Owner's Manual

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* See the "readme.txt" under the folder
"/server_assistant/driver_tool" for all details on the driver
extracting utility.
* For operating systems such as ESX and Windows 2008 Server, for
which the installation is not fully-automated, the native Graphical
User Installation tool provided by the operating system installation
media is used. Hence setting date and time zone in the Systems Build
and Update Utility setup screen does not get applied. The date and time
will have to be set manually once the operating system is installed.
* If the Systems Build and Update Utility GUI disappear and a blank
screen is displayed, restart your system. This issue occurs if you
right-click to open a new browser window (from the "Quick Reference
Guide" window) and select "Quit" from the "File" menu.
* In order to use the RAID configuration feature of Systems Build and
Update Utility to configure RAID and install the operating system,
the "Fast Initialization" parameter of the RAID controller must be
set to "ON." This setting is the factory default of all RAID
controllers.
* Do not insert or remove any hot-swappable drives until the
operating system is completely installed while using the "Systems
Build and Update Utility". The results may be unpredictable and the
installation may fail.
* Replication is supported on systems with multiple controllers,
provided the controllers are in an initialized state. This is
applicable to both master and target systems.
* If you configure RAID manually and use Systems Build and Update
Utility to install an operating system on a master system, then you
need to manually configure RAID on the target system as well.
* Use local accounts for creating the SMB share on Windows on which
the RPMs will reside for the network download feature.
* If the number of hard disks is large, the "Erase All Hard Disks"
feature under "System Tools" may take a long time to erase. During
the erase process you will see the same screen with an hourglass
display. Wait until the operation completes and the system
reboots.
* Systems Build and Update Utility does not support the installation
of tape or Fibre Channel drivers with the operating system
installation. You can download the drivers for these devices from the
Dell Systems Service and Diagnostics Tools on the "Dell Systems
Management Tools and Documentation" DVD or from the Dell Support
website at "support.dell.com".
* The "Keyboard Type" locale option offered for a keyboard layout on
the systems Build and Update Utility home page is for the Systems