Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 5.5 User's Guide
- Introduction
- Pre-requisites and deployment
- Downloading DTK
- DTK Seamless package
- Setting up a directory structure for deployment
- Preparing the script files
- Using the sample DTK scripts to run a full deployment
- Editing the sample batch files to perform a complete system deployment
- Scripts for deployment on systems running windows
- Scripts for deployment on systems running Linux
- Replication scripts for deployment on systems running windows operating system
- Replication scripts for deployment on systems running Linux operating system
- Deployment scripts for systems running windows operating systems
- Deployment scripts for systems running Linux operating systems
- Other scripts for systems running Windows operating systems
- Other scripts for systems running Linux operating systems
- Editing example of TKENVSET and tkenvset
- Editing DTK task scripts
- Using DTK sample scripts to capture configuration information
- Preparing the operating system installation scripts
- Running the deployment scripts
- Deployment using removable boot media with a network connection (media-based) for systems running windows
- Media-based local deployment for systems running microsoft windows
- Media-Based local deployment with Networking enabled for systems running windows
- Deployment using removable boot media without a network (media-based) connection for systems running windows
- Network based deployment for systems running windows
- Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows
- Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB files for systems running Windows
- Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux
- Deployment using customized embedded Linux
- Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux
- Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux
- Known issues and frequently asked questions
● Dell’s Precision R7910 Supported operating systems
○ Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
○ Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
○ Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
For Linux, the DTK utilities support deploying the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (64-bit)
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64–bit)
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (64-bit)
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64-bit)
● CentOS 7.3 (64-bit)
NOTE: CentOS deployment is supported only on DSS1510, DSS1500, DSS2500 platforms.
You can install the DTK Linux RPM utilities on the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (64-bit)
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (64–bit)
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (64-bit)
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (64-bit)
NOTE: The RPMs are available in the RPMs folder of DTK ELI ISO at linux.dell.com/repo/hardware, and also in
the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
Supported BIOS Firmware versions
The latest (n) version or the n-1 version of BIOS firmware that is available at www.dell.com/support.
Prerequisites and requirements
The prerequisites and requirements to run DTK utilities are listed in the following sections:
● Installation Prerequisites
● Deployment Prerequisites
Installation prerequisites
Before installing the DTK components for Windows PE, ensure that you have the following:
● The DTK self-extracting zip file (DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe), which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration
files, and documentation to deploy your Dell system.
● A Windows workstation or server that has 512 MB of RAM.
Before installing DTK components for embedded Linux, ensure that you have the following:
● The DTK ISO image, which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, RPMs, and documentation to
deploy your Dell system.
NOTE: The DTK ISO contains two bootloaders (isolinux for BIOS mode and grub2 for UEFI mode).
● A Linux workstation that has at least 200 MB of free hard-drive space.
Deployment prerequisites
Before beginning the deployment process for Windows PE, ensure that you have all of the following tools, software, and
information ready to use or consult:
● Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows 7
(32-bit and 64-bit) to build Windows PE 3.0 ISO image.
● Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows Server 2012 to build Windows PE 4.0 ISO image.
● Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 (64-bit) to build Windows
PE 5.1 ISO image.
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Pre-requisites and deployment