Users Guide
Additional Tools Purpose Source Save in DTK location
NOTE: For legacy
operating systems,
you may need to use
the driver disk. At the
end of the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
Server installation,
you may need to
install the drivers
available on the
Systems Build and
Update Utility.
Deploying operating systems
After the system hardware is versioned and configured, an operating system can be installed using
unattended setup files, samples of which are provided as part of DTK. The sample configuration files are
operating system specific, and have been enhanced for Dell systems. For information on modifying the
sample configuration files, see your operating system documentation.
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 limitations, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
library/hh824993.aspx.
DTK helps to deploy the Microsoft Windows Server operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode, for
supported OS information refer Supported operating systems.
NOTE: For the latest supported operating systems, see the Windows PE documentation.
DTK helps to deploy the Linux operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode, for supported OS information
refer Supported operating systems . The sample configuration files contain examples to deploy the
supported operating systems.
Deployment
DTK offers a complete set of utilities, sample scripts, and RPM packages that can be used to automate
deployment on large numbers of Dell systems. This guide is designed to help you through some of the
most basic planning considerations, logistical preparations, and deployment procedures to get you
started using DTK to deploy Dell systems.
A well-thought-out deployment plan is critical to the success of your deployment effort and includes the
following considerations:
• Assessing your existing IT environment
• Selecting an operating system
• Selecting the optimum Dell OpenManage systems management software configuration for
your system
• Choosing a deployment method
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