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Novell ZENworks 7 Linux Management ships with the latest available version of the Dell
OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK). The DTK is integrated with ZENworks. However, when
new versions of the DTK become available, you can upgrade to a newer version.
To obtain the current Dell DTK build from Dell:
1 Make sure the novell-proxydhcp daemon is running on a server in your network.
This service must be available so that the device's PXE can access files from the ZENworks
server, such as the Preboot Services Menu file and the Dell DTK (Maintenance Mode) files.
2 Boot a Dell device that is PXE-enabled and press the Ctrl-Alt keys during booting.
This boots the device into the Preboot Services Menu. These keys must be pressed by the time
a string starting with "Novell ..." is displayed during the boot process.
3 Select the Dell DTK (Maintenance Mode) option.
4 When the bash (#) prompt is displayed, view the content of the
This shows the version of the Dell DTK currently used by ZENworks.
5 Make a note of the build version of your current DTK.
6 Obtain the latest Linux-based Dell DTK from
This is normally available as an ISO file.
7 Create a CD using the downloaded ISO file.
8 Insert the newly created CD into the drive of any Linux workstation or server.
9 To update the Linux resource files:
9a Using a file manager or a terminal on the server or workstation, copy the
files from the
/isolinux
your ZENworks server.
This replaces files of the same name.
You might need drives mapped to your servers from the device where you inserted the
CD. Otherwise, you need to place the CD into the drive of each device in order to copy the
files locally to replace them.
9b Repeat Step 9a
10 If necessary, to modify the configuration files:
10a Mount the Dell DTK CD's ISO file, then open
editor, text-viewing command, or utility.
10b Look for the
ramdisk_size
This parameter occurs many times in the file, but each instance is generally set to the same
value. If different values are assigned in different instances of the parameter, use the value
displayed in the default configuration section. For example, the file might contain
directory on the CD to the
for each ZENworks server to replace these files on them.
parameter and note its assigned value.
/BUILD
.
www.dell.com
/srv/tftp/dell-dtk
/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
file.
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