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• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions
For Linux, the DTK utilities support deploying the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 (64-bit)
You can install the DTK Linux RPM utilities on the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode:
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 (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
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• Working knowledge to build Windows PE 5.1, and Windows PE 10.0 (see the Microsoft documentation to customize Windows PE).
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