Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit
The Dell™ OpenManage™ Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set of utilities for configuring and deploying Dell PowerEdge™ systems. The DTK is designed for customers who need to build scripted installations to deploy large numbers of servers in a reliable fashion without having to dramatically change their current deployment processes.
In addition to the command-line utilities used to configure various system features, the DTK also provides sample scripts and configuration files to perform common deployment tasks and documentation. These files and scripts describe the use of DTK in Microsoft® Windows® Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) and embedded Linux® environments.
The benefits of the DTK:
- Provides the tools necessary to automate the pre-operating system configuration tasks and the unattended operating system installation tasks when deploying PowerEdge systems.
- Scales to support from one to many system deployment efforts.
- Facilitates consistent system configurations across multiple systems.
- Provides diverse and useful deployment tools that can be utilized in many different ways.
Downloads
The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit is free of charge and can be downloaded here:
- For Windows (4.2) - Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit for Windows
- For Linux - RHEL x32 bit Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit for Linux x32 bit
- For Linux - RHEL x64 bit and SLES x64 bit Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit for Linux x64 bit
Whitepapers - Docs
Configuring Dell server deployments end to end with Deployment Took Kit
Above whitepaper targets the below functionalities
- Use DTK to configure a bare metal server with both native and advanced tokens.
- Proceed on to deploy an operating system (unattended)
- Continue Keeping your Dell Server's driver and firmware updated with System Update Utility (SUU)