Deployment Guide

For Linux, the DTK utilities support deploying the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64–bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64-bit)

• CentOS 7.0 (64-bit)

• CentOS 7.2 (64-bit)

NOTE: CentOS deployment is supported only on DSS1510, DSS1500, DSS2500 platforms.

You can install the DTK Linux RPM utilities on the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64–bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64-bit)

NOTE: The RPMs are available in the RPMs folder of DTK ELI ISO at linux.dell.com/repo/hardware, and also in the

Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

Supported BIOS Firmware versions

The latest (n) version or the n-1 version of BIOS firmware that is available at www.dell.com/support.

Prerequisites and requirements

The prerequisites and requirements to run DTK utilities are listed in the following sections:

• Installation Prerequisites

• Deployment Prerequisites

Installation prerequisites

Before installing the DTK components for Windows PE, ensure that you have the following:

• The DTK self-extracting zip file (DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe), which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration

files, and documentation to deploy your Dell system.

• A Windows workstation or server that has 512 MB of RAM.

Before installing DTK components for embedded Linux, ensure that you have the following:

• The DTK ISO image, which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, RPMs, and documentation to deploy

your Dell system.

NOTE: The DTK ISO contains two bootloaders (isolinux for BIOS mode and grub2 for UEFI mode).

• A Linux workstation that has at least 200 MB of free hard-drive space.

Deployment prerequisites

Before beginning the deployment process for Windows PE, ensure that you have all of the following tools, software, and information

ready to use or consult:

• Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows 7 (32-

bit and 64-bit) to build Windows PE 3.0 ISO image.

• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows Server 2012 to build Windows PE 4.0 ISO image.