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Intel® Deployment Assistant v4.0 User Guide 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://www.intel.com/support 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 • Install Windows* and Linux* operating systems • Clone all deployment work from one server to multi server 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. 2.2. Supported Platforms Multi-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Sequence-based Servers • Intel® Server Board S5520UR 3

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Intel
®
Deployment Assistant v4.0 User Guide
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 (
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
•
Install Windows* and Linux* operating systems
•
Clone all deployment work from one server to multi server
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.
2.2.
Supported Platforms
Multi-Core Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 5500 Sequence-based Servers
•
Intel
®
Server Board S5520UR
3