Introduction 11IntroductionThe Dell™ OpenManage™ Deployment Toolkit (DTK) includes a set ofutilities for configuring and deploying Dell systems. The DTK is designedfor customers who need to build scripted installations to deploy largenumbers of systems in a reliable fashion without having to dramaticallychange their current deployment processes.In addition to the command line utilities used to configure various systemfeatures, the DTK also provides sample scripts and configuration files toperform common deployment tasks and documentation. These files andscripts describe the use of DTK in Microsoft® Windows® PreinstallationEnvironment (Windows PE) and embedded Linux environments.The benefits of the DTK:• Provides the tools necessary to automate the pre-operating systemconfiguration tasks and the unattended operating system installation taskswhen deploying Dell 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 manydifferent ways.
