User's Manual

32 Using SBUU
Deploying More Than One System With Slightly Different Configurations
In this scenario, you can see how to deploy more than one supported system
with slightly different configurations. For example, you can configure
50 PowerEdge R710 systems but the systems may have different cards,
controllers, hard drives, memory, and so on. However, for the update and
deployment to work as in the preceding scenario, the following conditions
must be met:
• the same type of controller that is configured must be present, whether the
controller is onboard or in the slot. For controllers in slot, the controller
must be on the same slot as configured.
• the configured RAID level must be supported by the existing controller.
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 5 and SAS 6 controllers require a minimum of
2 disks.
• the configured RAID policy must be supported by the current controller.
• the number of disks must be the same or more.
• the disk sizes are the same or more.
• the available disks must be of the same type. For example, a mix of SAS,
small computer system interface (SCSI), and Solid State Disk (SSD) will
not be supported.
Once the above criteria are satisfied, you can follow step 1 through step 8 in
"Deploying More Than One System With the Same Configuration" to update
and deploy more than one system with slightly different configurations.
Deploying Multiple Systems of Different Models
In this scenario, you can deploy multiple systems of different models; for
example, you can deploy 25 PowerEdge R710 systems, 50 PowerEdge R610
systems, and 25 PowerEdge T610 systems.
To deploy multiple systems of different models, do the following:
• 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.