Deployment Guide

• 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 (64–bit)

• 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.

RAC Configuration Utility

The RACADM utility reports and sets RAC configuration options for Dell Remote Access Controller DRAC 5, iDRAC6, and iDRAC7,

and iDRAC8.

Disk Partitioning Utility

The UPINIT script creates, formats, and populates a Dell Utility Partition.

Replication Of DTK Utilities

This section explains the replication of DTK utilities.

File Format

The -i and -o options use the .ini file format for system configuration (SYSCFG) options. All name/value entries that follow the

[syscfg] section header in the .ini file belong to the SYSCFG utility. For an example of the syscfg.ini file, see Sample SYSCFG

Utility .ini File Format.

SYSCFG Replication Rules

Not all BIOS and BMC options can be replicated using the .ini file. For example, boot sequence and device sequence are only

replicated if a device name list can be supplied. A numerical device list cannot be replicated since the index values can change from