Owner's Manual

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".
On Dell PERC H310 controllers, conversion of a RAID Capable Disk to Non-RAID disk and vice versa is not
supported using raidcfg.
RACADM Issues
If you use virtual media to boot into Windows PE, executing certain RACADM commands may cause
Windows PE to crash.
After generating the rac configuration file using the "racadm getconfig -f <file_name>" command,
comment out the following properties in the configuration file before you update a configuration using
the "racadm config -f <file_name>" command:
#cfgRacTuneCtrlEConfigDisable=0
#cfgRacTuneLocalConfigDisable=0
VLAN objects (cfgNicVLanEnable, cfgNicVLanId, and cfgNicVLanPriority) displayed using the local
RACADM command "racadm getconfig -g cfgLanNetworking" or VLAN objects generated in the
configuration file using the local RACADM command "racadm getconfig -f <file name>" do not contain
the leading "#" symbol, which indicates that they are read-only.
Windows PE Issues
Running partcfg.bat may fail when virtual media is enabled. For the hard disk, partcfg.bat uses the driver
letter "c:". When virtual media is enabled, sometimes, the virtual device gets assigned with the drive letter
"c:" And, partcfg.bat execution fails. To run partcfg.bat successfully, either disable the virtual media or use
the diskpart command to assign a free driver letter for partcfg.bat.
Windows PE 3.0 and 4.0 for 64-bit do not support racadm.exe for DRAC 4.
Installation Prerequisites
Before extracting Deployment Toolkit components, ensure that you have:
• The DTK ISO image available at support.dell.com.
• A workstation that has
o 512 MB RAM
o A writable CD drive and CD-writing software (optional)
o Network access
A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for all the DTK options to work
properly. In general, it is a good practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or the "n-1"
version that is available on "support.dell.com."
Installation Procedure
For complete installation and deployment instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit
User's Guide."
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. For example, system host
names, IP addresses, and BIOS asset tags need to be unique for each system. Modify the batch scripts