Users Guide

Downloading DTK
This section describes some of the procedures necessary to begin the deployment process, including:
● Downloading and unzipping the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) components, including a comprehensive matrix of DTK
components.
● Setting up a directory structure to facilitate a successful deployment, including a list of the supporting components that are
not included with DTK, but are needed to use DTK.
● Setting up an optimally configured source system.
● Configuring supported RAID controllers.
Topics:
• Extracting DTK components on systems running windows
• Extracting DTK components on systems running Linux
• DTK contents
• Sample scripts for deployment
• RPMs
• Documentation
• Drivers and Dell real mode kernel
Extracting DTK components on systems running
windows
DTK components are provided in a self-extracting zip file at www.dell.com/support. The self-extracting file can be opened
on any system running Microsoft Windows operating system. By default, DTKX.XWINPE- XX.exe files are extracted to the
root directory of your local hard drive, C:\. You can change this location by giving a different path when extracting the files, but
it is recommended that you keep the DTK default directory structure if you plan to use the sample deployment scripts provided
with DTK.
1. Download the DTK file DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe from www.dell.com/support and save it on your system.
2. After the file downloads, double-click the file. The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit for WindowsPE screen
containing the product and download information appears.
3. Click OK.
4. Click Unzip.
By default, files are unzipped to C:\. You can unzip the DTK components to your local hard drive and then copy them later
to a network volume, or you can change the installation path to an available network share. For example, you can unzip the
files directly to the network share (for example, Z:\) that you plan to use in the deployment process.
DTK components on systems running windows
Workstation is the system on which the DTK components are extracted.
Source system is an optimally configured system from which the system settings are captured.
Target system is the system on which the settings captured from the source system are replicated.
DTK utilities for 64-bit systems are located in the following directories:
● Utilities: \Dell\x64\Toolkit\Tools
● Sample scripts: \Dell\x64\Toolkit\Template\Scripts
● Sample configuration files: \Dell\x64\Toolkit\Template\Configs
The directory \Dell\x64\Toolkit\Systems is a placeholder that can be used for all system information that is captured
using sample scripts and tools (for example, the system specific BIOS) and Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
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