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DELL(TM) SYSTEMS BUILD AND UPDATE UTILITY 1.3 README

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Description:

This Readme provides information about Dell Systems Build and Update

Utility.

NOTE: Dell OpenManage Systems Management software, including Systems

Build and Update Utility, is now available only on the "Dell Systems

Management Tools and Documentation" DVD.

You can use Dell Systems Build and Update Utility to perform the

following operations on your system:

* install operating system

* view hardware details

* perform firmware update

* generate hardware configuration scripts

* create a bootable image for system(s) of choice

For the latest version of this Readme, see the Dell Support website at

"support.dell.com."

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Minimum Requirements

* Release Highlights

* Installation

* User Notes

* Known Issues

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CRITICALITY

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Summary of content (15 pages)

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###################################################################### DELL(TM) SYSTEMS BUILD AND UPDATE UTILITY 1.3 README ###################################################################### Description: This Readme provides information about Dell Systems Build and Update Utility. NOTE: Dell OpenManage Systems Management software, including Systems Build and Update Utility, is now available only on the "Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation" DVD.
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3 = Optional Dell recommends that you review specifics about the update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations, or provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment.
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- Standard, Premium * Microsoft Windows Server 2008 EBS x64 Edition - Standard, Premium * Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 Update 8 for x86 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 Update 8 for x86_64 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 Update 3 for x86 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 Update 3 for x86_64 * Novell(R) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) version 10 (SP3) x86_64 * Novell(R) SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-64 * VMware ESX version - 4.0 U1, 3.
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Systems Build and Update Utility modules: * Server Operating System Installation * Firmware Update * Hardware Configuration * View Hardware "Dell Systems Build and Update Utility" can also be used to create a bootable image, or export configurations for, any of the supported systems. Click "System(s) Selection" to change the system(s) of choice. The current systems is selected by default. 3. Each of the above modules can be configured independently, and all the configurations can then be applied in one go.
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* See the "readme.txt" under the folder "/server_assistant/driver_tool" for all details on the driver extracting utility. * For operating systems such as ESX and Windows 2008 Server, for which the installation is not fully-automated, the native Graphical User Installation tool provided by the operating system installation media is used. Hence setting date and time zone in the Systems Build and Update Utility setup screen does not get applied.
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Build and Update Utility screens navigation only. The selected keyboard layout setting is not passed to the installed Operating System. Even after you select any language other than English under "Select Language" and "Keyboard Type" on the "Home" page, the input language will be English. That is, the text you enter in the text fields in the GUI will appear in English. * Do not use the Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) virtual media to run "Firmware Update" on the system.
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which is not supported in the current system, applying Hardware Scripts will fail and if Exit on Failure option is selected, the deploy operation will halt. * When the User selects the Redundant Memory token in the BIOS page in Hardware Config screen, the options shown for this token are a superset. If the user selects an option which is not supported in the current system, the apply operation will fail during execution and the option will not be applied on the box.
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system has automatically logged out. Installation might end abnormally if the installation process is interrupted. * If you enable "Console Redirection": * A dialog box displays that an Expanded Memory Support (EMS) connection has been discovered during the operating system installation. * You enter the organization name and computer name, an error message displays that "unattend.txt" is incomplete and prompts you to enter the username. Enter the username to continue with the unattended setup operation.
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Enterprise Linux operating system, if the hard drive space on your system is used completely and the range specified in the GUI against the "swap" partition is the same (for example [1024 -1024] MB), the scroll bar remains to the left side.
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###################################################################### The following subsections list the known issues with this release of Systems Build and Update Utility. * On Dell PowerEdge systems with internal USB, BIOS setting configuration for internal USB Port is possible only if User Accessible/external (UA) USB ports are set to "All Ports On".
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* Use of localized special characters might cause the Systems Build and Update Utility GUI to freeze intermittently. * If there are multiple SAS or RAID controllers on the system, Systems Build and Update Utility will always use the controller listed first in the BIOS boot order list. If you want to use a particular controller for the operating system, you must go to the BIOS setup (F2 on boot) and set up the given controller as the first boot device.
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installations. * On SAS 5/iR, 6/iR controller cards, disks that appear in "Foreign" state will not be available for OS installation in non-RAID mode. If you wish to use any disk that is in "Foreign" state for OS installation, clear the physical disks using "Erase All Physical Disks" feature under System Tools section. If all disks are in "Foreign" state, Systems Build and Update Utility may fail to install OS on the controller in non-RAID mode.
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* When an external storage enclosure is connected to the storage controller, RAID can be configured on that controller using SBUU. But, SBUU will not support installing an Operating System on the Virtual Disk which is created on the controller connecting to an external storage enclosure. * iDRAC users created through SBUU do not get enabled. To enable these users, user will have to go to DRAC (DRAC5 or iDRAC) GUI and set the user privilege level to desired level (Administrator, Operator etc).
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Linux (version 4) will not be presented in the "Select Operating Systems" page. * Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (all versions) operating system is not supported on any system having the following controllers: * Promise RAID * CERC SATA 2s in RAID mode NOTE: In the above cases, option to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system will not be presented in the "Select Operating Systems" page. * Systems Build and Update Utility does not support Non RAID (Volume) mode on S100/S300 controller.
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A fix for this would be available in a future update BIOS revisions for SLES 11. ========================================================================== KNOWN ISSUE(S) FOR VMware ESX 4.0 OPERATING SYSTEM ========================================================================== * If you choose to install VMware ESX 4.0 operating system, the Dell Utility Partition is deleted during the operating system installation.