User's Manual

Using the Systems Build and Update Utility 39
Important!
• Ensure that you select multiple systems that you want to deploy on the
Select System(s) screen.
•The
Firmware Update module displays all the update packages for the
systems you selected. Depending on the system model, you must select the
components that need to be updated.
• The Hardware Configuration module displays all the configuration options
under different tabs. Ensure that you select all relevant options for all the
systems you selected.
• The list of operating systems displayed in the
Server Operating System
Installation (SOI)
module is a subset of supported operating systems that can
be installed across the selected systems. This implies that if you select
systems that have no supported operating systems in common, the
SOI
module will not display any operating system and you will not be able to
proceed with the deployment process.
To deploy multiple systems of different models, follow step 1 through step 8
in "Deploying More Than One System With the Same Configuration."
Deploying Multiple Systems With the Same Configuration for Different
Operating Systems
In this scenario, you can see how to update and deploy multiple systems
with the same configuration for different operating systems. For example,
you have 100 PowerEdge R710 systems and you want to deploy 25 systems
with the Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003 operating system, 50 systems
with the Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
5.3 operating system, and 25 systems
with the Windows Server
®
2008 operating system.