Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 5.4 Installation Guide February 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 4 Documents you may need................................................................................................................................................. 4 Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site.................................................................................... 4 Prerequisites......................................
1 Introduction The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities, sample scripts, and sample configuration files that you can use to deploy and configure the Dell systems. 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 The DTK ISO image available at dell.com/ dell.com/support. support. A Windows workstation that has at least 512 MB of RAM.
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 required system files and drivers on a network share or local media. 3. Set up a Source System using the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD (to install the operating system) and the Systems Service and Diagnostics Tools (to load drivers).
After the operating system is installed, the Set Up Windows screen is displayed. Converting to RACADM and installing Windows server Operating System using RACADM scripts To convert from DTK to RACADM deployment and to install Windows Server operating system using RACADM scripts: NOTE: Using RACADM scripts is an alternative method to install Windows server operating system. This feature is supported on Dell’s 12th generation of PowerEdge Servers and later systems.
16. On the target system, navigate to \Toolkit\template\scripts and run TKENVSET.BAT to set the DTK paths and options. 17. Set the environment variable DT_DRIVE=Z:. 18. Run the WINCLIENTINST.BAT script to install the required version of Windows client operating system. 19. Select the required operating system. The operating system installation starts and goes on unattended. After the operating system is installed, the Set Up Windows screen is displayed.
NOTE: See your operating system documentation for instructions on modifying the options in the ks.cfg/ks-rhelx.cfg/ ks_rhelx_uefi.cfg file to customize the scripted installation of your operating system, where x indicates the version of the operating system. To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the lininst.sh/ lininst7.sh script: 1. On the source system, navigate to the location of the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system image. 2.
To convert from DTK to RACADM deployment and to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the lininst.sh / lininst7.sh script: 1. On the source system, navigate to the location of the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system image. 2. Perform the steps 2 to 14 from the section Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Operating System using DTK. 3. From /opt/dell/toolkit/converter, run the command python dtktoracadm.py or python dtktoracadm.py linux_scripts.lst, where linux_scripts.
Converting to RACADM and installing SUSE Linux server Operating System using RACADM scripts CAUTION: It is recommended that you consult your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system documentation and unattended deployment documentation to develop a thorough understanding of the unattended installation process before attempting to perform a full scripted deployment. NOTE: While installing Linux, ensure that you install grub in the boot partition.
. Copy ks.cfg/ks-centosx.cfg (in BIOS mode) or ks_uefi.cfg/ks_centosx_uefi.cfg (in UEFI mode) from /opt/dell/ toolkit/template/configs to NFS share on the source machine. Here, x indicates the version of the operating system. In BIOS mode, rename the ks_centosx.cfg to ks.cfg. In UEFI mode, rename the ks_centosx_uefi.cfg to ks.cfg. 13. Edit ks.cfg (in BIOS mode) or ks_centosx_uefi.cfg (in UEFI mode) on the source system, where x indicates the version of the operating system.
./DTKTOOLS__Linux64_.Bin -- delete [-d] Upgrading your DTK version When upgrading from a previous release of DTK, ensure that you create the environment for new DTK version separately from the previous version. This step is necessary because the environments and requirements for the new DTK versions are completely different.
