Network Based Deployment For Systems Running
Windows
For Windows PE environments, deployment using Remote Installation Services (RIS) is recommended.
For details, see the Microsoft RIS documentation. You can also use any other deployment tool such as
Automated Deployment Services (ADS).
Using A Third-Party Deployment Solution Framework For Systems Running Windows
You can use DTK with any existing third-party deployment solution framework that provides an
Automated Deployment Services (ADS) booting infrastructure for Windows Deployment Services (WDS).
Because each third-party deployment framework is unique, these solutions fall outside the scope of this
document. If you plan to utilize a third-party deployment solution framework, keep in mind that DTK is a
Windows PE-based set of tools and scripts, so the deployment solution framework must also support
Windows PE as a pre-operating system environment.
Deployment Using Dell Provided Embedded Linux
The two common scenarios for deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux are following:
•Network Based Deployment
•Media Based Deployment

Network-Based Deployment

The two common scenarios for network-based deployment are:
•PXE-Based Deployment
•Network File System or SMBFS File System Based Deployment

PXE-Based Deployment

The procedure enables you to boot DTK over network and pass parameters (startup script location and
name) during boot using the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) configuration file. This automatically
launches the start-up script off the network share, when DTK is booted.
1. Obtain the ISO image of the embedded Linux available at support.dell.com.
2. Set up the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) services and the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) services on your network to boot the target system using PXE.
3. In BIOS mode, copy the contents of the embedded Linux DTK ISO image (SA.1, SA.2, and
isolinux.cfg) from /mnt/cdrom/isolinux to the tftp folder. In UEFI mode, copy the contents of the
embedded Linux DTK ISO image (SA.1 and SA.2), from /mnt/cdrom/isolinux to the tftp folder.
4. Edit the configuration file (isolinux.cfg for BIOS or efidefault for UEFI mode) by providing the
following options:
– IP address of the network share
– Share path of the network share
– Name of your startup script
The isolinux.cfg/efidefault file is ready for PXE-booting.
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