Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 5.
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Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4 Documents you may need.................................................................................................................................................... 4 Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site.................................................................................................... 4 Prerequisites..................
1 Introduction The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files that you can use to deploy and configure the Dell systems. You can use DTK to build script-based and RPM-based installation for deploying large number of systems on a pre-operating system environment in a reliable way, without changing their current deployment processes.
• Using search engines: • Type the name and version of the document in the search box. Prerequisites Before using DTK to deploy Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment (PE) or Linux environment (Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server), ensure you have the following prerequisites: Table 1. Prerequisites for Installation Windows PE Environment Linux Environment The DTK self-extracting zip file (DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe) available at dell.com/support.
2. Organize DTK utilities, script files, configuration files, the operating system installation files, and the required system files and drivers on a network share or local media. 3. Set up a Source System using the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD (to install the operating system) and the Systems Service and Diagnostics Tools (to load drivers). The Source System acts as a master server that is used to replicate settings to the Target Servers.
Converting to RACADM and installing Windows server Operating System using RACADM scripts To convert from DTK to RACADM deployment and to install Windows Server operating system using RACADM scripts: NOTE: Using RACADM scripts is an alternative method to install Windows server operating system. This feature is supported on Dell’s 12th generation of PowerEdge Servers and later systems.
After the operating system is installed, the Set Up Windows screen is displayed. Deployment prerequisites for embedded Linux For Linux, ensure that you have all of the following tools, software, and information ready to use or consult: • • • • • • • • • • • Advanced knowledge of Linux and Linux scripting (bash), Linux networking, installing and working with RPM Package Managers (RPMs), and creating and modifying loop file systems. Any third party deployment system or tool, such as Yum.
3. Share /home/rhelshare. NOTE: If the folder you want to share is /home, then the /etc/exports file must contain the “/home *(rw)” line. 4. Restart the NFS service. 5. Copy the operating system image to the NFS share. 6. Copy initrd.img for Red Hat Enterprise Linux to NFS share. 7. Copy vmlinuz from Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system image to NFS share. 8. Boot DTK on the target machine. 9. Create the virtual disk using the raidcfg command. 10. Create a directory under /tmp. For example, os_src. 11.
4. From /opt/dell/toolkit/converter/racscripts/, run the partcfg.sh script to create the Dell utility partition and OS partition in BIOS or UEFI mode. Ensure that the correct device is set to DT_HD and DT_OS_DISK. 5. Run /lininst.sh (for 6.x) or /lininst7.sh (for 7.x) script. The server reboots to the grub prompt. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system unattended installation is initiated.
NOTE: Using RACADM scripts is an alternative method to install SUSE Linux server operating system. This feature is supported on Dell’s 12th generation of PowerEdge Servers and later systems. For information see, Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User’s Guide or Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/openmanagemanuals . To convert from DTK to RACADM deployment and to install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server using the suseinst.sh script: 1.
Ensure that the correct device is set to DT_HD and DT_OS_DISK.. 16. From /opt/dell/toolkit/template/scripts, run /centinst6.sh or /centinst7.sh. The server reboots to the grub prompt. The CentOS Linux operating system unattended installation is initiated . NOTE: For more information on installing, see en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/ wiki/1772.dell-openmanage-deployment-toolkit.aspx.
