Deployment Guide

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Introduction
Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files to deploy and
configure your Dell system. You can use DTK to build script-based and RPM-based installation for deploying a large number of
systems reliably, without changing their current deployment processes. You can use DTK in a Microsoft Windows Preinstallation
Environment (Windows PE) or a Linux environment.
What is new in this release
The new features for this release include:
• Support for installation and deployment of the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI modes:
– Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) to build Windows PE 10.0.
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64-bit).
– Dell’s Precision R7910 Supported operating systems:
– Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit).
• Support for the following network cards:
– Intel XL710 DP 40Gb QSFP+ Rack NDC
– Intel 40GbE 2P XL710 Adapter
– Intel(R) X550 Dual Port 10GBASE-T Networking Adapter
– Broadcom 10GbE 2P 57402S Adapter
– Broadcom 25GbE 2P 57404S Adapter
– Broadcom 10GbE Base-T 2P 57406 Adapter
– Mellanox Connect X-4 LX DP 25Gb SFP rNDC
– Mellanox 25GBE 2P Connect X-4 LX Adapter
– Intel 82599 DP 10G Mezzanine Adapter (Supported only on Dell PowerEdge C6320)
• Support for the following Dell PowerEdge servers:
– R830
• Optional support for force option in Resetting the Controller under the RAID configuration Utility options and arguments.
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix at
dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
NOTE: Use both DTK and the Server Administrator from the same release version to get complete supported features of
Server Administrator.
SYSCFG equivalent RACADM commands
The DTK SYSCFG deployment scripts are converted to equivalent RACADM scripts, that helps in migration to utilize RACADM in
the deployment solution. Starting 12th generation of PowerEdge servers and later, selected set of SYSCFG commands are a part of
the DTK sample scripts. The utility has the conversion tool for converting the SYSCFG scripts in both environments Microsoft
Windows and Linux operating systems. The list of DTK sample scripts are present in \Toolkit\Tools\CONVERTER\
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