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
● Network Based Deployment
● Media Based Deployment
Network-based deployment
The two common scenarios for network-based deployment are:
● PXE-Based Deployment
● Network File System or SMBFS File System Based Deployment
PXE-Based deployment
The procedure enables you to boot DTK over network and pass parameters (startup script location and name) during boot using
the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) configuration file. This automatically launches the start-up script off the network
share, when DTK is booted.
1. Obtain the ISO image of the embedded Linux available at www.dell.com/support.
2. Set up the Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) or Network file system (NFS) services and the Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) services on your network to boot the target system using PXE.
3. In BIOS mode, copy the contents of the embedded Linux DTK ISO image (SA.1, SA.2, and isolinux.cfg) from /mnt/
cdrom/isolinux to the NFS share folder for booting DTK via NFS or to any destination folder to boot via HTTP protocol.
In UEFI mode, copy the contents of the embedded Linux DTK ISO image (SA.1 and SA.2), from /mnt/cdrom/isolinux
to the either NFS share folder or to any destination folder based on the protocol.
4. Edit the configuration file (isolinux.cfg for BIOS or efidefault for UEFI mode) by providing the following options:
● IP address of the network share
● Share path of the network share
● Name of your startup script
The isolinux.cfg/efidefault file is ready for PXE-booting.
5. Copy isolinux.cfg file into the PXE configuration folder.
6. Create your own start-up script and place it in the network share specified in your modified isolinux.cfg/efidefault
file.
The modified script is picked up and executed during the boot process.
NOTE:
The network share on which you have the scripts and DTK files are mounted to /opt/dell/toolkit/
systems.
NOTE: Ensure that you specify the correct RAMDISK size in the PXE config file before booting through PXE. A sample
pxe config file is provided in /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.
Network file system or SMBFS file system based deployment
The procedure enables you to boot DTK and launch the start-up script automatically from a network share (NFS or SMBFS).
1. Obtain the ISO image of the embedded Linux available at www.dell.com/support.
2. Extract the contents of the ISO image to a folder (for example, isoimage) on your hard drive.
3. Copy the custom script to a share (nfs/smbfs).
4. In UEFI mode, modify the corresponding shared section (nfs/smbfs) in EFI/BOOT/dtk_grub.cfg and create iso using
mkisofs. For BIOS mode, modify the corresponding shared section (nfs/smbfs) in isolinux/isolinux.cfg and
create iso using mkisofs as follows: mkisofs -o output.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/
boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -pad -r -J -hide-joliet- trans-
tbl -eltorito-alt-boot -e efiboot.img -no-emul-boot isoimage
NOTE:
It is important to use mkisofs to make your customized image because the ISO Linux recognizes only the
isolinux.cfg (and all files within /isolinux). If you do not use mkisofs, the HAPI libraries of the DTK cannot
load and most of the Dell Update Packages do not work.
NOTE: The scripts that you copy into the media are copied to the RAM disk and run from the RAM disk. This task is
done to make sure that the media is not locked. Ensure that your sample scripts have valid path names.
56 Running the deployment scripts