Deployment Guide

Table 24. Deployment Scripts For Windows
Script Name Description Associated Files
W2K8INST.BAT Performs an unattended installation of
supported Windows Server 2008
operating systems.
• TKENVSET.BAT — Used by W2K8INST.BAT to inform the task
scripts about where to find the DTK utilities, scripts, and
configuration files.
• SETUP.EXE — Used by W2K8INST.BAT to install the operating
system with the UNATTEND.XML answer file.
• UNATTEND.XML — Used by W2K8INST.BAT with SETUP.EXE
to install the operating system files in BIOS mode.
• UNATTEND_UEFI.XML — Used by W2K8INST.BAT with
SETUP.EXE to install the operating system files in UEFI mode.
W2K12INST.BAT Performs an unattended installation of
supported Windows Server 2012
operating systems.
NOTE: From Windows Server
2012 onwards, Server Core is
the default deployment
configuration setting. However,
you can modify the xml files to
change the setting.
• TKENVSET.BAT — Used by W2K12INST.BAT to inform the task
scripts about where to find the DTK utilities, scripts, and
configuration files.
• SETUP.EXE — Used by W2K12INST.BAT to install the operating
system with the UNATTEND.XML answer file.
• UNATTEND2K12.XML — Used by W2K12INST.BAT with
SETUP.EXE to install the operating system files in BIOS mode.
• UNATTEND2K12_UEFI.XML — Used by W2K12INST.BAT with
SETUP.EXE to install the operating system files in UEFI mode.
Deployment scripts for systems running Linux operating systems
The following table lists the deployment scripts for systems running Linux.
Table 25. Deployment Scripts For Linux
Script Name Description Associated Files
lininst.sh and
lininst7.sh
Performs an unattended
installation of a supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
operating system in BIOS
and UEFI mode.
• tkenvset.sh — Used by lininst.sh to inform the task scripts about where
to find the DTK utilities, scripts, and configuration files.
• grub — Used to install the operating system with the unattended
answer file in BIOS mode.
• grub2 — Used to install the operating system with the unattended
answer file in UEFI mode.
NOTE: Both grub and grub2 use the following images with the
unattended answer file to perform unattended operations:
– initial ramdisk — Available on the Dell Systems Build and
Update Utility.
– kernel image — Available on the Linux operating system media.
• ks.cfg — Used by lininst.sh with grub to install the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Server (versions 3 and 4) operating system files in BIOS mode.
• ks-rhel5.cfg — Used by lininst.sh with grub to install the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Server (versions 5) operating system files in BIOS
mode.
• ks-rhel6.cfg — Used by lininst.sh with grub to install the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Server (versions 6) operating system files in BIOS
mode.
• ks_rhel6_uefi.cfg — Used by lininst.sh with grub2 to install the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Server (versions 6) operating system files in UEFI
mode.
• ks-rhel7.cfg — Used by lininst.sh with grub to install the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Server (versions 7) operating system files in BIOS
mode.
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