Users Guide
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Introduction
The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, sample scripts, and sample
configuration files that you can use to deploy and configure the Dell systems. You can use DTK to build
script-based and RPM-based installation for deploying large number of systems on a pre-operating
system environment in a reliable way, without changing their current deployment processes. Using DTK
you can install operating systems on Dell systems in BIOS or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
mode.
In addition to the command line utilities used to configure various system features, DTK also provides
sample scripts and configuration files to perform common deployment tasks and documentation. These
files and scripts describe the use of the DTK in Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows
PE) and Linux environments.
What is new in this release
The new features for this release include:
• DTK Seamless package — The DTK Seamless package is a single installer package that carries Linux
DTK RPMs (RHEL, SLES) and its dependencies. The seamless package will auto recognize the
operating system type and its respective dependency during the installation. The SYSCFG, RAIDCFG,
and RACADM tools are installed on the Linux operating system. However, these packages are available
only after Linux operating system is installed. For more information, see DTK Seamless package.
• DTK to RACADM - A utility added to seamlessly convert the DTK SYSCFG deployment scripts to
equivalent RACADM scripts to utilize RACADM in the deployment solution. This release covers some
more selected sets of the SYSCFG commands, which are part of the DTK sample scripts. For more
information, see SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands .
• Added support for installation and deployment of the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI
modes:
– Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit)
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64-bit)
– CentOS 6.7 (64-bit)
– CentOS 7.0 (64-bit)
NOTE: CentOS deployment is supported only on DSS1510, DSS1500, and DSS2500
platforms.
• Added support for the following Dell PowerEdge servers:
– R230
– R330
– T130
– T330
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