Owner's Manual

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Advanced RAID Configuration. In Advanced mode, it is mandatory
that user select disk with lowest drive ID for RAID configuration.
* When you use Systems Build and Update Utility with a keyboard-video-monitor
(KVM) switch, the GUI may not display due to incompatibility with the Server
Interface PODs (SIPs) used. To view the GUI, connect your monitor directly to
your system or change the SIP.
* The "View Hardware" option in Systems Build and Update Utility lists the L2
cache size as 4 MB for 5300-series processors running on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux version 4 operating system; however, the "BIOS SETUP" option lists the
L2 cache size as 8 MB.
This is because Linux "reads" a 5300-series processor in terms of
per-logical-CPU-thread. Hence, each logical thread (each set) would still have
access to only 4 MB cache, and so it is reported as such by the "View
Hardware" option.
The "BIOS SETUP" option "reads" the 5300-series processor as a two-set
package, each with a 4 MB L2 cache. In each set, the two cores share the 4 MB
cache. Hence, this option reports a total L2 cache size of 8 MB.
Therefore, the different L2 cache sizes listed are due to different cache size
reporting mechanisms, and not an error by the operating system.
* To ensure the successful installation of an Operating System using
Server OS Installation, disable the DRAC Virtual Flash.
* When you are using the Server Operating System Installation module
in Systems Build and Update Utility to install an operating system,
the installation may fail if an external storage device is
connected to your system. Ensure that you disconnect the external
storage device before you begin installing the operating system.
* The Edit option shown on the SBUU homepage after Hardware Configuration
section is configured, will allow the user only to view all the created Virtual
Disks and user is allowed to add or remove Virtual Disks. User will not be
allowed to edit the settings of already configured Virtual Disk.
* When an external storage enclosure is connected to the storage controller,
RAID can be configured on that controller using SBUU. But, SBUU will not
support installing an Operating System on the Virtual Disk which is created
on the controller connecting to an external storage enclosure.
* iDRAC users created through SBUU do not get enabled. To enable these users,
user will have to goto DRAC (DRAC5 or iDRAC) GUI and set the user priviledge
level to desired level (Administrator, Operator etc).
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KNOWN ISSUES FOR LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS
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When you are using the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation"
DVD through DRAC, Systems Build and Update Utility may not eject the