User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About This Document
- Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Overview
- Before You Begin Using the Systems Build and Update Utility
- Launching the Systems Build and Update Utility
- Using the Systems Build and Update Utility
- Flexibility That the Systems Build and Update Utility Offers
- Using the Systems Build and Update Utility in Different Scenarios
- Updating Your System Firmware
- Configuring Your System Hardware
- Installing the Operating System
- Deploying Your Current ("Bare-Metal") Dell System
- Deploying More Than One System With the Same Configuration
- Deploying More Than One System With Slightly Different Configurations
- Deploying Multiple Systems of Different Models
- Deploying Multiple Systems With the Same Configuration for Different Operating Systems
- Reusing Configuration Files
- Important Information and Frequently Asked Questions
- Glossary
- Index
Using the Systems Build and Update Utility 25
Using the Systems Build and Update
Utility
This chapter describes the flexibility that the Systems Build and Update
Utility offers to deploy and update your systems and also the various scenarios
in which you can use the Systems Build and Update Utility.
Flexibility That the Systems Build and Update
Utility Offers
•
Choice of configuration:
Depending on your deployment and update
requirement, you can configure all the three modules (
Firmware Update
,
Hardware Configuration
, and
Server Operating System Installation
),
any one of the modules, or a combination of the modules.
•
Choice of when to apply the configuration:
You can either apply the
configuration of your choice immediately or save it by using the
Apply/Export Configuration
feature.
•
Choice of configuring systems:
The
Apply/Export Configuration
feature
in the Systems Build and Update Utility allows you to deploy and update
your current system and/or multiple systems or multiple systems of
different models.
– You can perform the following deployment/update operations on your
current system:
• apply firmware updates
• configure hardware (BIOS, DRAC, RAID, and so on)
• install an operating system
• launch post-operating system install scripts