Users Guide

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (64-bit)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (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 EMC Systems Management Tools and Documentation

DVD.

Supported BIOS Firmware versions

The latest (n) version or the n-1 version of BIOS rmware 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 le (DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe), which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample conguration les,

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 conguration les, 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 Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 (64-bit) to build Windows PE 5.1

ISO image.

• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10.0 (64-bit) to build Windows PE 10.0

ISO image.

• Working knowledge to build Windows PE 5.1, and Windows PE 10.0 (see the Microsoft documentation to customize Windows

PE).

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Remote Installation Services (RIS) and Automated Deployment Services (ADS) (including

setting up of RIS and ADS environments) or any other third-party deployment system or tool for Windows PE.

• Working knowledge of Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or any other third-party deployment system or tool for Windows

PE.

• A workstation with the following capabilities:

– Writable media drive

– Network access

• A target system with a media drive, if performing a local deployment.

• A target system with a media drive and network access, if performing a network deployment.

• All DTK utilities, sample scripts, and sample conguration les.

• Dell EMC Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.