The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities for configuring Dell PowerEdge systems as part of the Operating System deployment. Available as extractable files for Windows and an ISO for Linux, it is designed for customers who have existing scripted installation processes.
Enhancements: DTK Seamless Package - The DTK Seamless Package is a single installer package which carries Linux DTK RPMs (RHEL, SLES) and its dependencies. Seamless package will auto recognize the OS type and its respective dependency during the installation and it install SYSCFG, RAIDCFG and RACADM tools on Linux post Operating System.
DTK to RACADM Converter - An utility added to conver the existing DTK SYSCFG deployment scripts to equivalent RACADM scripts which helps in the sealmess migration to utilize RACADM on deployment solution.
NOTE: This release covers added support for some more selected sets of the SYSCFG commands. For more information, see the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User's Guide and the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Support for installation and deployment of the following operating systems in BIOS and UEFI mode. - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (64-bit). - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (64-bit). - CentOS 6.7 (64-bit). - CentOS 7.0 (64-bit).
NOTE: CentOS deployment is supported only on DSS1510, DSS1500 and DSS2500 platforms.
Added support for the following Dell PowerEdge Server: - R230 - R330 - T130 - T330 - DSS1510 - DSS1500 - DSS2500
In order to use this file, you need a DVD-R or DVD-RW and appropriate software to create a DVD from the downloaded image. Download 1. Click the Download Now link to download the file. 2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.
Installation 1. Follow your DVD writing software vendor's instructions to create a DVD from the downloaded .ISO file. 2. The DTK ISO image, which contains the utilities, sample scripts, sample configuration files, RPMs, and documentation you need to deploy your Dell system. NOTE: The DTK ISO carries two bootloaders (isolinux for BIOS deployment and grub2 for UEFI deployment). 3. A Linux workstation that has at least 200 MB of free hard-drive space. 4.Boot the DTK ISO image and configure.