Users Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsSoftwareDell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 5.0.1

Contents

1 Introduction...........................................................................................................6

What Is New In This Release.................................................................................................................6

Other Documents You May Need.........................................................................................................7

Other Supporting Documents You May Need.....................................................................................8

Accessing documents from Dell support site......................................................................................8

Contacting Dell......................................................................................................................................9

2 Prerequisites And Deployment........................................................................ 10

Supported Systems..............................................................................................................................10

Supported Operating Systems............................................................................................................10

Supported BIOS Firmware Versions.................................................................................................... 11

Prerequisites And Requirements......................................................................................................... 11

Installation Prerequisites................................................................................................................ 11

Deployment Prerequisites............................................................................................................. 12

Drivers............................................................................................................................................ 13

Other Supporting Tools And System Files.................................................................................... 13

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.............................................................................................. 20

Extracting DTK Components On Systems Running Windows..........................................................20

DTK Components On Systems Running Windows......................................................................20

Extracting DTK Components On Systems Running Linux.................................................................21

DTK Components On The Mounted Media..................................................................................21

Directory Structure On The Target System.................................................................................. 21

DTK Contents...................................................................................................................................... 22

System Utilities And Supported Files For Windows......................................................................22

System Utilities And Supported Files For Linux............................................................................ 23

Sample Configuration Files For Windows..........................................................................................24

Sample Configuration Files For Linux.................................................................................................25

Sample Scripts For Systems Running Windows.................................................................................26