Dell 4.4 manual Introduction, Whats New In This Release

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Introduction

The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files that you can use to deploy and configure the Dell systems. You can use DTK to build script-based and RPM-based installation for deploying large number of systems on a pre-operating system environment in a reliable way, without changing their current deployment processes. Using DTK you can install operating systems on Dell systems in BIOS or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) mode.

In addition to the command line utilities used to configure various system features, DTK also provides sample scripts and configuration files to perform common deployment tasks and documentation. These files and scripts describe the use of the DTK in Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE) and Linux environments.

What's New In This Release

The new features for this release include:

Support for deployment of Windows operating system in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) mode.

Using DTK utilities you can deploy the following operating system:

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

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (64–bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (64–bit)

RAIDCFG extends support to Dell PERC 9 (H730P Adapter) with the following features:

RAID 10 virtual disk with uneven span.

Advanced 4K sector hard disk drives.

T10 Protection Information (PI) for data integrity.

Support for USB bootable DTK embedded Linux ISO image. See Using USB.

Availability of DTK in Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.

The RAIDCFG utility supports the following options, which can be configured through RAID controller BIOS:

Configuring the boot mode of the controller.

Configuring the auto import property of the controller.

Rebuilding physical disks associated with a virtual disk.

Configuring the array disk state to online or offline.

Converting RAID to non-RAID and vice versa on an array disk.

Replacing the physical disk of a virtual disk.

Executing consistency check on a virtual disk.

Erasing the encrypted physical disk.

Displaying the following in the array disk details:

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Contents Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version Users Guide Page Contents Preparing The Script Files Setting Up a Directory Structure For DeploymentLinux Running Dell Update Packages On Systems Running EmbeddedPage Whats New In This Release IntroductionOther Documents You May Need Other Supporting Documents You May Need Contacting Dell Accessing Documents From Dell Support SiteSupported Systems Supported Operating Systems Prerequisites And DeploymentDeployment Prerequisites Supported Bios Firmware VersionsInstallation Prerequisites Prerequisites And RequirementsDell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD DriversWinpe3.x\WINPE3.0driverinst.bat Other Supporting Tools And System FilesManagement Tools Documentation DVD Deploying Operating SystemsDeployment Matrix DeploymentDeployment Method Matrix Preparing For Deployment DTK Deployment OverviewRAC And Bios Configuration Configuring a Source SystemDeployment How To Obtain Dell Utility Partition Files Extracting DTK Components On Systems Running Windows Downloading DTKDTK Components On Systems Running Windows DTK Components On The Mounted Media Extracting DTK Components On Systems Running LinuxLicensing Directory Structure On The Target SystemPage DTK Contents System Utilities And Supported Files For Linux Sample Configuration Files For Linux Sample Configuration Files For WindowsSample Scripts For Systems Running Windows PARTCFG.BAT Sample Scripts For Systems Running LinuxRPMs Drivers And Dell Real Mode KernelDocumentation Page System-Specific Files DTK Utilities And FilesPage Operating System Installation Files Page Preparing The Script Files Using The Sample DTK Scripts To Run a Full DeploymentScripts For Deployment On Systems Running Linux Scripts For Deployment On Systems Running WindowsRACREP.BAT W2K8INST.BA Lininst.sh Other Scripts For Systems Running Linux Operating Systems Other Scripts For Systems Running Windows Operating SystemsTkenvset.sh Editing Example Of Tkenvset And tkenvsetConfirming Or Editing DTK Installation Path Variables Specifying DTK Installation PathsSpecifying The Syscfg Variables Specifying The RAC Configuration VariablesPARTCFG.BAT RACREP.BAT Or racrep.sh Editing DTK Task ScriptsSYSREP.BAT Or sysrep.sh RAIDCFG.BAT Or raidcfg.shPARTCFG.BAT Or partcfg.sh Running The SYSCAP.BAT Or Syscap.sh SYSCAP.BAT Or syscap.shOpt/dell/toolkit/template/scripts/raccap.sh Running RACCAP.BAT Or raccap.shUtilities Used Preparing The Operating System Installation ScriptsUPINIT.BAT Or upinit.sh W2K8INST.BAT And W2K12INST.BATExternal Dependencies LininstUtilities Used By lininst SuseinstExternal Dependencies Of lininst.sh Variables Used Utilities Used By suseinstExternal Dependencies Of suseinst.sh Running The Deployment Scripts Creating And Customizing Images For Windows PE 4.0 Creating And Customizing Images For Windows PEIntegrating DTK Directory Structure Running The Image Creating a Bootable Media For Windows PEPreparing And Populating The Network Share Bootable Windows PE Media With Networking EnabledPXE-Based Deployment Deployment Using Dell Provided Embedded LinuxNetwork Based Deployment For Systems Running Windows Network-Based DeploymentMedia-Based Deployment Deployment Using Custom ScriptsNetwork File System or Smbfs File System Based Deployment Installing DTK RPMs Using RPM Using RPMsDeployment Using USB Deployment Using Customized Embedded LinuxPage Page Running Update Packages In Customized Embedded Linux Running Update Packages In Dell-Provided Embedded LinuxPage Known Issues General Deployment Questions Frequently Asked QuestionsRaidcfg Questions Page Embedded Linux Questions Syscfg QuestionsWindows PE Questions