Owner's Manual

Introduction
The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files
that you need, to deploy and configure your Dell system. You can use DTK to build script-based and RPM-based
installation for deploying large number of systems on a pre-operating system environment in a reliable way, without
changing their current deployment processes.
Documents You May Need
For a complete list of supported operating systems, BIOS firmware, and hardware, see the Dell Systems Software
Support Matrix available at dell.com/support/manuals.
• Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide
• Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User’s Guide
• Operating system documentation
Accessing Documents From Dell Support Site
To access the documents from Dell Support site:
1. Go to dell.com/support/manuals.
2. In the Tell us about your Dell system section, under No, select Choose from a list of all Dell products and click
Continue.
3. In the Select your product type section, click Software and Security.
4. In the Choose your Dell Software section, click the required link from the following:
– Client System Management
– Enterprise System Management
– Remote Enterprise System Management
– Serviceability Tools
5. To view the document, click the required product version.
NOTE: You can also directly access the documents using the following links:
• For Enterprise System Management documents — dell.com/openmanagemanuals
• For Remote Enterprise System Management documents — dell.com/esmmanuals
• For Serviceability Tools documents — dell.com/serviceabilitytools
• For Client System Management documents — dell.com/OMConnectionsClient
• For OpenManage Connections Enterprise systems management documents — dell.com/
OMConnectionsEnterpriseSystemsManagement
• For OpenManage Connections Client systems management documents — dell.com/OMConnectionsClient
Prerequisites
Before using DTK to deploy Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment (PE) or Linux environment (Red Hat
Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server), ensure you have the following prerequisites:
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