Dell Openmanage Deployment Toolkit 5.0.
Release Type and Definition Deployment ToolKit The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, scripts, and sample configuration files that to deploy and your Dell system. You can use DTK to build script-based and RPM-based installation for deploying large number of systems on a preoperating system environment in a reliable way, without changing their current deployment processes.
Network access A target system with a CD/DVD drive if you are performing a local deployment or network access if you are performing a network deployment. All Deployment Toolkit utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files. All required Windows PE drivers, operating system drivers, and the Dell utility partition image file. A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for all the DTK options to work correctly.
It is required to perform a warm reboot after applying the syscfg settings changes on Dell PowerEdge 12G systems. If you perform operations that change the "--redmem" option, reboot your system immediately. It is applicable to both command line and "--infile" usage. NOTE: Additionally, the "--redmem" option should not be issued with any other command and should be immediately followed by a system reboot. This is important when you develop scripts that can alter the "--redmem" setting.
RACADM Issues If you use virtual media to boot into Windows PE, executing certain RACADM commands may cause Windows PE to crash.
Upgrading From Previous Versions When upgrading from a previous release of the DTK, ensure that you create environment for the new DTK version separately from the previous version of DTK. This step is necessary because the environments and requirements for the new DTK versions are completely different. Contacting Dell NOTE: Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options.
