Reference Guide

Dell OpenManage Systems Management

tools for in-band and out-of-band access

Dell OpenManage Systems Management tools or utilities provide the necessary tools for remote or one-

to-many group system management. These tools also consolidate the management applications used on

management workstations.

• Dell Deployment Toolkit

• DRAC tools that include RACADM, VMCLI, and iVMCLI

• IPMI Tool in-Band

• BMC Management Utility and IPMI Tool Out-of-Band

Supported Microsoft Windows Preinstallation

Environment for Deployment Toolkit v5.0.2

The following are the supported Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment for Dell Deployment

Toolkit (DTK) on Dell PowerEdge servers:

• Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment 3.0

• Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment 4.0

• Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment 5.0

DTK helps in deploying the following Microsoft Windows Server operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 – Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 – Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter editions

NOTE: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is deployed using DTK Embedded Language Interface (ELI).

For more information, see the Dell Openmanage Deployment Toolkit 5.0.2 for Microsoft Windows

Preinstallation Environment Release Notes at dell.com/support/openmanagemanuals.

DRAC tools that include RACADM, VMCLI, and iVMCLI

RACADM is a command-line utility that allows administrators to configure and replicate settings across

multiple Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRACs). The RACADM utility supports operations through the

use of command-line parameters, switches, and a configuration file that contains all the data required to

configure a DRAC.