Release Notes

• All required Windows PE drivers, operating system drivers, and the Dell utility partition image file.
• A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for all the DTK options to work correctly. In general, it is good
practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or the "n-1" version that is available on "dell.com/support." For more
information see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals.
Operating Systems Requirements
DTK Utilities (SYSCFG and RAIDCFG) and scripts (sample) supports Windows PE 3.0, Windows PE 4.0, Windows PE 5.1 and Windows PE
10.0.
For Microsoft WinPE and OS deployment support limitations refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
hh824993.aspx.
DTK helps deploy the following Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
NOTE: On Dell's PowerEdge 13th generation and later servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
deployment is not supported. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1( 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions
What’s New
The new features for this release include:
• Windows PE 10.0 Support for Deployment of WIndows Server 2016 and Windows 10
NOTE:
Windows 10 Operating system is support only on Dell Precision R7910 server.
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix at
dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
• 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)
• Added support for the following Dell PowerEdge servers:
○ R830
• Support for installation and deployment of the following operating system in BIOS and UEFI mode
○ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64–bit)
○ CentOS 7.2 (64–bit)
NOTE: CentOS deployment is supported only on DSS1510, DSS1500, DSS2500 platforms.
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix at dell.com/
openmanagemanuals.
Important Notes
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).
Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit 5.4 for Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment Release Notes
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