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
Bootable Windows PE media with Networking enabled.................................................................................... 54
Preparing and populating the network share....................................................................................................... 54
Deployment using removable boot media without a network media-based connection for systems
running windows........................................................................................................................................................... 55
Network based deployment for systems running windows.................................................................................... 55
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows........................................ 55
Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB files for systems running Windows......................55
Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux.....................................................................................................55
Network-based deployment..................................................................................................................................... 56
Media-based deployment.......................................................................................................................................... 57
Deployment using customized embedded Linux........................................................................................................59
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux............................................... 59
Chapter 8: Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux...........................60
Running update packages in Dell-provided embedded Linux................................................................................. 60
Running update packages in customized embedded Linux.....................................................................................60
Chapter 9: Known issues and frequently asked questions............................................................ 62
Known issues......................................................................................................................................................................62
General issues.............................................................................................................................................................. 62
RAIDCFG issues........................................................................................................................................................... 62
Windows PE installation issues................................................................................................................................ 62
Embedded Linux installation issues......................................................................................................................... 62
Frequently asked questions............................................................................................................................................ 62
General deployment questions................................................................................................................................. 62
RAIDCFG questions.................................................................................................................................................... 63
SYSCFG questions...................................................................................................................................................... 64
Embedded Linux questions....................................................................................................................................... 64
Windows PE questions...............................................................................................................................................65
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