DELL™ PowerEdge™ Deployment Guide A Dell Technical White Paper By Donnie Davis
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PowerEdge Deployment Guide Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Unified Server Configurator (USC) Deployment ........................................................................................................... 2 Dell Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU) ........................................................................................
PowerEdge Deployment Guide Introduction The purpose of this document is to provide tips on deploying Microsoft® operating systems to Dell PowerEdge servers. This document will not cover how to setup a deployment infrastructure, but rather the modifications needed to allow an existing deployment setup to work with the 11th Generation PowerEdge servers.
PowerEdge Deployment Guide Dell Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU) The SBUU is on the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD that ships with your system. Using SBUU, you can configure RAID, install an operating system, and update firmware. Boot from the DVD and you will see all of the options in the user interface. To install an operating system using SBUU: 1) 2) 3) 4) Turn on the server. At POST, press < F11> when prompted for BIOS Boot Manager.
PowerEdge Deployment Guide Manual Installation of Microsoft Operating Systems This installation method involves booting to the operating system installation DVD to complete the installation. Depending on the operating system you are installing, the mass storage drivers may not be included, and therefore, the installation will fail since no hard drives will be seen. Operating systems released prior to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 will look for a floppy disk for the mass storage drivers.
PowerEdge Deployment Guide This error continues even after ensuring that all needed drivers are added to the PreSystem directory. The solution for this issue is to use WinPE instead of the default deployment agent. See the following Microsoft knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=970721 Using UEFI For additional information about using UEFI, see Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Eleventh Generation Dell TM PowerEdgeTM Servers.
