This release provides support for the servers included in version 2.3 of the Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK).

Operating System Installation Files for Scripted Installations

Install files are copied from your installation disks to a file share to automate scripted installations. During initial configuration, you are prompted to provide the installation files for each operating system you want to deploy using scripted installations.

Dell Server Assistant CDs for Windows Scripted Installations

Drivers for each of your Dell server models can be located and copied automaticaly from your Dell Server Assistant CDs. This eliminates the need to manually collect and provide the correct drivers to perform scripted installations.

During initial configuration, you are prompted for the Dell Server Assistant CDs that support your systems (supported systems are listed on the front of each disk). If you do not have these disks available, images can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.dell.com/sysman/.

Supported Platforms for Scripted Installations

Jobs are provided to perform scripted installations of the following operating systems:

• Windows 2000 Server and 2000 Advanced Server
• Windows 2003 Server (all versions, 32- and 64-bit)
• Red Hat* Enterprise Linux AS 3, 4, and 5 (all versions, 32- and 64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3, 4, and 5 (all versions, 32- and 64-bit)
• SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Where to Download

You can download released versions of Altiris products from http://www.altiris.com/Download.aspx.

You can download beta versions of Altiris products from http://beta.altiris.com.

Installation

Complete installation instructions are contained in the Deployment Solution for Dell Servers 3.0 documentation, available at http://www.altiris.com/support/documentation.

Upgrade

To upgrade, perform a standard installation as outlined in the Deployment Solution for Dell Servers 3.0 documentation, available at http://www.altiris.com/support/documentation.

Existing jobs are not deleted to preserve settings, but these jobs are not usable without modification. Previous jobs refer to the "Dell" file-system folder, which has been renamed to "Dell_prev". The simplest way to use the old jobs, if it were necessary, would be to temporarily rename the new Dell folder to something like "Dell_new" and rename the "Dell_prev" folder to "Dell" while you run an old job. After running the old job, change the folder names back so that the new jobs refer to the proper "Dell" folder. modification.

Performing an upgrade has the following effects:

Deployment Console jobs-folder:
The jobs from the previous version should still appear in the Deployment Console in the folder named according to the version (e.g. "Deployment Solution for Dell Servers v2.0 SP1 Linux, etc."). The new jobs in the Deployment Console will be in a separate folder named according to the version and pre-boot environment (e.g. "Deployment Solution for Dell Servers v3.0 Linux").

Deployment Share file-system folder:
The Deployment Share is usually located in the file system in "C:\Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\". The old "Dell" file-system folder in the Deployment Share will have been renamed to "Dell_prev" (or to something like "Dell_prev1" if a "Dell_prev" folder already existed). A new file-system folder named "Dell" containing the version 3.0 files will have been created in the Deployment Share.

Deployment Console tools menu:
The tools menu in the Deployment Console is updated to refer to the new version 3.0 items, including the new Configuration Utility. The previous version's configuration utility would be accessible in the "Dell_prev" folder, however, the old configuration utility may not be useable (see the note below).

Known Issues

Known Limitations