Release Notes

• A workstation with the following capabilities:
• A writable CD/DVD drive and CD/DVD writing software
• 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. In general, it is good practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or
the "n-1" version that is available on "dell.com/support." For more information see the Dell
Systems Software Support Matrix available in the required version of OpenManage Software at
dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Operating System Requirements
DTK Utilities (SYSCFG and RAIDCFG) and scripts (sample) supports Windows PE 3.0, Windows PE 4.0 and
Windows PE 5.1.
For Microsoft WinPE and OS deployment support limitations refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/hh824993.aspx
DTK helps deploy the following Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Note: On Dell's PowerEdge 13th generation and later servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit) deployment is not supported. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
SP1( 64-bit)
• 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
What’s New
The new features for this release include:
• DTK to RACADM converter — An utility added to convert the existing DTK SYSCFG deployment
scripts to equivalent RACADM scripts which helps in the seamless migration to utilize RACADM in
deployment solution.
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell Systems Software
Support Matrix at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
• Support for the following network cards:
 Emulex OneConnect OCe14102B-U1-D 2-port PCIe 10GbE CAN
 Emulex OneConnect OCm14104B-U1-D 4-port 10GbE rNDC CAN
 Emulex OneConnect OCm14102B-U4-D 2-port 10GbE bNDC CAN
 Emulex OneConnect OCm14102B-U5-D 2-port 10GbE Mezz CAN
 Emulex OneConnect OCe14102B-N1-D 2-port PCIe 10GbE NIC
 Emulex OneConnect OCm14104B-N1-D 4-port 10GbE rNDC NIC