Deployment Guide

● Ensuring that proper permissions are assigned to this share so that the target systems can read files from and write files to
the share.
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.
Running the deployment scripts
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