Owner's Manual

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.
• Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) and
• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) 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
dell.com/support/manuals.
Installation
For complete installation and deployment instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User's Guide."
Installation Prerequisites
Before extracting Deployment Toolkit components, ensure that you have:
• The Deployment Toolkit self-extracting installation file ("DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe")
• A Windows workstation that has at least 512 MB of RAM.
• A writable CD drive and CD-writing software (optional)
• 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."