Owner's Manual

What’s New
The new features for this release include:
• Added support for SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP2 (64-bit).
• Deprecated the following operating systems:
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 (64-bit)
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (32-bit and 64-bit)
o SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP1 (64-bit)
o Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
o Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Support for Dell PowerEdge yx2x systems.
• On PowerEdge yx2x systems, all the SYSCFG options are grouped as per the BIOS. SYSCFG configures and reports
the current and pending BIOS attributes.
• If the system has setup password, BIOS configuration using SYSCFG requires the setup password.
• Attributes such as ipv6, power budget, dynamic DNS, and dedicated NIC configurations are available only with the
appropriate installed license.
Supported Systems
For a complete list of supported Dell PowerEdge systems, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available at
support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page, click Software-> Systems Management -> Dell OpenManage Releases. Click
the appropriate product version to access the Support Matrix.
Supported Operating Systems
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
Hardware and Software Requirements
Before beginning the deployment process, ensure that you have the following tools, software, and information ready to use
or consult:
• Advanced knowledge of Windows.
• Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) to build Windows PE.
• An unzip utility.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) and Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
(including setting up of RIS and ADS environments), or any other third party deployment system or tool.
• Working knowledge of Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or any other third party deployment system or tool for
Windows PE.
• A workstation with the following capabilities:
o A writable CD/DVD drive and CD/DVD writing software
o Network access
• A target system with a CD/DVD drive, if you are performing a local deployment or network access if you are
performing a network deployment.
• All Deployment Toolkit utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files.
• All required Windows PE drivers, operating system drivers, and the Dell utility partition image file.
• A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for all the DTK options to work correctly. In
general, it is good practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or the "n-1" version that is available on
"support.dell.com." For more information see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available at
support.dell.com/manuals.