Users Guide
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions
• Dell’s Precision R7910 Supported operating systems
– Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
– Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
For Linux, the DTK utilities support deploying the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 (64-bit)
You can install the DTK Linux RPM utilities on the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (64-bit)
NOTE: The RPMs are available in the RPMs folder of DTK ELI ISO at linux.dell.com/repo/hardware,
and also in the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
Supported BIOS Firmware versions
The latest (n) version or the n-1 version of BIOS firmware that is available at www.dell.com/support.
Prerequisites and requirements
The prerequisites and requirements to run DTK utilities are listed in the following sections:
• Installation Prerequisites
• Deployment Prerequisites
Installation prerequisites
Before installing the DTK components for Windows PE, ensure that you have the following:
• The DTK self-extracting zip file (DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe), which contains the utilities, sample scripts,
sample configuration files, and documentation to deploy your Dell system.
• A Windows workstation or server that has 512 MB of RAM.
Before installing DTK components for embedded Linux, ensure that you have the following:
• The DTK ISO image, which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, RPMs, and
documentation to deploy your Dell system.
NOTE: The DTK ISO contains two bootloaders (isolinux for BIOS mode and grub2 for UEFI
mode).
• A Linux workstation that has at least 200 MB of free hard-drive space.
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