Deployment Guide
You can also use the bootable media to call the deployment components from the directory structure on the media and the remaining
components from the network share.
1. Boot the target system with the bootable deployment media.
2. Execute the master batch file, which calls individual task scripts and utilities from the network share to complete the deployment
process.
Deployment using removable boot media without a
network (media-based) connection for systems
running windows
For media-based deployment without a network connection:
1. Create a deployment media containing a bootable image with the appropriate drivers. The media must also include the complete
deployment directory structure, which contains all DTK utilities, scripts, and configuration files, an operating system installation answer
file, and the required operating system installation files and drivers.
2. Insert the bootable media into the media drive of the system to be deployed (the target system).
3. Boot or reboot the target system.
The deployment process begins and the following tasks are completed:
• Windows PE or embedded Linux, as the case maybe, is installed from the media.
• The DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the media.
• Configuration information is read from the media.
• The operating system is installed from the media.
Network based deployment for systems running
windows
For Windows PE environments, deployment using Remote Installation Services (RIS) is recommended. For details, see the Microsoft RIS
documentation. You can also use any other deployment tool such as Automated Deployment Services (ADS).
Using a third-party deployment solution
framework for systems running windows
You can use DTK with any existing third-party deployment solution framework that provides an Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
booting infrastructure for Windows Deployment Services (WDS). Because each third-party deployment framework is unique, these
solutions fall outside the scope of this document. If you plan to utilize a third-party deployment solution framework, keep in mind that DTK
is a Windows PE-based set of tools and scripts, so the deployment solution framework must also support Windows PE as a pre-operating
system environment.
Using Windows Pre-installation Environment
driver CAB files for systems running Windows
DTK boot-critical drivers are now available in the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) driver Cabinet (CAB) files at dell.com/
support. You can use the WinPE driver CAB files with deployment tools such as Dell Server Deployment Pack and System Center Virtual
Machine Manager for OS deployment. You can download the WinPE driver CAB files depending on the WinPE environment, and use the
available custom scripts to install the extracted drivers from the CAB files in the WinPE environment.
Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux
The two common scenarios for deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux are following:
• Network Based Deployment
Running the deployment scripts
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