User's Manual

About Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility 11
• Deploy an operating system on your bare-metal Dell system
•
Repurpose your system
Installing the Operating System
To install the operating system, perform the following steps:
NOTE: Make sure that you have selected the RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.1 x86_64 as
the operating system and create a utility partition.
1 On the Systems Build and Update Utility Home screen, click Server OS
Installation
on the left pane.
The
Set the Date and Time screen is displayed.
NOTE: If you want to install ESXi Flash or HDD, insert a SD card or USB key.
2 Make the required changes and click Continue .
The
Select an Operating System to Install screen is displayed.
3 Select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 x86_64 , Create Utility Partition , and
click
Continue .
NOTE: The utility partition does not have DOS-based RAID tools.
The Select RAID Configuration screen is displayed.
4 Indicate whether you want to apply the RAID configuration that you
specified in Configuring Your System Hardware or retain the existing
RAID configuration on your system, and click
Continue .
The
Configure the Disk Partition for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
x86_64
screen is displayed.
5 Select the file system for boot partition, enter the size of the virtual disk
available, and click
Continue .
The
Network Adapter(s) Configuration screen is displayed.
6 Enter the appropriate information about the network adapters on your
system and click
Continue .
The
Enter Configuration Information for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
x86_64
screen is displayed.
7 Fill in the appropriate fields and click Continue .
The
Operating System Installation Summary screen is displayed.