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configured RAID or SCSI controller. Configure the other controllers after you install the Red Hat

Enterprise Linux operating system.

• When deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 on PowerEdge M915 using DTK

automated script (autoinst.xml), do the following:

1. In device map section,

<device_map_entry>

</device_map_entry>

change hd0 to /dev/sdc

2. In grub config section, change /dev/sda5 to /dev/sda6

3. If installer reports any missing packages, delete the packages from autoinst.xml.

Instrumentation Issues

The "/opt/dell/srvadmin" directory in the DTK ISO image should be writable. It enables the

instrumentation services to work properly.

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 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

shell scripts and configuration files to reflect the unique information for each system being deployed.

Many options are available to optimize this process.