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NOTE: You can use this script to create a new Dell utility partition only if there are no existing partitions on your

hard disk.

You can also use this script to upgrade or downgrade an existing Dell utility partition. Upgrades or downgrades can be

made only to existing Dell utility partitions to capture BIOS and BMC settings using the overwrite option.

CAUTION: The existing Dell utility partition must be the first primary partition on the hard disk. Also, the Dell utility

partition must be greater than or equal to 32 MB and less than 2 GB.

For details on the command line arguments to be used for UPINIT.BAT or upinit.sh, see the

Dell Deployment Toolkit

Command Line Interface Reference Guide T dell.com/support/manuals.

Preparing The Operating System Installation Scripts

The W2K8INST.BAT And W2K12INST.BAT script (on supported Windows operating systems), lininst.sh sample script (on

supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system) and suseinst.sh sample script (on supported SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server operating system) are used to perform an installation. The variables and paths must be specified

before the operating system can be installed.

CAUTION: It is recommended that you consult your Windows or Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server operating system

documentation and unattended deployment documentation to develop a thorough understanding of the unattended

installation process before attempting to perform a full scripted deployment.

NOTE: While installing Linux, ensure that you install grubin the boot partition. Otherwise, you cannot boot to the

utility partition by pressing the <F10> key during reboot.

W2K8INST.BAT And W2K12INST.BAT

The W2K8INST.BAT and W2K12INST.BAT sample scripts are used to perform an unattended installation of the Windows

Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems respectively. The variables and paths must be specified before

the operating system can be installed.

CAUTION: It is recommended that you consult your Windows operating system documentation and unattended

deployment documentation to develop a thorough understanding of the Windows unattended installation process

before attempting to perform a full scripted deployment.

The syntax for W2K8INST.BAT and W2K12INST.BAT are w2k8inst.bat and w2k12inst.bat respectively.

Utilities Used

SETUP.EXE — Used to install the operating system in conjunction with the UNATTEND.XML answer file.

External Dependencies

W2K8INST.BAT and W2K12INST.BAT scripts uses the uses two environment variables: DT_PLATFORM and

DT_DRIVE.

The DT_PLATFORM variable is set by TKENVSET.BAT using platform discovery.

The DT_DRIVE denotes the network drive letter to the network shared path containing the Windows Server 2008 or

the Windows Server 2012 operating system source and the UNATTEND.XML file.

The W2K8INST.BAT and W2K12INST.BAT scripts uses the UNATTEND.XML file in conjunction with SETUP.EXE utility to

install the operating system files. For more information about preparing the UNATTEND.XML file, see UNATTEND.XML.