Systems Build and Update Utility - SBUU

The Dell™ Systems Build and Update Utility (SBBU) CD includes a single tool to enable basic life-cycle management of Dell systems:

  • Simple OS Installation
  • Firmware and BIOS Update
  • Hardware Configuration (scriptable and GUI)
  • Server Update Utility (custom and complete)

SBUU Demos

Scripting with Systems Build and Update Utility

by Scott Hanson
Download .WMV file ~12MB
This demo shows how to use the SBUU to generate scripts that can later be used to deploy firmware and bios settings through the use of the Deployment ToolKit (DTK)




Dell OpenManage 5.3 Systems Build and Update Utility - OS Install

by Scott Hanson
Download .WMV file ~7MB
This demo shows how to use of the SBUU to install Microsoft® Windows® on a bare-metal Dell PowerEdge® Server.




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jcbbcj SBUU utility 1 Apr 14 2009, 11:52 AM EDT by scott_hanson
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Where can I get the latest SBUU in an ISO. I know its on the Dell CD but not a standalone utility. I want to be able to launch the SBUU from a "virtual media" share on my network.

Can I download the SBUU *.iso somewhere?
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chrishunteratyaleedu sbuu SOI support redhat linux distros 2 Nov 13 2008, 9:58 AM EST by chrishunteratyaleedu
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I booted up the Oct 2008 Dell "Systems Management Tools and Documentation" dvd. I tried the server os installation option from the sbuu menu. I note it only support linux redhat version 4.5 and redhat 5.2.

What if I want to use a different version eg. redhat 5.1 or 4.6 ?
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uwlmadmin Trouble recreating new array 5 Aug 20 2008, 6:16 PM EDT by scott_hanson
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Quick question about SBUU; I'm rebuilding an older PE1800 (6 x SATA) and using Windows 2008 x64 as my base OS. I initially created a RAID-10 32GB partition on 4 drives in SBUU for Virtual Disk 0 thinking that I could assign the rest of the space from Windows but now that's all the system sees. I've rerun the install several times this time trying to allocate the entire space of the 4 drives as Virtual Disk 0 with subsequent allocation within Windows, clicked yes to overwriting the Virtual Disk partition, yet when the server reboots to do the OS install, I'm still only seeing 32GB.
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