Dell Client Configuration Toolkit Installation Guide
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Contents 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5 Installation Pre-requisites........................................................................................................................................ 5 Accessing CCTK Installer.........................................................................................................................................
Introduction Dell Client Configuration Toolkit (CCTK) is a packaged software offering that provides BIOS configuration capability to Dell business client platforms. You can configure the client systems in two ways: using Graphical User Interface (GUI) or using Command Line Interface (CLI). This guide provides the installation instructions for CCTK. Installation Pre-requisites The pre-requisites are given in the following table: Table 1.
• Installing CCTK Silently Using DUP • Installing CCTK Using .msi File • Installing CCTK Silently In The Default Folder Using .msi File • Installing CCTK Silently In A Custom Folder Using .msi File Installing CCTK Using DUP 1. Double-click the downloaded DUP and click Install. The CCTK InstallShield Wizard is launched. 2. Run the InstallShield Wizard. For more information, see Running The InstallShield Wizard. Installing CCTK Using .msi File 1. Double-click the downloaded DUP. 2.
4. Type the customer information, select the user for the application, and then click Next. The Custom Setup screen is displayed. 5. Click Next to install CCTK CLI and GUI in the default directory. The default CCTK installation directories are C: \Program Files\Dell\CCTK (for 32-bit system) and C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CCTK (for 64-bit system). NOTE: Click Change to install CCTK in a specified directory. The Ready to Install the Program screen is displayed. 6. Click Install.
• Installing CCTK On Systems Running RHEL 5 Installing CCTK On Systems Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 To install CCTK on systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6) systems using 64-bit RPMs, navigate to RHEL6 directory (\lx64\RHEL6), untar the file, and run the commands in the following order: 1. rpm -ivh srvadmin-hapi-7.4.0-4.2.8.el6.x86_64.rpm 2. rpm -ivh cctk-linux-2.2.1-buildnum.el6.x86_64.
Uninstalling CCTK On Systems Running Linux To uninstall CCTK on systems running RHEL 6 and RHEL 5, you have to run different RPMs. Related Links: • Uninstalling CCTK On Systems Running RHEL 6 • Uninstalling CCTK On Systems Running RHEL 5 NOTE: Uninstalling and upgrading CCTK on Linux systems leaves empty files and folders on the system. The files and folders do not have any functional impact.
Upgrading CCTK 2.2 and 2.1.1 On Systems Running Windows Using .msi File 1. Download the latest installation file, Systems-Management_Application_6HCTN_WN_2.2.1_A00.exe from support.dell.com. 2. Extract the installation: – From the folder where you extracted the file, double-click the cctk.msi file, or – From the command prompt, navigate to the directory where you extracted the file, and then run the following command: msiexec.exe /i cctk.
CCTK For Windows Pre-Installation Environment (Windows PE) Windows PE provides a standalone pre-installation environment that is used to prepare a system for Windows installation. For client systems that do not have an operating system installed, you can create a bootable image that contains CCTK to run the CCTK commands on Windows PE. To create Windows PE 3.0, and 3.1 image, you can use Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) and to create Windows PE 4.0 image, and Windows PE 5.
4. Navigate to C:\winpe_x86\WIM and burn the ISO image. Integrating CCTK Directory Structure To An ISO File Using Windows PE 4.0 1. Install Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 operating system. 2. Download and install Windows ADK for Windows 8. 3. Create Windows PE 4.0 image. Related Links: • Creating Windows PE 4.0 64-Bit Image • Creating Windows PE 4.0 32- Bit Image Creating Windows PE 4.0 64-Bit Image 1. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CCTK\X86_64. 2.
NOTE: Make sure that the directory specified for the ISO image is not an existing directory. – For a 32-bit system, run cctk_x86_winpe_3.bat C:\winPE_x86 C:\Progra~1\Dell\CCTK. – For a 64-bit system, run cctk_x86_64_winpe_3.bat C:\winPE_x86_64 C: \Progra~2\Dell\CCTK. The ISO image and the WIM file are created in winPE_x86\WIM folder. Integrating CCTK Directory Structure To An ISO File Using Windows PE 3.1 1. Install Windows 7. 2. Install Windows 7 SP1. 3. Install Windows 7 AIK. 4.
3. In the Select your product type section, click Software and Security. 4. In the Choose your Dell Software section, click the required link from the following: – Client System Management – Enterprise System Management – Remote Enterprise System Management – Serviceability Tools 5. To view the document, click the required product version. NOTE: You can also directly access the documents using the following links: 14 • For Enterprise System Management documents — dell.
