Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.
What’s New The new features for this release include: • Using DTK utilities you can deploy the following operating systems: – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (64-bit) – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 (32-bit and 64-bit) – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (64-bit) – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (64-bit) – Windows Server 2012 • You can install DTK Linux RPM utilities on the following operating systems: – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (64-bit) – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Supported Operating Systems DTK utilities support Windows PE 3.0 (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows PE 4.0 (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 • Windows Server 2012 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.
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.
• The legacy attribute values enable/disable are also supported for 12G systems for backward compatibility. In future releases these arguments might be deprecated. Try to use the values displayed in help message for BIOS options for 12G server. RAIDCFG • When creating virtual disks, the chunk (stripe) size is always in KBs. Do not specify any units of measure for the chunk size. • When providing multiple physical disks for the "create virtual disk" command, do not separate the disks with spaces.
SYSCFG Issues • In DRAC 5, the --virtualmedia and --vflash options do not work if there is an active virtual media session. Disconnect the virtual media using the DRAC GUI. Log into DRAC. Click Media > Virtual Media > Disconnect. • The syscfg --bootseq command detects CD-ROM with SAS/SATA controllers as unk.emb.1. • On R815, syscfg power --profile option allows to set to apc, though apc is not supported on R815. syscfg does not throw an error message. • On Windows PE 3.
• Running partcfg.bat may fail when virtual media is enabled. For the hard disk, partcfg.bat uses the driver letter "c:". When virtual media is enabled, sometimes, the virtual device gets assigned with the drive letter "c:" And, partcfg.bat execution fails. To run partcfg.bat successfully, either disable the virtual media or use the diskpart command to assign a free driver letter for partcfg.bat. Windows PE Issues • • Running partcfg.bat may fail when virtual media is enabled.
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