Owner's Manual
Contents
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................7
What's New In This Release.................................................................................................................................... 7
Other Documents You May Need............................................................................................................................. 8
Other Supporting Documents You May Need.......................................................................................................... 9
Accessing Documents From Dell Support Site.........................................................................................................9
Contacting Dell......................................................................................................................................................... 9
2 Prerequisites And Deployment............................................................................................... 11
Supported Systems.................................................................................................................................................11
Supported Operating Systems................................................................................................................................11
Supported BIOS Firmware Versions.......................................................................................................................12
Prerequisites And Requirements............................................................................................................................12
Installation Prerequisites................................................................................................................................. 12
Deployment Prerequisites................................................................................................................................12
Drivers.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Other Supporting Tools And System Files........................................................................................................14
Deploying Operating Systems.................................................................................................................................15
Deployment.............................................................................................................................................................15
Deployment Matrix................................................................................................................................................. 16
DTK Deployment Overview.....................................................................................................................................17
Preparing For Deployment............................................................................................................................... 17
Deployment...................................................................................................................................................... 18
Configuring A Source System ................................................................................................................................18
RAC And BIOS Configuration........................................................................................................................... 19
How To Obtain Dell Utility Partition Files..........................................................................................................19
3 Downloading DTK......................................................................................................................21
Extracting DTK Components On Systems Running Windows.................................................................................21
DTK Components On Systems Running Windows........................................................................................... 22
Extracting DTK Components On Systems Running Linux....................................................................................... 23
DTK Components On The Mounted Media.......................................................................................................23
Directory Structure On The Target System......................................................................................................24
DTK Contents.......................................................................................................................................................... 26
System Utilities And Supported Files For Windows.........................................................................................26
System Utilities And Supported Files For Linux................................................................................................27
Sample Configuration Files For Windows...............................................................................................................28
Sample Configuration Files For Linux..................................................................................................................... 28
Sample Scripts For Systems Running Windows.....................................................................................................29