Release Notes

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:
o A writable CD/DVD drive and CD/DVD writing software
o 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.
All required Windows PE drivers, operating system drivers, and the Dell utility partition image file.
A minimum BIOS version is recommended on some of the platforms for all the DTK options to
work correctly. In general, it is good practice to use the latest ("n") version of BIOS firmware or
the "n-1" version that is available on "support.dell.com."
For more information see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix available in the required version of
OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Operating System Requirements
DTK Utilities (SYSCFG and RAIDCFG) and scripts (sample) supports Windows PE 3.0, Windows PE 4.0
and Windows PE 5.0.
For Microsoft WinPE and OS deployment support limitations refer to
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824993.aspx
DTK helps deploy 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
What’s New
The new features for this release include:
Support for PERC H330 and H830 controllers on Dell PowerEdge R920 server.
NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and Dell servers, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix at
dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Important Notes
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit
(http://www.openssl.org/
).
From DTK 4.4.1 onwards, the product carries GNU Bash update packages to fix the Shellshock
vulnerability (CVE-2014-7169 and CVE-2014-6271).