Intel S7000FC4UR Product Guide - Page 69
Intel® Deployment Assistant, System Setup and Configuration Utilities - motherboard
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8. The Platform Diagnostics Utility starts to load and prompts you to respond to the licensing agreement. Upon your agreement, the utility starts and you will see the menu of test options. Intel® Deployment Assistant The Intel® Deployment Assistant provides a single interface with an easy to use HTMLlike graphical user interface to ease the process of setting up and deploying an Intel server from initial boot through the initiation of an unattended OS installation. These setup and deploy tasks can be performed with the Intel® Deployment Assistant: • Update the system BIOS, firmware, and FRUSDR • Configure server management settings • Launch an unattended OS installation The Intel® Deployment Assistant will allow a system administrator to: • Update an Intel server with the latest system software. Updates can be procured from a set URL (support.intel.com - which can be customized by OEM), a network drive, or removable media (Intel® Deployment Assistant CD or USB key). The firmware components that can be updated using Intel® Deployment Assistant are: BIOS, ESB2, HSC, LCP, as well as SDRs. • Configure the most common options of the BIOS and firmware. • Configure a RAID volume on attached hard drives and install an operating system. - The installation is fully unattended except for a license screen agreement that the user needs to agree to. - The latest drivers for all the on-board components can be inserted during the OS installation • Save SUP, driver updates, and chosen configuration settings in a profile for later use. This allows quick restoration of the same server or "cloning" (migration of configuration) to identical model servers. System Setup and Configuration Utilities Setup and configuration utilities are either on the Server Deployment Toolkit CD or the Intel® Server Management Software CD, or included in the System Firmware Update Package that is posted to http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ S7000FC4UR/ Available utilities for WinPE include: • SELViewer • Save and Restore System Configuration (SysConfig) Intel® Server System S7000FC4UR Product Guide 51