Dell Openmanage Deployment Toolkit 4.
Release Type and Definition Deployment ToolKit The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, scripts, and sample configuration files that to deploy and your Dell system. You can use DTK to build script-based and RPMbased installation for deploying large number of systems on a preoperating system environment in a reliable way, without changing their current deployment processes.
• 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.
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (64–bit) o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 (64–bit and 32–bit) • Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials (64–bit). • Software RAID (only PERC S110 controller) support for the installation of Windows Server 2012 (64–bit). • Support for detecting the type of Chassis Management Controller (CMC). For more details, see the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
o 115200 for PowerEdge 9G systems with DRAC 5. o If you enter an unsupported baud rate, you may receive an error, "Parameter out of range." The legacy attribute values enable and 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.
RAIDCFG Issues You can assign up to 10 Global hot spares using Raidcfg. Use The Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management for assigning more than 10 Global hot spares. Raidcfg does not support Non RAID (Volume) mode on s100/s300/S110 controller. S300 controller CachePolicy setting is "Not Applicable". Hence VD created with different cachepolicy settings from OROM utility will be displayed as "Not Applicable".
and configuration files to reflect the unique information for each system being deployed. Many options are available to optimize this process. Upgrading From Previous Versions When upgrading from a previous release of the DTK, ensure that you create environment for the new DTK version separately from the previous version of DTK. This step is necessary because the environments and requirements for the new DTK versions are completely different.
