Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.
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Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................5 Documents You May Need................................................................................................................... 5 Accessing Documents From Dell Support Site.................................................................................... 5 Prerequisites.............................................................................................
Introduction The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files that you need, to deploy and configure your Dell system. 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.
Prerequisites Before using DTK to deploy Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment (PE) or Linux environment (Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server), ensure you have the following prerequisites: Table 1. Prerequisites for Installation Windows PE Environment Linux Environment The DTK self-extracting zip file (DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe) available at support.dell.com. The DTK ISO image available at support.dell.com. A Windows workstation that has at least 512 MB of RAM.
NOTE: You can also download the latest drivers from support.dell.com. Preparing Windows PE Environment for Deployment If you are using the Windows PE environment: 1. Copy or extract DTK utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, and drivers provided (in the zip file) to the Windows PE image. 2. Organize DTK utilities, script files, configuration files, the operating system installation files, and the requisite system files and drivers on a network share or local media. 3.
12. Navigate to \Toolkit\Template\Configs. 13. From \Toolkit\Template\Configs, copy Unattend.xml to z:\PER720. NOTE: The unattend.xml file is for w2k8 (32–bit and 64–bit) BIOS mode, unattend_uefi.xml is for w2k8 (64–bit) uefi mode, unattendw2k12.xml is for w2k12 (64–bit) bios mode, and unattendw2k12_uefi.xml is for w2k12 (64–bit) uefi mode 14. On the source system, navigate to PER720. 15. In Unattend.xml, check the value of DiskId in the tags ImageInstall and DiskConfiguration. The value should be zero.
3. Set up a Source System by using the Systems Build and Update Utility on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD (to install your operating system) and the Systems Service and Diagnostics Tools (to load drivers). NOTE: You can also download the latest drivers from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. 4. Generate a system BIOS, BMC, RAID, and/or RAC/iDRAC configuration profile from the optimally configured source system.
15. Export the environment variables as follows: a) Run export DT_OS_DISK=/dev/sda, the disk device on which the Dell utility partition was created. b) Run export DT_OS_SRC=/tmp/os_src, where vmlinuz, initrd.img, and kickstart file are available. c) Run export DT_HD=/dev/sda. 16. From /opt/dell/toolkit/template/scripts, run /lininst.sh script. The server reboots to the grub prompt. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system unattended installation proceeds.
12. Export the environment variables as follows: a) Run export DT_OS_DISK=/dev/sda, the disk device on which the Dell utility partition was created. b) Run export DT_OS_SRC=/tmp/os_src, where vmlinuz, initrd.img, and autoinst.xml/ autoinst.xml_uefi are available. c) Run export DT_OS_PART=/dev/sda. d) Run export DT_OS_IMG_PATH=nfs:///osimage. e) Run export DT_SUSE_AUTOINST= nfs:///dtkosinstall/autoinst.xml. f) Run export DT_HD=/dev/sda. 13.
