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DELL(TM) OPENMANAGE(TM) DEPLOYMENT TOOLKIT FOR MICROSOFT(R)

WINDOWS(R) PREINSTALLATION ENVIRONMENT (WINDOWS PE)

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Version 3.3

Release Date: July 2010

This file contains updated information for your "Dell OpenManage

Deployment Toolkit User's Guide" and any other technical

documentation included with the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) for Windows

PE.

The Deployment Toolkit documentation includes the "Command Line

Interface Reference Guide" and the "User's Guide."

See the Dell Support website at "support.dell.com" for the most

current information on the "Command Line Interface Reference Guide"

"User's Guide" and "ReadMe".

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CONTENTS

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* Criticality

* Compatibility/Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Installation

* Upgrading

* User Notes

* Known Issues

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CRITICALITY

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3 - Optional

Dell recommends that you review the specifics about the update to

determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes

that may impact only certain configurations, or provides new features

that may or may not apply to your environment.

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COMPATIBILITY/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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The following subsections lists supported systems that are

compatible with the Deployment Toolkit version 3.3

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Supported Systems

Summary of content (8 pages)

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###################################################################### DELL(TM) OPENMANAGE(TM) DEPLOYMENT TOOLKIT FOR MICROSOFT(R) WINDOWS(R) PREINSTALLATION ENVIRONMENT (WINDOWS PE) ###################################################################### Version 3.3 Release Date: July 2010 This file contains updated information for your "Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User's Guide" and any other technical documentation included with the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) for Windows PE.
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====================================================================== The Deployment Toolkit version 3.3 supports the following Dell PowerEdge(TM) systems: 800, 830, 840, 850, 860, 1800, 1850, 1855, 2800, 2850, 6800, 6850, 1900, 1950, 1955, 2900, 2970, 6950, 2950, T105, R200, R900, R805, M600, M605, T605, R300, T300, R805, R905, M805, M905, R610, R710, T610, M610, M710, T310, T410, R410, M910, R810, and R310. NOTE: Other systems may be supported with this release. See the Dell Support website at "support.
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system or tool. * Working knowledge of Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or any other third party deployment system or tool for Windows PE. * A workstation with the following capabilities: -- A writable CD/DVD drive and CD/DVD writing software -- Network access * A target system with a CD/DVD drive if you are performing a local deployment or network access if you are performing a network deployment. * All Deployment Toolkit utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files.
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====================================================================== SCRIPT NOTES ====================================================================== * The sample scripts are provided as examples for customers who want to develop their own deployment process. Some customers may find that the scripts work well in their environment, while some customers may need to develop their own scripts entirely from scratch.
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Use only alphanumeric characters to avoid these errors. - If you set the username using the syscfg "username" option, SOL access for the corresponding user will be enabled by default. You can disable SOL access for a user using the "syscfg solaction --userid= --action=disable" command. - The maximum reliably supported baud rates (--solbitrate) are: - 19200 for PowerEdge x8xx systems. - 57600 for PowerEdge x9xx systems without Dell Remote Access Controller 5 (DRAC 5).
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for assigning more than 10 Global Hot spares. * SW RAID controllers S100 and S300 will not be detected in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 (32-bit). * DTK does not support Non RAID (Volume) mode on s100/s300 controller. * S300 controller Cachepolicy setting is "Not Applicable". Hence VD created with different cachepolicy settings from OROM utility will be displayed as "Not Applicable".
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be automatically Set to "Off" during the next reboot. RACADM Issues: * If you use virtual media to boot into Windows PE, executing certain RACADM commands may cause Windows PE to crash.
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* Windows PE 3.0 does not support PERC 4 controllers. * If Windows AIK version 1.0 is used to build the DTK image, the ipconfig command does not return the IP address. Use Windows AIK version 1.1 to build the DTK image. ###################################################################### Information in this document is subject to change without notice. (C) 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.