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 Using DTK utilities you can deploy the following Linux operating systems: (Also you can install the utilities on the following operating systems) – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (64-bit) – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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.
57600 for PowerEdge x9xx systems without Dell Remote Access Controller 5 (DRAC 5). 115200 for PowerEdge x9xx systems with DRAC 5.If you enter an unsupported baud rate, you may receive an error, "Parameter out of range." 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.
USB keys should not be mounted to the /tmp directory. Inside the /tmp directory, create a new directory and mount the USB to this. On Dell PERC H310 controllers, conversion of a RAID Capable Disk to Non-RAID disk and vice versa is not supported using raidcfg. 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.
Operating System Installation Issues Installation of legacy Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems may fail due to lack of support for new hardware. You should modify the '%post' section of "ks.cfg" to update to a newer version of the kernel or install the drivers from this section. The default root password for Linux installation is "root123." This could be changed to be encrypted in the template "ks.cfg" provided.
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