Users Guide
Additional Tools Purpose Source Save in DTK location
initial ramdisk Used during a Linux unattended
installation.
NOTE: For legacy
operating systems, you
may need to use the
driver disk. At the end of
the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Server installation,
you may need to install
the drivers available on
the Systems Build and
Update Utility.
Available on the Linux operating
system media or on the Systems
Build and Update Utility on the
Dell Systems Management Tools
and Documentation DVD.
/opt/dell /toolkit /systems
Deploying operating systems
After the system hardware is versioned and congured, an operating system can be installed using unattended setup les, samples of which
are provided as part of DTK. The sample conguration les are operating system specic, and have been enhanced for Dell systems. For
information on modifying the sample conguration les, see your operating system documentation.
DTK Utilities (SYSCFG and RAIDCFG) and scripts (sample) supports Windows PE 5.1, and Windows PE 10.0. For Microsoft WinPE and OS
deployment limitations, see technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824993.aspx.
DTK helps to deploy the Microsoft Windows Server operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode, for supported OS information refer
Supported operating systems.
NOTE
: For the latest supported operating systems, see the Windows PE documentation.
DTK helps to deploy the Linux operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode, for supported OS information refer Supported operating systems.
The sample conguration les contain examples to deploy the supported operating systems.
Deployment
DTK oers a complete set of utilities, sample scripts, and RPM packages that can be used to automate deployment on large numbers of
Dell systems. This guide is designed to help you through some of the most basic planning considerations, logistical preparations, and
deployment procedures to get you started using DTK to deploy Dell systems.
A well-thought-out deployment plan is critical to the success of your deployment eort and includes the following considerations:
• Assessing your existing IT environment
• Selecting an operating system
• Selecting the optimum Dell OpenManage systems management software conguration for your system
• Choosing a deployment method
DTK is exible enough to t into almost any deployment plan.
DTK components can be used in many dierent ways to assist IT sta in deploying Dell systems in large numbers. Because all the tools and
scripts are task-oriented, many of them can be used separately to perform a specic task on many systems or collectively to perform many
tasks on many systems at once. For information on the deployment methods, see Running The Deployment Scripts.
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Pre-requisites and deployment