Release Notes

Importance

RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature

enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS,

drivers and software).

Platforms Affected

For a complete list of supported Dell PowerEdge systems and supported Operating systems, see the Dell Systems Software Support

Matrix available in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

What Is Supported

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before installing the DTK components for embedded Linux, ensure that you have:

• The DTK ISO image, which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, and documentation to deploy your Dell

system.

• A Linux workstation that has at least 200 MB of free hard-drive space.

• When building customized Linux ISOs, you might need to incorporate the following Red Hat Package Managers (RPMs) provided by

DTK to ensure a successful build:

○ dtk-scripts

○ raidcfg

○ syscfg

• If you have the DTK CD mounted under "/mnt/cdrom," you can extract the DTK RPMs to build your customized ISO image under the

"RPMs" folder at the root of the CD.

Operating Systems Requirements

Using DTK utilities you can deploy the following Linux operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64–bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64–bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64–bit)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64–bit)

• CentOS 6.7 (64–bit)

• CentOS 7.2 (64–bit)

NOTE: CentOS deployment is supported only on DSS1510, DSS1500, DSS2500 platforms.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before beginning the deployment process, ensure that you have the following tools, software, and information ready to use:

• Advanced knowledge of Windows.

• Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) or Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) to build Windows PE.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) and Automated Deployment Services (ADS) (including setting up

of RIS and ADS environments), or any other third-party deployment system or tool.

• Working knowledge of Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or any other third-party deployment system or tool for Windows PE.

• A workstation with the following capabilities:

○ A writable CD/DVD drive and CD/DVD writing software

○ Network access

• A target system with a CD/DVD drive if you are performing a local deployment or network access if you are performing a network

deployment.

• All Deployment Toolkit utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files.

Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit 5.4 for Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment Release Notes