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Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook

Dell Uniﬁed Server Conﬁgurator is a 1:1 user interface exposing utilities from Lifecycle Controller. Customers

will use this interface to conﬁgure hardware, update server, run diagnostics, or deploy the operating

system. This utility resides on Lifecycle Controller. To access the Uniﬁed Server Conﬁgurator, press the

<F10>keywithin10secondsoftheDelllogodisplayduringthesystembootprocess.Current

functionality enabled by the Uniﬁed Server Conﬁgurator includes:

FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Faster O/S

Installation

Drivers and the installation utility are embedded on system, so no need to

scour DELL.COM

Faster System Updates

Integration with Dell support automatically directed to latest versions of

the Unied Server Congurator

More Comprehensive

Diagnostics

Diagnostic utilities are embedded on system

Simplied Hardware

Conguration

Detects RAID controller and allows user to congure virtual disk and

choose virtual disk as boot device, eliminating the need to launch a

separate utility

III. iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise

For the M710, all features of both the iDRAC6 Express and Enterprise are included with each server. The

iDRAC6 is a managed persistent storage space for server provisioning data and consists of 1GB ﬂash and

VFlash. VFlash oers the hot-plug portability and increased storage capacity beneﬁts of SD while still

being managed by the system. iDRAC6 is currently partitioned to support the following applications:

 •UniedServerConguratorBrowserandSystemServicesModule(SSM)(25MB):TheUnied

Server Conﬁgurator browser provides a consistent graphical user interface for bare metal

deployment and is ideal for 1-to-1 deployment. The SSM supports automatic 1-to-N deployment

 •ServiceDiagnostics(15MB):FormerlyontheharddriveastheUtilityPartition,thisisabootable

FAT16 partition for Service Diagnostics

 •DeploymentOSEmbeddedLinux(100MB):StoragespacetoholdembeddedLinux

 •DeploymentOSWinPE(200MB):StoragespacetoholdWindowsPreinstallationEnvironment

 •DriverStore(150MB):HoldsalllesrequiredforOSdeployment

 •iDRAC6rmware(120MB):HoldsthetwomostrecentversionsofiDRAC6rmware

 •FirmwareImages(160MB):HoldsthetwomostrecentversionsofBIOS,RAID,embedded

NIC, power supplies, and hard drive ﬁrmware. This partition also holds the BIOS and option

ROM conﬁguration data

 •LifeCycleLog(2MB):Storesinitialfactorycongurationaswellasalldetectablehardware

and ﬁrmware changes to the server since its deployment. The Life Cycle Log is stored on the

BMC SPI ﬂash

 •RJ-45Management10/100MbpsEthernetport

 •VFlashSDcardconnector-Launcheswithlimitedfunctionalitybutdesigned

for future expansion

 •OtheriDRAC6features:

  •Remotevirtualoppy/CD/disk(withsuperoppysupport)

  •Graphicsconsoleredirection(alsocalledremotevirtualKVM-Keyboard/Video/Mouse)

(For M Series part of the M1000e)

  •Virtualash(requiresVFlashcard)

  •Ripandreplace

  •RACADMCommandLineInterface

Approximately 20% of the Flash space is reserved for wear leveling on the NAND Flash. Wear leveling is a

method designed to extend the life of the NAND Flash by balancing the use cycles on the Flash’s blocks.