User's Manual

Running The Deployment Scripts

This chapter provides best practices, procedures, and scenarios for using the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) to perform

pre‑operating system configuration tasks and to install supported operating systems on supported Dell systems.

After you have populated the deployment directory structure with all necessary files and carefully edited the deployment

scripts and configurations files, you are ready to begin the final stage of the deployment process. Before running the

deployment, however, you need to create specific deployment media to facilitate your chosen deployment method. The

common deployment scenarios are:

• Media Based Local Deployment For Windows

• Media Based Local Deployment With Networking Enabled For Windows

• Deployment Using Removable Boot Media With A Network Connection For Windows

• Deployment Using Removable Boot Media Without A Network Connection Or Media Based Connection For

Windows

• Network Based Deployment For Windows

• Using A Third Party Deployment Solution Framework For Windows

• Deployment Using Dell Provided Embedded Linux

• Deployment Using Customized Embedded Linux

• Using A Third-Party Deployment Solution Framework For Linux

Media-Based Local Deployment For Windows

This deployment method is easy to assemble, but is the least flexible. Any change to the system configuration, for

example, requires the creation of a new bootable media. This method does not provide a writable media, making it

necessary to use predefined and tested configuration files.

For the media-based deployment methods, the following tasks need to be completed:

• Creating And Customizing Images For Windows PE 3.0

• Creating And Customizing Images For Windows PE 4.0

• Integrating The DTK Directory Structure

• Creating A Bootable Media For WIN PE 3.0

• Running The Image

Creating And Customizing Images For Windows PE 3.0

If you are using Windows PE 3.0, download Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) from microsoft.com. By

default, Windows AIK is copied to the C:\Program Files\Windows AIK directory. You must include the Dell-customized

drivers and instrumentation drivers into your Windows PE media-based operating system.