Dell OpenManage
Deployment Toolkit
Version 4.0
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What’s New
The new features for this r elease include:
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Added support for SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 SP2 (64-bit).
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Deprecated the following op erating s ystems:
o Red Hat Enterpris e Lin ux 6. 0 (64-bit)
o Red Hat Enterpris e Lin ux 5. 5 (32-bit and 64-bit)
o SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 S P1 (6 4-bit)
o Microsoft Windo ws Ser ver 2003 R 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
o Microsoft Windows S erver 20 03 (32-bit and 64-bit)
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Support for Dell Powe rEdg e yx2 x syst ems.
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On PowerEdge yx2x systems, all the SY SCFG o ptions are grou ped as per the BIO S. SYSC FG conf igures an d report s
the current and pending BIOS attributes.
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If the system has setup p ass word, BIOS conf igur ation using SYS CFG re quir es the setu p pas swo rd.
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Attributes such as ipv 6, power budget, dynamic DNS, and de dicated NI C confi guratio ns are avail able onl y with the
appropriate insta lled lice nse.
Supported Systems
For a complete l ist of sup porte d Dell Powe rEd ge syst ems, see t he Dell Sy stems Softw are S uppo rt Mat rix av ail able a t
support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page, click Software-> Systems Management -> Dell OpenManage Releases. Click
the appropriate product version to access the Support Matrix.
Supported Operating Systems
DTK utilities su pport Windo ws PE 2.0 ( 32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows PE 3. 0 (3 2-bit and 64-bit). Us ing DT K util itie s we ca n
deploy the follo wing W indo ws o perat ing sy ste ms:
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Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
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Windows Server 2008 R 2 SP 1
Hardware and Software Requirements
Before beginning the deplo yment proc ess, en sure that yo u ha ve the following tools, software, and information ready to use
or consult:
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Advanced knowledg e of Windo ws.
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Windows Automated Instal lati on Kit (AIK ) to build Windo ws PE .
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An unzip utility.
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Working knowle dge o f Micro sof t Remo te Inst all ation Serv ices ( RIS) and Aut om ated D eploy ment Serv ices (A DS )
(including setting up of RIS a nd ADS e nvironm ents), or any other th ird part y deployment system or tool.
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Working knowle dge o f Win dows Deplo yment Ser vice s (WDS ) or any ot her t hird party deplo yment system or t ool for
Windows PE.
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A workstation wit h the foll owin g cap abilit ies:
o A writable CD/DVD driv e and CD/D VD writ ing softw are
o Network access
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A target system w ith a CD/DV D dr ive, if you are performi ng a lo cal deploym ent o r networ k access if you ar e
performing a network deployment.
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All Deployment Too lkit utilit ies, sam ple scri pts, and sam ple configuration files.
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All required Windows PE drivers, oper ating syst em driv ers, and th e Del l util ity pa rtit ion im age fil e.
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A minimum BIOS version is rec ommend ed on s ome of the platf orms for all the DTK options to work correctl y. In
general, it is goo d prac tice t o u se the l atest ("n") vers ion of BIOS firm ware or the "n-1" versio n that is av ailabl e on
"support.dell.com." For more inf ormation see the Dell Systems Softwar e Support Mat rix availabl e at
support.dell.com/manuals.
Installation
For complete installation and deployment instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit User's Guide."
Installation Prerequisites
Before extracting Deployment Toolkit components, ensure that you have:
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The Deployment Toolkit self-extracting insta llation fil e ("DTKX.X-WINPE-XX.exe")
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A Windows workstation that has at least 512 MB of RAM.
Installation and Configuration Notes
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The sample scripts are provided as examples f or customers w ho want to develop their o wn deployment pro cess.
Some customers may find that the scri pts wor k well in t heir enviro nment, while som e customers may ne ed to
develop their own scripts entirely from scratch. Customers deplo ying multi ple syst ems nee d to provi de uniq ue
information for each server when appropri ate. For example , system host nam es, IP ad dresses, an d system service
tags need to be unique for each syst em. The batch scr ipts an d configur ation f iles nee d to be modifie d to refl ect
the unique infor mation for each s ystem being depl oye d. Many optio ns ar e ava ilabl e to o ptim ize th is pro cess .
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Installation of Dell utility partition is no t sup port ed on W indo ws PE 2.0 and Wi ndows PE 3. 0.
Upgrade
When upgrading from a prev ious rele ase of th e DTK, e nsure that yo u creat e enviro nment fo r the ne w DTK version se parately
from the previou s vers ion of DT K. Th is ste p is n ecess ary b ecause t he enviro nments and requ irements f or the n ew DTK
versions are completely differ ent.
Tool Notes
SYSCFG
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Some options may not be prese nt on all s ystems, which may be due to the BIOS v ersion o r hardw are featur e set.
The usage information generated by running S YSCFG w ithout arg uments shows only t hose o ptions th at are v alid for
your system.
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The "--devseq" option is p rese nt o nly if you ha ve a n avail able , boot able h ard-disk partition. If thi s option is present
in the configuration file, but not pre sent on yo ur system, you will rec eive a usage error.
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It is required to perf or m a w ar m re boo t aft er apply ing th e sy scfg sett ing s ch ang es on Dell Po werE dg e yx 2x syst ems .
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If you perform operation s that cha nge the "--redmem " option , reboot your sy stem imm ediately. Th is is appl icable
to both command-line and "--infile" usage.
NOTE: The "--redmem" option should not be issued with any o ther com mand a nd should be imm ediately fol lowed
by a system reboot. This not e is impor tant wh en you dev elop scri pts that can alter t he "--redmem" setting.
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For options that use text str ings such as user name, password, hostname, and community string, using characters
such as <space>, "<," ">," " |," "= " on th e com mand l ine c an b e misinterpreted by the comman d line par ser and ma y
cause errors. Use only alphanu meric char acters t o avoid t hese erro rs.
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If you set the username using the sy scfg "user name " option, SOL access for the corres ponding user w ill be enabl ed
by default. You can disable SOL acc ess for a user using the "s yscfg sol action --userid=<userid> --action=disable"
command.
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The maximum reliably sup ported bau d rates (--so lbitr ate) are :
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57600 for Powe rEdge x9xx syst ems witho ut De ll Rem ote Ac cess Contr oll er 5 ( DRAC 5).
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115200 for Pow erEdg e x9xx syst ems wit h DRA C 5. If you ente r an u nsuppo rt ed baud rat e, you m ay receive an error ,
"Parameter out of range."
RAIDCFG
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When creating virtual disks, th e chunk ( stripe) size is al ways in K Bs. Do no t specify any unit s of mea sure for the
chunk size.
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When providing multiple physical disks for the "create virtual disk" command, do not sepa rat e the d isks with sp aces .
For example, "-ad =1:4, 1: 5" causes an error. T he corr ect way to display mu ltiple ph ysical di sks is "-ad=1:4,1:5,1:6."
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If you change the controll er mode fr om SCS I mode to RAID m ode, data lo ss may occur. Back up any data yo u
require before chan ging the modes.
Open Issues and Resolutions
Fixed Issues/def
RAIDCFG Issues
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If you delete a virtual disk o n PERC 4I/M on Windows PE, yo u need to r eboot the system f or the c hanges t o take
effect.
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You cannot delete a virtual dis k on C ERC S ATA 2S wh en RA ID 1 i s cre ated with t he "--clear " opt ion. T he v irtua l disk
can be cleared from the controller BIOS.
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Perform copy operations us ing the "XCO PY" co mmand, becaus e the DOS " COPY" co mmand m ay fail when co pying
across a network s hare. The m essa ge "i nval id fil e han dle" m ay be displ ayed. Thi s issu e is s pecif ic to R 805 a nd R 900
systems and is an intermittent error t hat is us ually caus ed by t he networ k connect ion. If th e problem persis ts,
check your network settings.
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You can assign up to 10 Global Hot spares us ing Raidcfg . Use T he Dell Op enManag e Server A dminist rator S torage
Management for assigning more than 10 Global Hot spares.
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SW RAID controllers S100 and S30 0 will not be detect ed in the Micr osoft W indows S erver 20 03 with SP1 (32-bit).
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DTK does not support Non RAID (Volume) mode on S100/S300 controller.
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S300 controller Cachepoli cy setting is "Not Applica ble". Henc e VD cre ated wit h different c ache policy setti ngs fro m
OROM utility will be di splaye d as "Not Ap plicable ".
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On Dell PERC H310 c ont roller s, c onver sion of a R AID Ca pabl e Dis k to No n-RAID disk and vice versa is no t sup porte d
using raidcfg.
SYSCFG Issues
• In DRAC 5, the --virtualmedia and --vflash options do not work if there is an active virtual m e d ia
session. Disconnect the virtual media using the DRAC GUI. Log into DRAC. Click Media > Virtual
Media > Disconnect.
• The syscfg --bootseq command detects CD-ROM with SAS/SATA controllers as unk.emb.1.
• On R815, syscfg power --profil e op tion allows to set to apc, though apc is not supported on R815.
syscfg does not throw an error message.
• On Windows PE 3.0, when you run the syscfg command to list all availabl e op tions, if you press
CTR + C before the command fully e xecutes, an error message is displayed. Click OK. You can
ignore the message.
• The option for "powerctl," which is "softshutdown," does not work on Windows PE.
• The "--solbitrate" option in "solcfgparams" and the "--mgscommbitrate" option in "serialcfgparams"
accept a baud rate of 57600, but tools such as "ipmish" and "solproxy" do not function at that baud
rate for PowerEdge systems.
• The legacy attribute values enable/disable are also supported for 12G systems for backward
compatibility. In future releases, these arguments might be deprecated. Try to use the values
shown in help message for BIOS options for 12G server.
RACADM Issues
• If you use virtual media to boot into Windows PE, executing certain RACADM commands may cause
Windows PE to crash.
• After generating the rac confi g u r ation file using the "racadm getconfig -f <file_name>" command,
comment out the following pr op erties in the configuration file before you update a configuration
using the "racadm config -f <file_name>" command:
o #cfgRacTuneCtrlEConfigDisable=0
o #cfgRacTuneLocalConfigDisable=0
• VLAN objects (cfgNicVLanEnable, cfgNi cV LanId, and cfgNicVLanPriority) displayed using the local
RACADM command "racadm getconfig -g cfgLanNetworking" or VLAN ob jects generated in the
configuration file using the local RACADM command "racadm getconfig -f <file name>" do not
contain the leading "#" symbol which indicates that they are read-only.
Windows PE Installation Issues
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If virtual flash is enabled and does no t contain a valid im age (f or exampl e, if t he virtual fl ash co ntains a cor rupt or
random image), you may not be able to install Windows 2000 or Windows 2003, locally or remotely. To fix this
issue, install a valid im age on vi rtual fla sh or disa ble virtu al flash if it will not be us ed during the instal lation
procedure.
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Running partcfg.bat may fai l when virt ual media is enabled. For t he har d dis k, pa rtcfg .bat uses t he dr iver l ette r
"c:". When virtu al me dia is enabl ed, so met imes, t he vir tual dev ice ge ts as signe d with the drive l etter "c:" And,
partcfg.bat execution fails. To run partcfg .bat succes sfully, either disable the virtual media or use the diskpart
command to assign a free driver letter for partcfg.bat.
Windows PE Issues
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Windows PE 2.0 an d 3.0 f or 64-bit do not suppor t raca dm.e xe fo r DRAC 4.
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Windows 2008 64-bit cannot be installed usin g DTK wit h Windows PE 3.0. Use Win dows PE 2.0 for in stalling
Windows 2008 64-bit.
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When using the H2 00 dr iver p ro vided in Win dows PE 3. 0 (64-bit), the diskpart command does not list the first
virtual disk cre ated. Do wnl oad the lat est drive r fro m the suppo rt sit e at s uppo rt.dell.com.
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Windows PE 3.0 do es no t sup por t PERC 4 cont rol lers.
Corrected Problems
Issue 1
DF456385: Raid 10 c onf igurat ion f ail s in D TK.
Description : Raidcfg fails to cr eat s R aid 1 0 on system wit h 6 dr ives a nd wh en al l 6 dr ives are includ ed in Raid c onf igurat ion.
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