Dell: PET: QA Automation Engineer: Services Architecture

PET consisted of several independent systems that have, over time, been slowly aggregated into one system.

GPT-??? PROCESSING TOOL

• Manage Customer Orders
• Generates a Customer ID

FMT-FILE MANAGEMENT TOOL

• Register Files
• Move Files

QW-QUICKWEB

• Start Validation Job
• Start QuickImage
  • Partition Config
  • OS
  • BIOS
• Start Media Restore
• Monitor Job Status

QI-QUICKIMAGE

• Database of Drones, Task Lists, Task Operations
• Communicates with the DRONE to get and receive status and config info
• Front end for the DRONE

DRONE

• Polls QI for assigned jobs, request for reboot the DRONE VM
• Performs all the image processing, then captures a new GHO image
• Disk Architecture
  • C: OS Shell
  • D: Utils, TEMP
  • E: HH2 for disk imaging/validation/media restore
• Runs Virus scan
• Creates Restore Media

QE- QUICKENGINE

• Poll QI DB for appropriate Tasks
• Start validation routine (via LibFunction.vbs)
• Start Media Restore (CreateISO)

ACCOUNT CODE

• BIOS.ini
• Account.cfg
• Shell Scripts(PC Name)

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MEDIA RESTORE

FACTORY INSTALL