Install Guide

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

• All operating system RPM packages that DTK RPMs require.

NOTE: Tools such as Yellowdog Updater Modied (YUM), Yet Another Setup Tool (YAST), and Advanced Packaging Tool

(APT) can be used to manage RPM dependency issues.

• All other utilities and les necessary to perform the deployment, including all required Linux drivers, operating system drivers, and the

Dell utility partition le.

• Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.

• Your operating system software and documentation.

• An optimally congured source system with network access.

NOTE: You can download the latest drivers from support.dell.com.

NOTE: When the inbox drivers for PERC controllers and NIC cards are not available, provide the required drivers using driver disk

method.

Preparing embedded Linux environment for deployment

If you are using the embedded Linux environment:

1 Obtain the DTK Linux ISO image, which is a self-contained bootable ISO image.

2 Use and customize the sample scripts as per your requirements.

3 Set up a Source System by using the the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD (to install your operating system)

and the Systems Service and Diagnostics Tools (to load drivers).

NOTE

: You can also download the latest drivers from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.

4 Generate a system BIOS, BMC, RAID, and/or RAC/iDRAC 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 or server.

NOTE

: You can obtain the system BIOS, BMC, RAID, and/or RAC/iDRAC conguration les by booting from DTK Linux ISO

image and running the syscap.sh, raidcap.sh, and raccap.sh scripts.

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

6 Install an operating system on a Target Server.

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Operating System

using DTK

CAUTION

: Do not change the bootmode before executing installation scripts using syscfg. If you do, reboot the system and start

executing installation scripts.

NOTE: See your operating system documentation for instructions on modifying the options in the ks.cfg/ks-rhel

.cfg/

ks_rhel

_ue.cfg le to customize the scripted installation of your operating system, where

indicates the version of the

operating system.

To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the lininst.sh/ lininst7.sh script:

1 On the source system, navigate to the location of the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system image.

2 Create a NFS share using the following command: vi /etc/exports.

3 Share /home/rhelshare.

NOTE

: If the folder you want to share is /home, then the /etc/exports le must contain the “/home *(rw)” line.

4 Restart the NFS service.

5 Copy the operating system image to the NFS share.

Introduction