Owner's Manual

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 (64–bit and 32–bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (64-bit)

NOTE: The RPMs are available in the RPMs folder of DTK ELI ISO and also at linux.dell.com/repo/hardware.

Supported BIOS Firmware Versions

The latest (n) version or the n-1 version of BIOS firmware that is available at support.dell.com.

Prerequisites And Requirements

The prerequisites and requirements to run DTK utilities are as given below.

NOTE: The target system must not have Fibre Channel (FC) devices.

See Also:

• Installation Prerequisites

• Deployment Prerequisites

Installation Prerequisites

Before installing the DTK components for Windows PE, ensure that you have the following:

• The DTK self-extracting zip file (DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe), which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample

configuration files, and documentation to deploy your Dell system.

• A Windows workstation or server that has 512 MB of RAM.

Before installing DTK components for embedded Linux, ensure that you have the following:

• The DTK ISO image, which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, RPMs, and

documentation to deploy your Dell system.

NOTE: The DTK ISO contains two bootloaders (isolinux for BIOS mode and grub2 for UEFI mode).

• A Linux workstation that has at least 200 MB of free hard-drive space.

Deployment Prerequisites

Before beginning the deployment process for Windows PE, ensure that you have all of the following tools, software, and

information ready to use or consult:

• Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Server 2008 R2 to build Windows PE 3.0.

• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows Server 2012 to build Windows PE 4.0.

• An unzip utility.

• Working knowledge to build Windows PE 3.0 and Windows PE 4.0 (see the Microsoft documentation to

customize Windows PE).

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) and Automated Deployment Services (ADS)

(including setting up of RIS and ADS environments) or any other third-party deployment system or tool for

Windows PE.

• Working knowledge of Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or any other third-party deployment system or tool

for Windows PE.