While DTK provides all the necessary utilities and scripts for deploying
Dell systems, there are more applications, utilities, and system files
to create the preoperating system environment in which this toolkit
is used.
The following table lists the Windows
system files and other tools to use DTK utilities and its sample scripts.
Table 1. Supporting Tools
and System Files for WindowsThe following table list the Windows system files
and other additional tools required to use DTK utilities.
Additional Tools
Purpose
Source
Windows ADK for Windows Server
2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Create a bootable media for Windows
PE 5.1.
microsoft.com
Windows ADK for Windows Server
2016 and Windows 10.0 (64-bit)
Create a bootable media for Windows
PE 10.0.
microsoft.com
The following table is a matrix of Linux system
files and other tools to use with DTK utilities and its sample scripts.
Table 2. Supporting Tools
and System Files for LinuxThe following table list the Linux system files
and other additional tools required to use DTK utilities.
Additional Tools
Purpose
Source
Save in DTK location
mkfs.*
Formats hard-drive partitions.
Any system running the Linux operating
system.
In the PATH variable.
fdisk
To create Master Boot Record (MBR)
partitions in BIOS mode.
Any system running the Linux operating
system.
In the PATH variable.
parted
To create GUID Partition Table
(GPT) in UEFI mode.
NOTE: In the previous releases,
each Dell system required a unique upimg file.
The upimg file is common for all Dell systems.
/opt/dell/toolkit/systems, or the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility on the Dell Systems
Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
/opt/dell /toolkit/
systems
kernel image
Used during a Linux unattended installation.
Available on the Linux media.
/opt/dell /toolkit
/systems/linux
initial ramdisk
Used during a Linux unattended
installation.
NOTE: For legacy operating systems, you may need to use the driver disk.
At the end of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server installation, you
may need to install the drivers available on the Systems Build and
Update Utility.
Available on the Linux operating
system media or on the Systems Build and Update Utility on the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
/opt/dell /toolkit /systems
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