Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 5.4 User's Guide
- Introduction
- Pre-requisites and deployment
- Downloading DTK
- DTK Seamless package
- Setting up a directory structure for deployment
- Preparing the script files
- Using the sample DTK scripts to run a full deployment
- Editing the sample batch files to perform a complete system deployment
- Scripts for deployment on systems running windows
- Scripts for deployment on systems running Linux
- Replication scripts for deployment on systems running windows operating system
- Replication scripts for deployment on systems running Linux operating system
- Deployment scripts for systems running windows operating systems
- Deployment scripts for systems running Linux operating systems
- Other scripts for systems running Windows operating systems
- Other scripts for systems running Linux operating systems
- Editing example of TKENVSET and tkenvset
- Editing DTK task scripts
- Using DTK sample scripts to capture configuration information
- Preparing the operating system installation scripts
- Running the deployment scripts
- Deployment using removable boot media with a network connection media-based for systems running windows
- Media-based local deployment for systems running Microsoft Windows
- Media-Based local deployment with Networking enabled for systems running windows
- Deployment using removable boot media without a network media-based connection for systems running windows
- Network based deployment for systems running windows
- Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows
- Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB files for systems running Windows
- Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux
- Deployment using customized embedded Linux
- Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux
- Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux
- Known issues and frequently asked questions
Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 6
What is new in this release................................................................................................................................................6
Other Documents You May Need....................................................................................................................................6
Other supporting documents you may need................................................................................................................. 7
Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site.................................................................................... 7
Contacting Dell.....................................................................................................................................................................8
Chapter 2: Pre-requisites and deployment.................................................................................... 9
Supported systems............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Supported operating systems...........................................................................................................................................9
Supported BIOS Firmware versions.............................................................................................................................. 10
Prerequisites and requirements......................................................................................................................................10
Installation prerequisites.............................................................................................................................................10
Deployment prerequisites...........................................................................................................................................10
Drivers..............................................................................................................................................................................11
Other supporting tools and system files..................................................................................................................11
Deploying operating systems.......................................................................................................................................... 12
Deployment..........................................................................................................................................................................13
Deployment matrix for PowerEdge FD332.................................................................................................................. 13
Deployment matrix.............................................................................................................................................................15
DTK deployment overview...............................................................................................................................................16
Preparing for deployment.......................................................................................................................................... 16
Deployment....................................................................................................................................................................16
Configuring a source system ..........................................................................................................................................16
RAC and BIOS configuration..................................................................................................................................... 17
How to obtain Dell utility partition files...................................................................................................................17
Chapter 3: Downloading DTK........................................................................................................18
Extracting DTK components on systems running windows.................................................................................... 18
DTK components on systems running windows................................................................................................... 18
Extracting DTK components on systems running Linux........................................................................................... 19
DTK components on the mounted media...............................................................................................................19
Directory structure on the target system.............................................................................................................. 19
DTK contents..................................................................................................................................................................... 20
System utilities and supported files for windows................................................................................................ 20
System utilities and supported files For Linux.......................................................................................................21
SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands............................................................................................................. 22
Sample scripts for deployment...................................................................................................................................... 26
Sample deployment configuration files for Windows..........................................................................................26
Sample deployment configuration files for Linux.................................................................................................26
Sample scripts for deployment on Windows system.......................................................................................... 27
Sample scripts for deployment on Linux system................................................................................................. 28
RPMs....................................................................................................................................................................................29
Documentation...................................................................................................................................................................29
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