Dell 4.4 Contents

Contents

What's New In This Release...................................................................................................................7

Other Documents You May Need........................................................................................................8

Other Supporting Documents You May Need.....................................................................................9

Accessing Documents From Dell Support Site..................................................................................10

Contacting Dell....................................................................................................................................10

Supported Systems..............................................................................................................................11

Supported Operating Systems.............................................................................................................11

Supported BIOS Firmware Versions....................................................................................................12

Prerequisites And Requirements.........................................................................................................12

Installation Prerequisites................................................................................................................12

Deployment Prerequisites.............................................................................................................12

Drivers............................................................................................................................................13

Other Supporting Tools And System Files....................................................................................14

Deploying Operating Systems.............................................................................................................15

Deployment.........................................................................................................................................16

Deployment Matrix..............................................................................................................................16

DTK Deployment Overview................................................................................................................18

Preparing For Deployment............................................................................................................18

Deployment...................................................................................................................................19

Configuring A Source System ............................................................................................................19

RAC And BIOS Configuration........................................................................................................19

How To Obtain Dell Utility Partition Files.....................................................................................20

Extracting DTK Components On Systems Running Windows..........................................................21

DTK Components On Systems Running Windows......................................................................22

Extracting DTK Components On Systems Running Linux.................................................................23

DTK Components On The Mounted Media.................................................................................23

Directory Structure On The Target System..................................................................................24

DTK Contents......................................................................................................................................26

System Utilities And Supported Files For Windows......................................................................26

System Utilities And Supported Files For Linux............................................................................27

Sample Configuration Files For Windows..........................................................................................28

Sample Configuration Files For Linux.................................................................................................28

Sample Scripts For Systems Running Windows.................................................................................29