Reference Guide

Supported Systems

For a complete list of supported Dell PowerEdge systems, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix

in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Supported operating systems

DTK utilities support Windows PE 5.1 (64-bit), Windows PE 4.0 (64-bit), and Windows PE 3.0 (32-bit and

64-bit) to deploy the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

NOTE: On Dell's 13th generation and later PowerEdge servers, deployment of Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit) is not supported.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1( 64-bit)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions

• 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 7.0 (64-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (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 7.1 (64-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 (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.

Toolkit Utilities

DTK contains utilities that allow you to configure the BIOS, Baseboard Management Controller (BMC),

Remote Access Controller (RAC), RAID controllers, and hard-drive partitions on supported Dell systems.

Additionally, the utilities can be integrated with the sample files provided with the toolkit to fully configure

one-to-many target systems in a scripted mass system deployment.