Deployment Guide

Additional Tools Purpose Source Save in DTK location
initial ramdisk Used during a Linux unattended
installation.
NOTE: For legacy
operating systems, you
may need to use the driver
disk. At the end of the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux
Server installation, you
may need to install the
drivers available on the
Systems Build and Update
Utility.
Available on the Linux operating
system media or on the Systems
Build and Update Utility on the
Dell Systems Management Tools
and Documentation DVD.
/opt/dell /toolkit /
systems
Deploying operating systems
After the system hardware is versioned and configured, an operating system can be installed using unattended setup files, samples of
which are provided as part of DTK. The sample configuration files are operating system specific, and have been enhanced for Dell
systems. For information on modifying the sample configuration files, see your operating system documentation.
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 limitations, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824993.aspx.
DTK helps to deploy the Microsoft Windows Server operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode, for supported OS information refer
Supported operating systems.
NOTE: For the latest supported operating systems, see the Windows PE documentation.
DTK helps to deploy the Linux operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode, for supported OS information refer Supported operating
systems. The sample configuration files contain examples to deploy the supported operating systems.
Deployment
DTK offers a complete set of utilities, sample scripts, and RPM packages that can be used to automate deployment on large numbers of
Dell systems. This guide is designed to help you through some of the most basic planning considerations, logistical preparations, and
deployment procedures to get you started using DTK to deploy Dell systems.
A well-thought-out deployment plan is critical to the success of your deployment effort and includes the following considerations:
• Assessing your existing IT environment
• Selecting an operating system
• Selecting the optimum Dell OpenManage systems management software configuration for your system
• Choosing a deployment method
DTK is flexible enough to fit into almost any deployment plan.
DTK components can be used in many different ways to assist IT staff in deploying Dell systems in large numbers. Because all the tools
and scripts are task-oriented, many of them can be used separately to perform a specific task on many systems or collectively to perform
many tasks on many systems at once. For information on the deployment methods, see Running The Deployment Scripts.
Deployment matrix for PowerEdge FD332
DTK supports multiple storage sleds (PowerEdge FD332)-to-compute sled (half-width, quarter-width, or full-width sleds, to which the
storage sleds are mapped) mapping. The storage sleds and the storage controller modules in a PowerEdge FD332 are mapped to the
compute sleds in the enclosure. The enclosures can be in either a split-mode or joint-mode configuration. For more details, see the see the
Dell PowerEdge FD332 Owner’s Manual at dell.com/support/home.
Pre-requisites and deployment
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