This post is more than 5 years old
7 Posts
0
2088
Dell Lifecycle OS deployment drivers
I just bought a used PowerEdge R410 and I'm used to using SBUU to deploy the OS on my 2970. However, I'm reading that on this generation server I need to hit F10 on boot and deploy the OS from the lifecycle controller. According to an article I read on the TechCenter, there is some sort of internal storage that is preloaded from factory with all of the drivers needed for supported operating systems.
I tried to Deploy an OS and right from the start it prompted me to select a location where the drivers are to be loaded from. I tried a few different things I found on the drivers and download page, but the only thing I could seem to get it to accept was the SBUU dvd. Am I missing something? Why would it not load drivers from the internal storage as noted in the TechCenter article? Is there a driver pack that I can load onto a flash drive and plug into one of the internal USB ports for future deployments?
theflash1932
9 Legend
9 Legend
•
16.3K Posts
0
August 9th, 2016 15:00
You can use LCC to deploy the OS on the R410, but you can also use SBUU/SMTD - you just have to use the correct SBUU/SMTD version. The version that came with the 2970 will NOT work on newer servers (or newer OS's). If using 2012, you probably don't even need a deployment utility - just install from the OS media.
MrShawn305
7 Posts
0
August 9th, 2016 15:00
I understand I need to use the correct version, I made sure to download SBUU from the driver download section of support.dell.com for the R410. I noticed that SBUU no longer has support for server 2k3? Is that the case?
theflash1932
9 Legend
9 Legend
•
16.3K Posts
0
August 9th, 2016 15:00
Yes, 2003 is dead.
MrShawn305
7 Posts
0
August 9th, 2016 15:00
Something else I noticed about the system, when I use the above mentioned steps, the system seems to perform a bunch of steps, then asks for the OS disk. It then prompts to reboot without removing the OS disk to complete the installation. Basically as far as I can tell the system then simply proceeds to boot from the OS install disk and completely disregard all of the steps it just took in preparation for OS deployment. After the OS is installed (Win S2012R2), everything looks fine, but one thing I notice that is missing is the Dell Server Administrator application. I'm used to seeing this is 2k3 and 2k8 deployments I've done on my 2970 and it is a very useful tool. Am I just missing something or doing something wrong?