Users Guide
Contents
1 Introduction................................................................................................................7
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
2 Prerequisites And Deployment............................................................................ 11
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
3 Downloading DTK...................................................................................................21
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