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
Media-Based local deployment with Networking enabled for systems running windows...............................56
Bootable Windows PE media with Networking enabled.................................................................................... 56
Preparing and populating the network share....................................................................................................... 56
Deployment using removable boot media without a network (media-based) connection for systems
running windows............................................................................................................................................................57
Network based deployment for systems running windows.................................................................................... 57
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows.........................................57
Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB files for systems running Windows...................... 57
Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux..................................................................................................... 58
Network-based deployment..................................................................................................................................... 58
Media-based deployment.......................................................................................................................................... 59
Deployment using customized embedded Linux.........................................................................................................61
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux................................................61
Chapter 8: Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux........................... 62
Running update packages in Dell-provided embedded Linux................................................................................. 62
Running update packages in customized embedded Linux.....................................................................................62
Chapter 9: Known issues and frequently asked questions............................................................ 64
Known issues......................................................................................................................................................................64
General issues.............................................................................................................................................................. 64
RAIDCFG issues........................................................................................................................................................... 64
SYSCFG issues.............................................................................................................................................................64
Windows PE installation issues................................................................................................................................ 64
Embedded Linux installation issues......................................................................................................................... 64
Frequently asked questions............................................................................................................................................ 64
General deployment questions................................................................................................................................. 65
RAIDCFG questions.................................................................................................................................................... 65
SYSCFG questions...................................................................................................................................................... 66
Embedded Linux questions........................................................................................................................................67
Windows PE questions............................................................................................................................................... 67
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