Release Notes

Windows PE Issues
• Running partcfg.bat may fail when virtual media is enabled. For the hard disk, partcfg.bat uses
the driver letter "c:". When virtual media is enabled, sometimes, the virtual device gets assigned
with the drive letter "c:" And, partcfg.bat execution fails. To run partcfg.bat successfully, either
disable the virtual media or use the diskpart command to assign a free driver letter for
partcfg.bat.
• Windows PE 3.0 and 4.0 for 64-bit do not support racadm.exe for DRAC 4.
• When you install Windows 2008 R2 SP1 using WinPE 3.0, the interfaces of Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port
10 GbE DA/SFP+ network adapter do not display on WinPE 3.0 due to firmware limitation. To resolve the
issue on post OS, install the Out of Box drivers downloaded from dell.com/support.
• To boot to winPE3.x (32-bit and 64-bit) in BIOS boot mode on R730, R730 XD, R630, T630, and Dell
Precision 7910, disable USB3.0 and Memory Mapped IO.
• To boot to WinPE3.x (64-bit) in UEFI mode on R730, R730 XD, R630, T630 and Dell Precision 7910, enable
Load Legacy Video Option ROM.
Installation Prerequisites
Before extracting Deployment Toolkit components, ensure that you have:
• A workstation that has
• 512 MB RAM
• A writable CD drive and CD-writing software (optional)
• Network access
A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for all the DTK options to work
properly. In general, it is a good practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or the "n-1" version
that is available
on "support.dell.com."
Installation Procedure
For complete installation and deployment instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit
User's Guide and the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Installation Guide available at
dell.com/openmanagemanuals."
Installation and Configuration Notes
The sample scripts are provided as examples for customers who want to develop their own deployment
process. Some customers may find that the scripts work well in their environment, while some customers
may need to develop their own scripts entirely from scratch. Customers deploying multiple systems need
to provide unique information for each server when appropriate. For example, system host names, IP
addresses, and BIOS asset tags need to be unique for each system. Modify the batch scripts and
configuration files to reflect the unique information for each system being deployed. Many options are
available to optimize this process.
Installation of Dell utility partition is no longer supported on Windows PE.
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.