Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Version 2.0 Owner's Manual

Dell Systems Build and

Update Utility

Version 2.0

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What’s New

The new features for this r elease include:

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Added support for Dell Po werEdge 12th gener ation servers that are PowerEdge R720, PowerEdg e R6 20,Po werE dge
M620, PowerEdg e T620, and PowerEdge R720XD

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Added support f or Red Hat E nterpr ise L inux v ersio n 5. 7 x86

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Added support f or Red Hat E nterpr ise L inux v ersio n 5. 7 x86 _64

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Added support f or Red Hat E nterpr ise L inux v ersio n 6. 1 x86 _64

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Added support for Novell(R) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES ) version 10 (SP4) x86_64

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Added support for Novell(R) SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP 2 x86_64

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Added support f or VMwa re ESX 4.1 U 2

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Added support f or VMwa re ESX i 4. 1 U2 In stal ler an d rec over y

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Added support f or VMwa re ESX i 5. 0 Inst aller and r ecov ery

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Added suppor t fo r Citr ix Xe n Serv er 6. 0 FP1 H DD

Supported Systems

The following Dell systems are sup ported on t he SBUU version 2.0:
PowerEdge 180 0, Pow erE dge 185 0, Po werE dge 1 855, Power Edge 1900 , Powe rEdge 19 50, Power Edge 19 55, Pow erEdge 2 800,

PowerEdge 2850, PowerEdge 2900, Power Edg e 295 0, Pow erE dge 29 70, Powe rEdge 680 0,
PowerEdge 685 0, Pow erE dge 695 0, Po werE dge 8 00, Po werE dge 8 30, Po werE dge 84 0, Po werE dge 8 50, Po wer Edge 860,
PowerEdge M600, Powe rEdg e M605, Po werEdg e M6 10, Po werE dge M 710, Power Edge M 805, PowerEdge M905, PowerEdge
R200, PowerEdge R 210, Powe rEdg e R30 0, Pow erEdg e R4 10, Po werE dge R 510, P owerE dge R610 , Po werE dge R 710,
PowerEdge R805, Pow erEdg e R81 0 , Po werE dge R9 00, Po werE dge R 905, Po werE dge T110, Po werE dge T300, P owerE dge T310,
PowerEdge T410, PowerEdge T605, Power Edg e T610, Pow erEdg e T71 0, Po werV ault 1 10, PowerEdge R815, PowerEdge R715,
PowerEdge M910, Pow erEdg e R 310, PowerEdge M610x, Powe rEdge M71 0HD, Powe rEdg e R91 0, Po werE dge R 415, PowerEdge
R515, PowerVault 500, Powe rVaul t 600, Power Vault DL 2000, PowerEdge M 915, Power Edge R72 0, Po werE dge R6 20,
PowerEdge M620, Powe rEdg e T62 0, Po werE dge R7 20XD, PowerVault NF110/DP110, PowerVault NX 1950.

See the "readme.txt" in the f older "/ server_a ssista nt/driver _tool " for all d etails on t he driver extracting utility.

Hardware and Software Requirements

NOTE: It is recom mend ed th at yo u rev iew s pecific ation s abo ut t he up date to det ermi ne if it appl ies to your syst em. T he
update contains changes that impact o nly cert ain config uratio ns, or pro vides new features that may or may not apply to
your environment.

Hardware Requirements

This section provides inform atio n about the support ed system s, oper ating sys tems, an d system requireme nts for SBUU. You
should have a Dell system with:

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Minimum memory of 512 MB

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DVD drive

NOTE: Hard driv e requ irem ents v ary by oper ating sys tem.

Software Requirements

The following operating sy stems ar e suppo rted in th is rele ase:

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Microsoft Windows S erver 20 08 with SP 2

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Microsoft Windows S erver 20 08, x64 ed ition wit h SP2

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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1

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Microsoft Windo ws Ser ver 2011 S mall Busin ess S erver

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Microsoft Windows S erver 20 08 Essen tial Bus iness Ser ver x64 SP1

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux ver sion 5.7 x 86

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.7 x86_64

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.1 x86_64

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Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 (SP4) x86_64

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Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 SP2 x86_64

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VMware ESX version 4.1 U2 and 4.0 U3

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VMware ESXi Installer and Recovery version 4.1 U2, 4.0 U3, and 5.0

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Citrix Xen 6.0 FP1 HDD

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Microsoft Windo ws Ser ver 2008 R 2 Hy per-V x86_64 Edition

General Notes for Operating Systems

For operating systems such a s ESX an d Windo ws 2008 Ser ver, wh ere the installat ion is no t fully-automated, the native
Graphical User Installation tool provided by the operat ing syst em instal lation m edia is use d. Hence, se tting dat e and time
zone in the SBUU setup page i s not appl ied. The d ate and t ime mu st be set manually after the o perating system is installed.

Installation

1. Insert the "Dell Systems M anagem ent To ols a nd Do cument ation" DVD int o your system drive and re boot yo ur system.
If the system is supported by the DVD, the "Boo t Menu" page ap pears. Th e "Boo t Menu" pag e contai ns the fo llowing
options to boot your system:

o "Dell Systems Build and Update Utility"
o "Optical Media (CD/D VD) Che ck"
o "Skip Optica l Med ia (CD /DVD ) Boo t - Boot to Hard Drive"

When you select the "D ell Sy stem s Buil d and U pdate Util ity" o ption , th e "Hom e" pa ge for "Del l Syst ems Buil d and

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Update Utility" app ears. Fro m the "Home " page, you can acc ess the S BUU mo dules:

o Server Operating System Inst allation
o Firmware Update
o Hardware Configuratio n
o View Hardware

SBUU can also be u sed to creat e a bo ota ble im age, o r expo rt c onfig uratio ns f or, an y of t he sup port ed sy stem s.
Click "System(s) Selection " to chang e the sy stem(s) of choic e. The curr ent sy stem is s elected by defaul t.

Each of the above modules ca n be conf igured i ndepend ently, an d all th e configur ations c an then be applied at

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once. Alternatively, the Serv er OS Inst allation can be done by its elf in on e flow.

To configure any of the above modules, click "Conf igure" agai nst the module name . Follow the instruct ions to
complete the configuration. Context-sensitive help is provided on each page.

To apply all conf igur ation s, clic k "Ap ply/E xpor t Conf igur ation ". Fo llow the in stru ction s to a pply the co nfig uratio ns,

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and click "Continue".

Insert the operat ing sy stem C D/DV D me dia if instal ling from CD/D VD, w hen a sked by the syste m.

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The system reboots and the unatten ded opera ting syst em installation contin ues.

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When the installation is compl ete, your system is ready fo r use .

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Notes

To use the RAID configuratio n featur e of SBUU to conf igure RA ID and in stall the o perating system, the Fast Initializat ion
parameter of the RAID controller must be set to ON. This setting is the factory default for all RAID controllers.

Do not insert or remove any hot-swappable drives until the op erating system i s completel y install ed whil e using SBU U. Th e
results may be unpredictable and the install ation may fail.

Replication is sup port ed on syst ems wit h mul tiple contr oller s, provided the control lers are in an initializ ed state . This is
applicable to both master an d target sy stems.

If you configure RAID manuall y and u se SBUU to install an ope rating syst em on a m aster syst em, then yo u have to m anually
configure RAID on the target system as well.

Use local accounts for creat ing the SM B share on Windo ws on wh ich the RPM s will r eside fo r the netwo rk do wnload f eature.

SBUU does not su pport the in stal latio n of T ape or Fiber Ch annel drivers w ith the o perating s ystem in stallatio n. You c an
download the drivers for th ese dev ices from the Dell S ystems Service and Diagno stics Tool s on the Dell Sy stems Man agement
Tools and Documentation DVD or from the Dell support website at support.dell.com.

The Keyboard Type locale o ption of fered for a keybo ard layo ut on the S BUU Hom e page is f or the S BUU pag es navigat ion
only. The selected keyboard l ayout s etting is n ot pa ssed t o th e inst alled o perating system.

In the Firmware Update page, if the user sel ects Refr esh US B device s, the user must wait f or the devices to be list ed, or a
popup appears in form ing th at no device s could be foun d, befor e clicking an y other li nks on t he page.

USB keys formatted with New Technolog y File System (NTFS ) or File Al loc ation T able (FAT 16) a re no t suppo rt ed.

Any network or Windows shar e or CD/DV D that you use a s an inp ut to the R eposito ry must not contai n any fil e or fold er that
is not part of the Server Update Utility (SUU) content.

When you insert multiple USB keys into yo ur s ystem, SBUU uses t he last in sert ed USB key wh ich has a repo sito ry that is
applicable to th e platf orm t o whic h your syst em bel ong s, and is co mpat ible with t he SB UU r eposit ory.

The selections on Set the Date and Time page in SOI will show default values (not the earlier selecte d values) , when th e
user re-visits th e page by cl icking Back or Ed it. T he use r sel ected v alu es wil l be stor ed internally and will be applie d to the
system when the user opts to a pply.

The Advanced Mode allows you to specify the size of the v irtual di sk. The spec ified v alu e wil l be u sed wh ile creat ing RA ID
and will not be validated against the existing disks on the system.

The values configured in the multi-sys-config.csv file wil l be appli ed only during execut ion. Only those o ptions th at are
shown during configuration time ar e applied. However, o ptions t hat are not shown during configur ation, but are part of
multi-sys-config .csv fil e will be igno red.

Note: If there is any overl ap in the settings b etween Configur ation GU I and mul ti-sys-config.csv file, then the setting s in
multi-sys-config.csv f ile w ill overr ide thos e made in t he GUI.

The installation times for d ifferent v ersions o f the Windows Se rver 2008 operating system will vary considerably. This is
because of the differences in the so ftwa re an d driv ers ut iliz ed in diffe rent v ers ions o f th e Windo ws S erver 200 8 oper ating
systems and the c apab iliti es of the in stall ation platf orm. On t he In stallin g W indow s scre en, the Co mple ting in stall ation ste p,
where the drivers are installed, may tak e consider able time t o com plete.

If you configure the BIOS or i DRAC6 entry with Setup Pa ssword Overrid e check box under Power section a nd then you Expor t
the configurations and Import the sam e config uration a nd Vie w/Edit th e impor ted configu ration. U ser will see that th e
Setup Password Override checkbo x is not selected.

Uncertified arr ay dis ks, if pres ent in t he sy stem , are d ispl ayed i n the S BUU RAID c onfigur ation GUI but are not use d while
creating RAID u sing co nfig urati on scr ipts.

The options shown in SBUU for BIOS tokens in the BIOS page, in the Hardware Conf ig screen, are a supers et. The default
values do not reflect the curr ent stat us of the tokens. If the user selects an option which is not su pported i n the cur rent
system, applying Hardware Sc ripts w ill fail. User sho uld select a value t hat is applicabl e on the c urrent s ystem.

Notes for Windows Operating Systems

If you are using the SBU U iso ima ge do wnlo aded f rom t he su ppor t site at su ppo rt.dell .com an d inst alling Micr osof t Windo ws

2008. You must download Wi ndow s OS I nstal l Sup port Pack f rom the su pport sit e. Cre ate yo ur o wn opt ical m edia from the
Windows OS Inst all Su pport Pac k and make it available for SBUU, when prom pted.

During Windows installation, the system will automatically lo g in to f inis h the po st-installation tasks an d then au tomat ically
log out. It is recommended tha t you do not per form any t ask until t he syste m has auto matically l ogge d out. Th e installat ion
might end abno rm ally if it is interr upte d.

If you enable "Console Redirection":

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A dialog box displays that an Expanded Memory Support (EMS) co nnection has been disco vered during t he
operating syste m inst allat ion.

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You enter the organization n ame and computer name, an error m essage di splays th at "unat tend.txt " is incom plete
and prompts you to enter th e usernam e. Enter the usern ame to c ontinue w ith the unat tended setup oper ation.

In the advanced Enter OS Inf ormat ion screen , enter all the I P addres ses for t he Trap Destinat ion fiel d separa ted by com mas.
Do not enter trailing commas; the installation will stop when the Windo ws Setup program ru ns.

If you install Wi ndows Serv er 2 003 We b Ed ition using Dell S yst ems Buil d, U pdate U tilit y Int ernet Info rmat ion Ser ver ( IIS) is
installed by default. You must choose New Techno logy Fil e System (NTFS) to ensur e all of IIS components install correctly. If
your platform suppo rts Win dows HP C 2008 or Wi ndows H PC 2008 R2 e ditions, select Win dows 20 08 (64-bit) and Windows
2008 R2 (64-bit) respectively on the Conf igure Server OS Instal lation pag e, and use the appropriate Windows media when
prompted.

Notes for the Tool to Create Bootable USB

The following commands/rpm should be installed for the tool to work: udevinfo, mtools, parted (minimum version required
is 1.6.25.1), grub-install (grub) an d lsu sb.

By default, t he boo t to ha rd d isk opt ion is conf igur ed to boot to seco nd p artit ion o f the f irst hard disk o f pr imary c ont roller
master (hd0, 1). If the OS is in stall ed in o ther dis k or par titio ns th e GRU B boo t ent ry sho uld b e ed ited ac cord ingly . Please
check GRUB manual for further details.