Announcement : Dell OpenManage Deployment ToolKit (DTK) 4.4 is available now

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Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) 4.4 is published and available for download now.

The new features of this release include:

Support for deployment of Windows operating system in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) mode.
Using DTK utilities you can deploy the following operating system:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, Foundation, Essentials, and Standard editions
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (64–bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (64–bit)
RAIDCFG extends support to Dell PERC 9 (H730P Adapter) with the following features:
- RAID 10 virtual disk with uneven span.
- Advanced 4K sector hard disk drives.
- T10 Protection Information (PI) for data integrity.
Support for USB bootable DTK embedded Linux ISO image.
Availability of DTK in Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
The RAIDCFG utility supports the following options, which can be configured through RAID controller BIOS:
- Configuring the boot mode of the controller.
- Configuring the auto import property of the controller.
- Rebuilding physical disks associated with a virtual disk.
- Configuring the array disk state to online or offline.
- Converting RAID to non-RAID and vice versa on an array disk.
- Replacing the physical disk of a virtual disk.
- Executing consistency check on a virtual disk.
- Erasing the encrypted physical disk.
- Displaying the following in the array disk details:
  - Power State
  - Disk State
  - S.M.A.R.T. State
  - Maximum Device Link Rate
  - Negotiated Link Rate
  - Secured State
  - Encryption Capability
Support for the following Dell PowerEdge servers:
- R920
- M820VRTX
- R220
Added support for the following Network Interface Cards (NICs), Converged Network Adapters (CNAs), and Fiber Channels (FCs):
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE DA/SFP+ Network Adapter
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE KR Blade Mezzanine Card
- Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 40 GbE QSFP+ Network Adapter
- Emulex OCe14102-UX-D Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ CNA
- Emulex OCm14102-U3-D Dual Port 10Gb KR Blade Mezz
- Emulex OCm14102-U2-D Dual Port 10Gb KR Blade NDC
- Emulex OiCm14104-UX-D Quad Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ Rack NDC
Deprecated support for the following operating systems:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (64–bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

Downloads:

Linux

Windows

Documentation

aalba6675 · Answer

Hi Reshmi, there is a bad symlink in the DTK image SA.2: /sbin/reboot is a link to non-existent  ../busybox it should be a link to ../bin/busybox As a result ctrl+alt+del key combo doesn't work.

mikemikemie · Answer

Please help my with my dtk (Linux) problem

I have to change few bios settings in my servers,
I have all scripts done and and copied in to SA.2 file, i did iso and its working fine
I can run script with no problem

I have a question, How I can disable Boot option in dtk boot menu - alos skip Atl+F2.F3,F4

I just want to load usb/cd with dtk and let dtk to start my scripts automatically...

I can't find soloution in documentation

Could you advise ? pelase

Thanks

Mike

DELL-Sasikumar S · Answer

Hi Mike, You can use DTK - Option 'shared script'  and you can find in the User guide also page no :63. Using Custom Scripts Deployment. Excerpts herewith, Obtain the ISO image of the embedded Linux at support.dell.com. Extract the contents of the ISO image to a folder (for example, isoimage) on your hard drive. Copy the custom scripts into the same folder. NOTE: Your scripts must also take care of copying miscellaneous items to unlock the media, so that the media can be mounted and ejected as per the operating system’s installation process. In /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/isolinux.cfg (for BIOS mode) or in /mnt/cdrom/EFI/BOOT/dtk_grub.cfg (for UEFI mode), edit the cd install section to point to your customized start-up script. In other words, add the share_script option(ex: share_script=test.sh) and then use mkisofs to create the ISO image as follows: mkisofs -o output.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -pad -r -J -hide-joliet-trans-tbl -eltorito-alt-boot -e efiboot.img -no-emul-boot isoimage NOTE: It is important to use mkisofs to make your customized image because the ISO Linux recognizes only the isolinux.cfg (and all files within /isolinux). If you do not use mkisofs, the HAPI libraries of the DTK cannot load and most of the Dell Update Packages do not work.  NOTE: The scripts that you copy into the media are copied to the RAM disk and run from the RAM disk. This task is done to make sure that the media is not locked. Ensure that your sample scripts have valid path names. 7.  Burn the ISO contents to a media. 8.  Your ISO image is ready for booting. After booted into DTK, the required script will start and execute automatically without user intervention. Thanks,Sasi

Perry Dong · Answer

The download link for Linux version doesn't work. Could it be fixed? Thanks.

JM99 · Answer

I am seeing a LOT of this: 'Broken' links being posted, that lead nowhere. I tried also to download the latest SBUU 2.4, also a posting by Reshmi, but the link is broken/not working. I'm not sure how responsive Dell is, but it is discouraging to run into so many broken links. Here's the SBUU article by Reshmi: en.community.dell.com/.../19566433

DELL-Sasikumar S · Answer

Hi,

By selecting servers and linux OS in the support site, we can get DTK ELI under "Systems Management"

DTK Linux : http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-t420/drivers

By selecting servers in the support site, we can get SBUU and SMTD DVDs under "Secure Systems Management"

SBUU and SMTD : http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-t420/drivers

Thanks,
Sasi

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Announcement : Dell OpenManage Deployment ToolKit (DTK) 4.4 is available now

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