User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell Systems Build And Update Utility Version 2.2 User's Guide
- About Dell OpenManage Systems Build And Update Utility
- Launching SBUU
- Using SBUU In Different Scenarios
- 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 And Different Operating Systems
- Reusing Configuration Files
- Creating Bootable USB
- Creating an ISO image
- Frequently Asked Questions
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About Dell OpenManage Systems Build And
Update Utility
Dell OpenManage Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU) is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) based one-to-one
deployment and update tool for of the Dell Systems. It is available at support.dell.com and as part of the
Dell Systems
Management Tools and Documentation
DVD. It has modules such as Server OS Installation (SOI), Firmware Update, and
Hardware Configuration. These modules enable you to update BIOS and firmware in the pre-operating system
environment, apply these settings on the current system or on multiple systems, and install the operating system.
Information Organization In The Guide
To See
Configure your system hardware. Configuring Your System Hardware and Configuring Your
System Hardware
Install an operating system on your system. Installing the Operating System
Create customized bootable media to deploy multiple
systems (different platforms) of your choice.
Using SBUU In Different Scenarios
Update your system firmware (Baseboard Management
Controller [BMC], Dell Remote Access Controller [DRAC],
Redundant Array of Independent Disks [RAID]) and BIOS
in a pre-operating system environment.
Updating Your System Firmware
What’s New In This Release
The release highlights of SBUU are:
• Added support for the following operating systems:
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (64–bit)
– Microsoft Windows Server 2012
– Windows PE 4.0
– VMware ESXi 5.1 Flash
– VMware ESXi 5.1 HDD
– VMware ESX 4.1 U3
– VMware ESXi 4.1 U3 Flash
– VMware ESXi 4.1 U3 HDD
– Citrix XenServer 6.1
• Added support for booting to Lifecycle Controller GUI, embedded on 12G and 11G systems that offers
comprehensive system management features including operating system deployment and server updates
without any tools or additional downloads.
• Added support for configuring a Full Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) as iDRAC7 SNMP trap destination.
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