Users Guide

Setting up a directory structure for deployment

To perform a Deployment ToolKit (DTK)-enabled deployment, you must create a deployment directory structure on either a network

share or your local workstation hard drive. The deployment directory structure is a central repository for all deployment les that can

be used for network deployment and to build a bootable deployment media. It can also be used successively as a testing space. For a

network-based deployment, you must set up the directory structure on a network volume that is accessible from your workstation,

the source system (to generate conguration information), and the target system (to deploy).

If you plan to run a scripted deployment from DTK sample scripts, make sure that the DTK les are correctly structured in the

deployment directory. DTK sample scripts use this structure to set the default paths for deployment. If you make changes to the

directory structure, you must also make changes to the sample scripts.

The deployment directory structure consists of the following les:

• DTK Utilities And Files

• System-Specic Files

• Operating System Installation Files

NOTE: Do not create your DTK directory structure on a NetWare network volume. DTK network-based deployment is not

supported from mapped NetWare systems.

DTK utilities and les

All the necessary DTK les are provided as part of the initial installation. It is recommended that you use the default directory

structure created in the initial installation of DTK components. The sample scripts provided with DTK are set up to use these default

paths.

NOTE: If you choose to create a directory structure for DTK components, that is dierent from the one provided in the

initial installation, carefully review and edit each sample script (wherever necessary) to reect the dierent directory

structure.

System-specic les

The directory Toolkit\Systems in systems running Microsoft Windows and /opt/dell/toolkit/systems/system name in systems

running Linux acts as a central repository for all the system-specic deployment information. On systems running Linux, the /

systems folder acts as a repository for the common les required for the systems. On systems running Windows, you can store all

prole conguration les for an optimally congured PowerEdge server in the directory Toolkit\Systems\<server_name>. These les

can then be accessed from this directory when deploying multiple similar PowerEdge servers.

NOTE: If you choose to create a directory structure for the system-specic les that is dierent from the one suggested

in this guide, ensure that you carefully review and edit each sample script (wherever necessary) to reect the dierent

directory structure.

Operating system installation les

For more details on installing Windows Server and Linux operating system using DTK, see the Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment

Toolkit Installation Guide available at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.