Users Guide

Known issues and frequently asked questions
This section describes known issues with the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) utilities and scripts, including answers to some frequently asked
questions.
Topics:
• Known issues
• Frequently asked questions
Known issues
The following issues are organized by DTK utility or other function.
General issues
• Virtual disk creation and/or deletion takes a long time on Microsoft Windows PE.
RAIDCFG issues
• Due to a rounding limitation for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5, when creating a virtual disk, RAIDCFG can accept a disk size that is 1 MB
greater than the maximum allowable virtual disk size limit. However, RAIDCFG creates the maximum virtual disk size and does not
display an error. If you want to use the maximum allowable virtual disk size, it is recommended that you do not provide the size in the
CLI and let RAIDCFG calculate the size for the RAID type.
SYSCFG issues
• Setup passwords and system passwords cannot be cleared using DTK on systems prior to PowerEdge 12G systems.
Windows PE installation issues
• If virtual ash is enabled and does not contain a valid image (for example, if the virtual ash contains a corrupt or random image), you
may not be able to install Windows Server 2008 locally or remotely. To x this issue, install a valid image on virtual ash or disable virtual
ash if it is not used during the installation procedure.
Embedded Linux installation issues
• If internal SD card is present in the server, you may not be able to install the operating system using default partition. To x this, remove
the SD card from the server.
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