Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Version 2.4 Owner's Manual

Dell Systems Build

and Update Utility 2.4

Release Notes

Release Type and Definition

Dell Systems Build and Update Utility

Dell Systems Build and Update Utility is used to perform the following operations on the system:

• install operating system

• view hardware details

• perform firmware update

• generate hardware configuration scripts

• create a bootable image for systems

SBUU supports the following languages:

• English

• French

• German

• Spanish

• Simplified Chinese

• Japanese

The latest version of this Release Notes is available at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

Version

2.4

Release Date:

March 2014

Previous Version

2.3

Important Release Information

The Release Notes is the only document updated for this release. For all other documents, see the 2.4
version of the documents at http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/555/Product/dell-systms-build­and-update-utility-v2.4.

Importance

RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends using this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The
update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and
compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers and software).

Platforms Affected

SBUU 2.4 supports the following Dell systems:

PowerEdge 1900, PowerEdge 1950, PowerEdge 1955, PowerEdge 2900,

PowerEdge 2950, PowerEdge 2970, PowerEdge 6950, PowerEdge M600,

PowerEdge M605, PowerEdge M610, PowerEdge M710, PowerEdge M805,

PowerEdge M905, PowerEdge R200, PowerEdge R210, PowerEdge R300,

PowerEdge R410, PowerEdge R510, PowerEdge R610, PowerEdge R710,

PowerEdge R805, PowerEdge R810, PowerEdge R900, PowerEdge R905,

PowerEdge T110, PowerEdge T300, PowerEdge T310, PowerEdge T410,

PowerEdge T605, PowerEdge T610, PowerEdge T710, PowerVault 110,

PowerEdge R815, PowerEdge R715, PowerEdge M910, PowerEdge R310,

PowerEdge M610x, PowerEdge M710HD, PowerEdge R910, PowerEdge R415,

PowerEdge R515, PowerEdge M915, PowerEdge R720, PowerEdge R620,

PowerEdge M620, PowerEdge T620, PowerEdge R720XD, PowerEdge R820,

PowerEdge M520, PowerEdge R520, PowerEdge R420, PowerEdge R320,

PowerEdge M420, PowerEdge T420, PowerEdge T320, PowerEdge M820,

PowerVault NX 1950, PowerEdge R210ii, PowerEdge T110ii, PowerEdge R920,

PowerEdge R220, PowerEdge M520VRTX, PowerEdge M620VRTX, PowerEdge M820VRTX

What is Supported

Added Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 and E5-1600 v2 processor support for the following systems:

PowerEdge T620, PowerEdge R720XD, PowerEdge R720, PowerEdge R620, and PowerEdge M620.

Hardware

NOTE: It is recommended that you review specifications about the update to determine if it applies to
the system. The update contains changes that affect only certain configurations, or provides new
features that may or may not apply to the environment.

Hardware

and Software Requirements

Requirements

This section provides information about the supported systems, Operating systems and system
requirements for SBUU.

You should have a Dell system with:

• Minimum memory of 512MB

• DVD drive

NOTE: Hard drive requirements vary by operating system

Software

Requirements

The following operating systems are supported in this release:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with SP2

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, x64 edition with SP2

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.4 x64

• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86_64 with SP4

• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86_64 with SP2

What’s New

The release highlights of SBUU are:

• Added support for the following operating systems:

o Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, Foundation, Essentials, and Standard

editions

o Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (64–bit)
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (64–bit)
o VMware ESXi 5.5 Flash and HDD
o VMware ESXi 5.1 U2 Flash and HDD
o VMware ESXi 5.0 U3 Flash and HDD

• Added support for the following Adapter cards:

o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE DA/SFP+ Network Adapter
o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE KR Blade Mezzanine Card
o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 40 GbE QSFP+ Network Adapter
o Emulex OCe14102-UX-D Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ CNA
o Emulex OCm14102-U3-D Dual Port 10Gb KR Blade Mezz
o Emulex OCm14102-U2-D Dual Port 10Gb KR Blade NDC
o Emulex OCm14104-UX-D Quad Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ Rack NDC

• Added support for Dell PowerEdge M820VRTX, PowerEdge R220, and PowerEdge R920.

• Added support for Dell PERC 9 controllers (H730P Adapter) with the following features:

o RAID 10 virtual disk with uneven span.
o Advanced 4K sector hard disk drives.
o T10 Protection Information (PI) for data integrity.

• Deprecated support for the following operating systems:

o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (64–bit)
o VMware ESXi 5.1 U1 HDD and Flash