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16 Optmizing Dell Server Deployment – System Build & Update Utility(SBUU)
A customized ISO file with all the hardware settings, required firmware packages to
install and the OS [RHEL5.7x32] to deploy the system is generated. This activity can
be repeated on the same server with other needed servers by selecting them in the
list for the Change button option. During this process, you can also select a different
OS. In this case, we use SLES 11 Sp2.
You can copy the created ISO images to USB drive or burnt into a custom DVD and
used for deploying the rest of the servers per required specification in parallel.
Optimization using Export Configuration
Export Configuration is a valuable feature when there is a space crunch that might
hinder big custom SBUU ISO files from being created. It uses reusing the settings
created initially so that the end user does not have to remember the settings that
they selected previously.
Export configuration saves all the one time performed settings into a respective ini in
the NFS/SAMBA share, so that in future the user can simply import the settings and
apply the same on the target server. This export-import mechanism works on
homogenous transitions (that is, between only TOWER->TOWER, RACK->RACK and
BLADE -> BLADE and is not heterogeneous [TOWER->RACK or RACK->BLADE]).
Case 2 – Mid-sized Labs
Consider a lab having 30 Servers across multiple generations and the lab admin needs
to:
1. Deploy 20 servers with RHEL 5.7x32 [including hardware configuration and
firmware update]
2. Deploy 10 Servers with SLES 11 SP2 [including hardware configuration and
Firmware update]
Procedure
The Lab admin / End user can follow the optimized procedure shown below using a
SBUU DVD to get the setup done.
Repeat Steps 1 to 10 as shown in case 1.
A customized ISO file with all the hardware settings, needed firmware packages and
the OS [RHEL5.7x32] to deploy is generated. The same one-time activity can be
repeated on the same server by selecting other needed servers for SLES 11 SP2 OS
(involves changes in Step 2 and 7).