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Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Overview 11
Dell Systems Build and Update
Utility Overview
This section provides an overview of the Dell™ Systems Build and
Update Utility. This section helps you to understand the functionalities that
the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility provides to update and deploy
your Dell systems.
What Is The Systems Build and Update Utility?
The Dell Systems Build Update and Utility is an integrated tool for
deployment and update of your Dell systems. It has modules such as Server
OS Installation, Firmware Update, Update Utility Creation, 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.
For example, if you have bought a new Dell system, you can use Systems
Build Update and Utility to update the system firmware (if required),
configure your system hardware, and install a supported operating system.
If you have an existing Dell system, you can use Systems Build Update and
Utility to update to the latest firmware, modify the hardware configuration,
and install a new operating system. You can perform these operations on your
existing system (one-to-one) or create a bootable media for a set of multiple
systems (different platforms) of your choice.
What Are The Key Features?
The key features of the Systems Build and Update Utility are:
• The three modules mentioned above ( Server OS Installation, Firmware
Update
, and Hardware Configuration ) are interlinked in such a manner
that you can configure all the three modules in one go and apply the
configuration as required.
• You can apply
Hardware Configuration settings to your current system in
the same session.