Deployment Guide

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Supported operating systems
DTK utilities support Windows PE 10.0 (64-bit), Windows PE 5.1 (64-bit), Windows PE 4.0 (64-bit), and Windows PE 3.0 (32-bit
and 64-bit) to deploy the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:
NOTE: On Dell's 13th generation and later PowerEdge servers, deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit
and 64-bit) is not supported.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1( 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Foundation, Essentials, and Standard editions
Dells Precision R7910 Supported operating systems
Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
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 (64bit)
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 (64bit)
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.
Toolkit Utilities
DTK contains utilities that allow you to configure the BIOS, Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), Remote Access
Controller (RAC), RAID controllers, and hard-drive partitions on supported Dell systems. Additionally, the utilities can be
integrated with the sample files provided with the toolkit to fully configure one-to-many target systems in a scripted mass
system deployment.
System Configuration Utility
The SYSCFG utility performs the following tasks:
Reports and sets BIOS configuration options.
Reports and sets BMC/RAC configuration options.
Reports and sets user-configurable states.
Reports system information, including PCI device detection.
RAID Configuration Utility
The RAIDCFG utility reports and sets RAID configuration options.
Introduction
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