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

4 Contents
4 Launching the Systems Build
and Update Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5 Using the Systems Build
and Update Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Flexibility That the Systems Build
and Update Utility Offers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the Systems Build and
Update Utility in Different Scenarios
. . . . . . . . . . 26
Updating Your System Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring Your System Hardware
. . . . . . . . 28
Installing the Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . 30
Deploying Your Current ("Bare-Metal")
Dell System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Deploying More Than One System
With the Same Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deploying More Than One System
With Slightly Different Configurations
. . . . . . . 38
Deploying Multiple Systems of
Different Models
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Deploying Multiple Systems
With the Same Configuration for
Different Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Reusing Configuration Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . 41










