Deployment Guide

SBUU is replaced with Lifecycle Controller on Dell 13G servers. iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller is an Embedded Systems Management

application for operating system deployment and lifecycle management of PowerEdge servers. You can access Dell Lifecycle Controller by

pressing <F10> during system boot up.

The local GUI of iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller allows you to do the following in a pre-OS environment:

• Hardware configuration

• Operating system and hypervisor deployments

• Hardware updates

• Hardware diagnostics

• Easy maintenance of PowerEdge servers

iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller functionality can also be accessed through remote interface tools such as, iDRAC Web UI, RACADM

Command Line interface, and Web Service Management (WS-MAN) interface.

After you have installed the operating system and all applicable device drivers using Dell Lifecycle Controller, check www.dell.com/

support for the latest drivers. Install all necessary drivers to be used in the deployment in the system directory for the target system.

Copy all necessary files in the \Toolkit\Systems\<server_name> directory (Windows) or /opt/dell/toolkit/systems/

<server_name) directory (Linux).

RAC and BIOS configuration

Configure RAC on your source system using the RACADM.EXE (Windows) or racadm (Linux) utility, if applicable. BIOS options can be

configured using racadm.

NOTE: For more information on configuring RAC and BIOS options on your source system, see the

• Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) Version 2.40.40.40 User's Guide

After you have successfully prepared your directory structure for a deployment and fully configured your source system, you are ready to

write, review, or edit the deployment sample scripts. For instructions on editing the sample scripts necessary to run a full deployment, see

Preparing The Script Files.

How to obtain Dell utility partition files

Obtain the Dell utility partition files from /opt/dell/toolkit/systems, or the Systems Build and Update Utility on the Dell Systems

Management Tools and Documentation DVD.

Pre-requisites and deployment