Owner's Manual
Installation
For complete installation and deployment instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User's Guide."
Installation Prerequisites
Before installing DTK components, ensure that you have:
The DTK ISO image available at support.dell.com.
A workstation that has:
o
512 MB RAM
o
A writable CD drive and CD-writing software (optional)
o
Network access
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."
Installation and Configuration Notes
The sample scripts are provided as examples for customers who want to develop their own deployment process.
Some customers may find that the scripts work well in their environment, while some customers may need to
develop their own scripts entirely from scratch. Customers deploying multiple systems need to provide unique
information for each server when appropriate. For example, system host names, IP addresses, and BIOS asset tags
need to be unique for each system. The batch scripts and configuration files need to be modified to reflect the
unique information for each system being deployed. Many options are available to optimize this process.
You can use a system BIOS configuration profile generated for all systems belonging to the same generation. For
example, "syscfg_xx2x.ini" for xx2x systems, and so on.
Because of security reasons, the "ssh" and "scp" services are not available from DTK 3.1.1 onwards. The mount
command is available in the DTK CD.
Upgrade
When upgrading from a previous release of the DTK, ensure that you create environment for the new DTK version separately
from the previous version of DTK. This step is necessary because the environments and requirements for the new DTK
versions are completely different.
Tool Notes
SYSCFG
Some options may not be present on all systems, which may be due to the BIOS version or hardware feature set.
The usage information generated by running SYSCFG without arguments shows only those options that are valid for
your system.