Users Guide

After you have determined which deployment method best suits the needs of your organization, you are ready to begin building the DTK

deployment directory structure on a network volume. For instructions on installing the DTK components and populating the deployment

directory structure, see Preparing The Script Files.

DTK deployment overview

The deployment process can be separated into two main tasks: preparation and the actual deployment. For more details, see Preparing For

Deployment and Deploying.

Preparing for deployment

For using DTK utilities and scripts to deploy on a target system:

1 On systems running Windows, copy or extract DTK utilities, sample scripts, sample conguration les, and drivers provided (in the zip

le) to the Windows PE image. On systems running Linux, obtain the DTK Linux ISO image, which is a self-contained bootable

ISO image.

2 On systems running Windows, organize DTK utilities, scripts, and conguration les, the operating system installation les, and the

requisite system les and drivers on a network share or local media. On systems running Linux, use and customize the sample scripts

per your requirements.

3 Set up an optimally congured source system by using the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility on the Dell EMC Systems

Management Tools and Documentation

DVD (to install your operating system) and the Systems Service and Diagnostics Tools (to load

drivers). This source system acts as the master server that is used to replicate settings to target servers.

NOTE

: You can also download the latest drivers from www.dell.com/support.

4 Generate a system BIOS, BMC (Baseboard Management Controller), RAID, and/or RAC conguration prole from the optimally

congured source system. Copy the generated conguration les to a read/write share onto the workstation.

NOTE

: You can obtain the system BIOS, BMC, RAID, and/or RAC conguration les from DTK Windows PE ISO image and

running the SYSCAP.BAT, RAIDCAP.BAT, and RACCAP.BAT scripts or for Linux from DTK Linux ISO image and running the

syscap.sh, raidcap.sh, and raccap.sh scripts.

NOTE: You can use a system BIOS conguration prole generated for all systems belonging to the same

generation.

5 Create an operating system answer le that contains unattended operating system software installation information.

6 Edit the DTK sample script les that read the system conguration les to set up the system BIOS, BMC, RAID, and RAC and then

install an operating system on a target system.

Deployment

After you have prepared all scripts, les, and utilities, you are ready to proceed with the deployment process. While there are many ways to

use DTK utilities to deploy Dell systems, this guide focuses on the two most common methods for Windows PE and Linux: media‑based

deployment (local) and network-based deployment (remote).

Conguring a source system

You need an optimally congured system, both for testing purposes and as the source for the SYSCFG and RAC conguration les, to be

used in the deployment process. For instructions on using the sample DTK scripts, SYSCAP.BAT or syscap.sh and RACCAP.BAT or

raccap.sh, to generate SYSCFG and RAC conguration les that are used to congure the target system, see Using DTK Sample Scripts To

Capture Conguration Information.

Pre-requisites and deployment