User's Manual

Using The Systems Build and Update Utility 33
1 To update your system firmware, click Configure against Firmware
Update
on the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Home screen, or
click
Firmware Update on the left-hand pane. For details on the Firmware
Update
, see "Firmware Update." For details on how to use the Firmware
Update
, see step 1 through step 5 under "Updating Your System
Firmware").
2 To configure your system hardware, click Configure against Hardware
Configuration
on the Systems Build and Update Utility Home or click
Hardware Configuration on the left-hand pane. You can configure
hardware components such as BMC, BIOS, RAID, RAC, and so on, as
required. (For details on the Hardware Configuration module, see
"Hardware Configuration." For details on how to use the Hardware
Configuration, see "Configuring Your System Hardware").
NOTE: Ensure that you configure RAID, else you will not be able to proceed beyond
the Configure RAID screen in the Configure Server Operating System Installation
module.
3 After making changes on any of the screens in Hardware Configuration ,
ensure that you click
Save Settings . This stores all the values you modified
or entered.
NOTE: If you navigate to a different screen without clicking Save Settings, the
changes you made will be lost.
4 After you finish configuring your system hardware components, click
Configure against Server OS Installation on the Systems Build and
Update Utility Home
or click Server OS Installation on the left-hand
pane
to proceed with configuring your system operating system
installation. (For details on the Server OS Installation, see "Important
Information and Frequently Asked Questions". For details on how to use
the Server OS Installation, see "Installing Operating System").
5 Once you have completed configuring the three modules, you can view,
edit, or reset the configuration for the modules by clicking the
View , Edit ,
or
Reset options respectively.
6 On the Systems Build and Update Utility Home , click Apply/Export
Configuration
.