Users Guide

Running the deployment scripts

This chapter provides best practices, procedures, and scenarios for using the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) to perform pre‑operating system

conguration tasks and to install supported operating systems on supported Dell systems.

After you have populated the deployment directory structure with all necessary les and carefully edited the deployment scripts and

congurations les, you are ready to begin the nal stage of the deployment process. Before running the deployment, however, create

specic deployment media to facilitate your chosen deployment method. The common deployment scenarios are:

• Media-Based Local Deployment For Systems Running Microsoft Windows

• Media-Based Local Deployment With Networking Enabled For Systems Running Windows

• Deployment Using Removable Boot Media With A Network Connection (Media-Based) For Systems Running Windows

• Deployment Using Removable Boot Media Without A Network Connection (Media-Based) Connection For Systems Running Windows

• Network Based Deployment For Systems Running Windows

• Using A Third-Party Deployment Solution Framework For Systems Running Windows

• Deployment Using Dell Provided Embedded Linux

• Deployment Using Customized Embedded Linux

• Using A Third-Party Deployment Solution Framework For Systems Running Linux

Topics:

• Deployment using removable boot media with a network connection media-based for systems running windows

• Media-based local deployment for systems running Microsoft Windows

• Media-Based local deployment with Networking enabled for systems running windows

• Deployment using removable boot media without a network media-based connection for systems running windows

• Network based deployment for systems running windows

• Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows

• Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB les for systems running Windows

• Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux

• Deployment using customized embedded Linux

• Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux

Deployment using removable boot media with a

network connection media-based for systems running

windows

For media-based deployment with a network connection:

1 Create a deployment media containing a bootable image with the appropriate media and network drivers, along with any utilities

needed to connect to a network share. The deployment media initiates the deployment process by mapping to the network share

where the deployment directory structure resides.

2 Insert the bootable media into the appropriate drive of the system to be deployed.

3 Boot or reboot the system.

The conguration process begins and the following tasks are completed:

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