PowerEdge: How to Create a Bootable USB Device with Rufus for Updates

To create a bootable USB device, you can use the freeware tool Rufus (Figure 1).
 

1. Download the tool to a Windows system
2. Create a Smart Bootable ISO using the Dell Repository Manager (DRM).
3. Start the tool
4. Insert a USB device (Rufus auto-selects the USB device)
5. Choose the created or downloaded ISO-file (Rufus selects the appropriate settings)
   • Partition Screen = MBR
   • File System = FAT32
   • Cluster Size = 1024
6. Click Start to create the media
7. Restart the server and boot from the created device

Rufus Screenshot

            
Figure 1: Rufus examples

The first figure shows when the freeware is launched. The second figure shows the Bootable ISO file selected. Click "Start" to launch the process.