Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Version 2.0 User Manual

Dell Systems Build and

Update Utility

Version 2.0

User’s Guide

Notes and Cautions

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your computer.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if

instructions are not followed.

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Contents

1 About Dell OpenManage Systems Build

and Update Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Key Functionalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What’s New in This Release

Prerequisites

USC Transition

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Firmware Update Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Updating Your System Firmware

Hardware Configuration Module

Configuring Your System Hardware

Server Operating System Installation Module

Installing the Operating System

About Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility

Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU) is an integrated tool for deployment and update of your Dell systems. It has modules such as Server OS Installation, Firmware Update, and Hardware Configuration. These modules enable you to update BIOS and firmware in the pre-operating system environment, apply these settings on the current system or on multiple systems, and install the operating system.

Key Functionalities

Table 1-1 lists the key SBUU functionalities for deploying and updating the Dell systems.

Table 1-1. Organization of Information in This Guide

To Se e

Update your system firmware (Baseboard Management Controller [BMC], Dell Remote Access Controller [DRAC], Redundant Array of Independent Disks [RAID]) and BIOS in a preoperating system environment.

Configure your system hardware.

Install an operating system on your system.

Create customized bootable media to deploy multiple systems (different platforms) of your choice

Updating Your System Firmware

Configuring Your System Hardware

Installing the Operating System

Using SBUU in Different Scenarios

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What’s New in This Release

Support for the following operating systems:

• VMware ESX 4.1 U2 and ESXi 4.1 U2 installer and recovery

• VMware ESXi 5.0 installer and recovery

• Citrix XenServer 6.0 FP1 HDD

• RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.1 x86_64

• Added support for 12G systems — PowerEdge R720, PowerEdge R620, PowerEdge M620, PowerEdge T620, and PowerEdge R720XD

Prerequisites

This section lists the prerequisites for using SBUU and where to find the other information that you may need.

• Dell system with minimum memory of 512 MB.

• Optical drive,

Tools and Documentation

Administrator).

• Two Network File System (NFS) or Samba multiple network shares.

NOTE: If you do not have network connectivity for the system you are

deploying, ensure that you have multiple USB keys.

NOTE: This is not applicable for Dell PowerEdge SC systems.

• Basic knowledge of RAID, BIOS, BMC, and DRAC.

• Windows OS install support pack.

Dell Server Updates

media (to install Dell OpenManage System

media, and

Dell Systems Management

NOTE: This is applicable only if you download the SBUU image from the

support site and you want to install Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

USC Transition

Insert the your media drive.

The boot menu is displayed.

Press <F3>.

The

6 About Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility

Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation

Advanced Options

screen is displayed.

media in

Select

USCBOOT

NOTE: USC boot is supported only on 11g or later systems. You have an option

to use USC or continue with SBUU.

NOTE: Ensure that iDRAC6/BMC and uEFI BIOS is preset and configured, and

System Services and Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) are enabled.

to reboot the system to USC.

Firmware Update Module

The Firmware Update module in SBUU enables you to update the BIOS and firmware versions of your Dell systems in a pre-operating system environment. This module:

• Inventories your system

• Enables you to select your own repository

• Generates a comparison report

NOTE: A comparison report is a comparison of the currently installed version

of each component on the existing system with the repository component version for the same system.

• Enables you to upgrade the system components

Updating Your System Firmware

On the

Firmware Update

The

Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Home

on the left pane.

Repository Selection

screen is displayed.

screen, click

Specify the location where the update files repository resides. The options available are:

•NFS

•SMB

• CD/DVD Media

•USB

NOTE: To compare your system component status with a different version of

the Server Update Utility, provide the location of the Server Update Utility on the Repository Selection screen.

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If you select NFS, enter the details.

IP Address/Hostname

and

Network Share

If you select SMB, enter the

Name

and Password

Click

Continue

The comparison report is displayed on the

If the media is unavailable the following error message appears:

Unable to recognize the media. It may be blank, damaged, or the format is not supported.

Click OK.

Insert the media and click

NOTE: You can selectively upgrade components depending on your

requirement. However, you cannot perform selective downgrades.

Select any components that you want to upgrade and click

and Update Utility Home

NOTE: SBUU saves the information about the repository and the selections

you made on the Comparison Report screen. These updates are applied during the actual deployment.

To update your current system, click

The

Configure Apply /Export Options

Select

Apply Configuration to Current System

The progress bar is displayed after which your system reboots with the firmware updates configured.

IP Address/Hostname, Network Share, User

details.

Comparison Report

Continue

Apply/Export Configuration

screen is displayed.

and click

screen.

Systems Build

Apply/Export

Hardware Configuration Module

The Hardware Configuration module in SBUU enables you to configure your system’s Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), and BIOS.

Once you save the configuration settings, you can use the tool to generate the .ini file and apply these configuration settings across multiple systems.

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Configuring Your System Hardware

On Your Current System

On the

Configuration

The

To configure the components (RAID, DRAC, BIOS, and so on), click the individual component buttons.

Component screens are displayed, on which you can configure various components.

Click

The

Configuration to Current System

Click

A progress bar is displayed indicating that the configuration changes you saved in step 3 are being applied to your system. After the changes are applied, your system reboots automatically and is ready for use with the updated configuration.

Systems Build and Update Utility Home

screen, click

Hardware

on the left pane.

Configuration Status Summary

NOTE: If you configure RAID manually and use SBUU to install an operating

system on a master system, you need to manually configure RAID on the target system as well.

Save Settings

and then,

Save Settings and Go Back to Home Page

Apply/Export Configuration

Configure Apply/Export Options

screen is displayed.

Go Back to Configuration Summary

screen is displayed with the

Apply

option selected, by default.

Apply/Export

On Your Current System For Multiple Systems

On the

Selection

The

Select the system(s) on which you want to deploy the hardware

Systems Build and Update Utility Home

on the left pane.

Select System(s)

screen is displayed.

screen, click

configuration.

NOTE: To generate a bootable ISO image to deploy a hardware configuration

to multiple systems, select all the required systems on the Select System(s) screen.

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