts and configurations

files, you are ready to begin the final stage of the deployment process. Before

running the deployment, however, you need to create specific deployment

media to facilitate your chosen deployment method. The common

deployment scenarios are:

• Media-based Local Deployment for Windows

• Media-Based Local Deployment With Networking Enabled for Windows

• Deployment Using Removable Boot Media With a Network Connection

(Media-Based) for Windows

• Deployment Using Removable Boot Media Without a Network

Connection (Media-Based) for Windows

• Network-Based Deployment (Remote) for Windows

• Using a Third-Party Deployment Solution Framework for Windows

• Deployment Using Dell-Provided Embedded Linux

• Deployment Using Customized Embedded Linux

• Using a Third-Party Deployment Solution Framework for Linux

Media-based Local Deployment for Windows

This deployment method is easy to assemble, but is the least flexible.

Any change to the system configuration, for example, requires the creation of

a new bootable media. This method does not provide a writable media,

making it necessary to use predefined and tested configuration files.

For the media-based deployment methods, the following tasks need to be

completed.

• Creating and Customizing Images