Deployment Guide

Running the deployment scripts
This chapter provides best practices, procedures, and scenarios for using the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) to perform
pre‑operating system configuration tasks and to install supported operating systems on supported Dell systems.
After you have populated the deployment directory structure with all necessary files and carefully edited the deployment scripts
and configurations files, you are ready to begin the final stage of the deployment process. Before running the deployment,
however, create specific deployment media to facilitate your chosen deployment method. The common deployment scenarios
are:
● 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 With A Network Connection (Media-Based) For Systems Running Windows
● Deployment Using Removable Boot Media Without A Network Connection (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
● Deployment Using Dell Provided Embedded Linux
● Deployment Using Customized Embedded Linux
● Using A Third-Party Deployment Solution Framework For Systems Running Linux
Topics:
• 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
Deployment using removable boot media with a
network connection (media-based) for systems
running windows
For media-based deployment with a network connection:
1. Create a deployment media containing a bootable image with the appropriate media and network drivers, along with any
utilities needed to connect to a network share. The deployment media initiates the deployment process by mapping to the
network share where the deployment directory structure resides.
2. Insert the bootable media into the appropriate drive of the system to be deployed.
3. Boot or reboot the system.
The configuration process begins and the following tasks are completed:
● Windows PE or Linux, as the case may be, is installed from the media.
● Network shares are mapped.
● The DTK scripts execute the necessary DTK utilities from the network share or the media itself.
● Configuration information is read from the network share.
● The operating system is installed from a network share. This installation may happen after your system reboots.
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