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 29
5
On the
Systems Build and Update Utility Home
screen,
click
Apply/Export Configuration
.
The
Configure Apply/Export Options
screen appears with the
Apply
Configuration to Current System
option selected, by default.
You can export the hardware configuration for later use by selecting
Export Configuration
.
6
Click
Apply/Export
.
A progress bar appears indicating that the configuration changes you saved in
step 3 are being applied to your system. After the changes are applied, your
system reboots automatically and is ready for use with the updated
configuration.
For Multiple Systems
1
On the
Systems Build and Update Utility Home
screen, click
Change
against
System(s) Selection
on the left pane.
The
Select System(s)
screen appears.
2
Select the system(s) on which you want to deploy the hardware
configuration you specify.
NOTE: To generate a bootable ISO image to deploy a hardware configuration
to multiple systems, you must select all the required systems on the Select
System(s) screen even if they are of the same model as your current system
on which you are running the Systems Build and Update Utility.
3
Click
Save Settings
.
The
Systems Build and Update Utility Home
screen reappears listing the
selected systems under
System(s) Selection
.
4
Click
Configure
against
Hardware Configuration
or
Hardware
Configuration
on the left pane.
The
Configuration Status Summary
screen appears.
5
To configure the components (RAID, DRAC, BIOS, and so on), click the
individual component buttons.
Component screens appear on which you can configure various components.
6
After you configure fields on each component screen, click
Save Settings
and then click
Go Back to Configuration Summary
.










