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2.Getting Started 2.1. Product Overview Intel® Deployment Assistant reduces the complexity and time associated with setting up Intel Servers. Server deployment time is often cut by an hour or more per system, and even more time can be saved when using the cloning feature to deploy identical servers. The wizard automatically locates and retrieves the latest drivers, BIOS, and firmware updates. It guides you through questions to help quickly configure the server via automatic recognition of server hardware, with minimal reboots and an automated unattended OS installation. Intel® Deployment Assistant helps a system administrator do the following: • Update an Intel® server with the latest system software. Updates can be got from a set URL (http://support.intel.com which can be customized by OEM), a network drive, or removable media. The firmware components that can be updated using Intel® Deployment Assistant are: BIOS, Integrated BMC (iBMC), non expander HSCs, and SDRs. • Configure the most common options of the BIOS and firmware. • Configure a RAID volume on attached hard drives and install an operating systems. • Save SUP, driver updates, and limited 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. Note: The installation is fully unattended except for a license screen agreement that you can agree to and any changing of CDs. The latest drivers for all the on-board components are added from IDA CD or from other supported locations during the OS installation. Intel® Deployment Assistant is a browser based graphical application that provides an easy to use wizard style interface to the system administrator for performing all the above tasks. It is packaged onto a single CD which contains its own operating system (Linux*), a GUI, Intel® Deployment Assistant core, and supporting files for setup and deployment. Intel® Deployment Assistant boots automatically from a CD-ROM/USB drive and runs completely in a RAMDISK. Intel® Deployment Assistant v3.0/3.1 User Guide - 8 -

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2.
Getting Started
2.1.
Product Overview
Intel® Deployment Assistant reduces the complexity and time associated with
setting up Intel Servers. Server deployment time is often cut by an hour or more
per system, and even more time can be saved when using the cloning feature to
deploy identical servers. The wizard automatically locates and retrieves the
latest drivers, BIOS, and firmware updates. It guides you through questions to
help quickly configure the server via automatic recognition of server hardware,
with minimal reboots and an automated unattended OS installation.
Intel® Deployment Assistant helps a system administrator do the following:
•
Update an Intel® server with the latest system software. Updates can be got
from a set URL (
http://
support.intel.com
which can be customized by OEM), a
network drive, or removable media. The firmware components that can be
updated using Intel® Deployment Assistant are: BIOS, Integrated BMC (iBMC),
non expander HSCs, and SDRs.
•
Configure the most common options of the BIOS and firmware.
•
Configure a RAID volume on attached hard drives and install an operating
systems
.
•
Save SUP, driver updates, and limited 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.
Note
: The installation is fully unattended
except
for a license screen agreement
that you can agree to
and
any changing of CDs.
The latest drivers for all the on-board components are added from IDA CD or
from other supported locations during the OS installation.
Intel® Deployment Assistant is a browser based graphical application that
provides an easy to use wizard style interface to the system administrator for
performing all the above tasks. It is packaged onto a single CD which contains
its own operating system (Linux*), a GUI, Intel® Deployment Assistant core,
and supporting files for setup and deployment. Intel® Deployment Assistant
boots automatically from a CD-ROM/USB drive and runs completely in a
RAMDISK.
Intel® Deployment Assistant v3.0/3.1 User Guide
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