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– Windows PE or embedded Linux, as the case maybe, is installed from the media.
– The DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the media.
– Configuration information is read from the media.
– The operating system is installed from the media.
Network Based Deployment For Systems Running Windows
For Windows PE environments, deployment using Remote Installation Services (RIS) is recommended. For details, see
the Microsoft RIS documentation. You can also use any other deployment tool such as Automated Deployment Services
(ADS).
Using A Third-Party Deployment Solution Framework For Systems
Running Windows
You can use DTK with any existing third-party deployment solution framework that provides an Automated Deployment
Services (ADS) booting infrastructure for Windows Deployment Services (WDS). Because each third-party deployment
framework is unique, these solutions fall outside the scope of this document. If you plan to utilize a third-party
deployment solution framework, keep in mind that DTK is a Windows PE-based set of tools and scripts, so the
deployment solution framework must also support Windows PE as a pre-operating system environment.
Deployment Using Dell Provided Embedded Linux
The two common scenarios for deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux are following:
• Network Based Deployment
• Media Based Deployment
Network-Based Deployment
The two common scenarios for network-based deployment are:
• PXE-Based Deployment
• Network File System or SMBFS File System Based Deployment
PXE-Based Deployment
The procedure enables you to boot DTK over network and pass parameters (startup script location and name) during
boot using the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) configuration file. This automatically launches the start-up script
off the network share, when DTK is booted.
1. Obtain the ISO image of the embedded Linux available at support.dell.com.
2. Set up the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) services and the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
services on your network to boot the target system using PXE.
3. In BIOS mode, copy the contents of the embedded Linux DTK ISO image (SA.1, SA.2, and isolinux.cfg) from /mnt/
cdrom/isolinux to the tftp folder. In UEFI mode, copy the contents of the embedded Linux DTK ISO image (SA.1 and
SA.2), from /mnt/cdrom/isolinux to the tftp folder.
4. Edit the configuration file (isolinux.cfg for BIOS or efidefault for UEFI mode) by providing the following options:
– IP address of the network share
– Share path of the network share
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