================================================================================ Intel(R) Deployment Assistant 2.0 for Intel(R)Server Board S3000AHLX, S3000AH, S3000AHV and Intel (R) Server Systems SR1530AH and SR1530AHLX ================================================================================ Intel Enterprise Platform & Services Division - Marketing Intel Corporation 2111 N.E. 25th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA ================================================================================ DATE : April 29, 2008 TO : Intel(R)Server Board S3000AHLX, S3000AH, S3000AHV and Intel (R) Server Systems SR1530AH and SR1530AHLX SUBJECT : Release Notes for Intel(R) Deployment Assistant 2.0 ================================================================================ ABOUT THIS RELEASE ================================================================================ The Intel(R) Deployment Assistant(IDA) utility is provided to simplify, accelerate, standardize and clarify the process of building, loading, and deploying Intel server products. It provides a single interface with an easy to use HTML like graphic UI to ease the process of setting up and deploying an EPSD server from initial boot through the initiation of an unattended OS installation. It can also be used to update the BIOS, firmware and SDRs as a maintenance activity. No installation is required for Intel? Deployment Assistant. Simply place the Deployment Assistant CD in a bootable CD-ROM drive and power on the server. Intel(R) Deployment Assistant will start automatically. Supported Features - System Update This feature supports server BIOS - BIOS Settings This allows to setup all the settings of BIOS - System Information Asset tag can be set by this feature - Second Server Setup Supports saving and restoring system configuration settings as well as system update packages. - USB Key Boot This feature allows user to boot IDA and perform all IDA operation from USB key instead of a CD. - Re-branding Rebranding and Customization of IDA features is now supported. - OS Install This feature allows user to unattended install Windows/Linux OS. - Simplified RAID Configuration This allows user to setup all Intel brand or OEMed RAID device with a simple and uniform user interface. Boot Side Features Details: Detect and display the server components and system software stack versions. Automatically locate and download Update Package from support.intel.com Retrieve the update packages from a network shared drive or from a USB key. Choose which items from the update package to install on the local server. Configure onboard RAID and add-in Intel(R) RAID Controllers Enter an asset tag (must be 2 or more characters) Configure the most common BIOS Configure and launch an 'unattended OS' installation script(from OS CDs) Supported OS (for un-attended installation) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 4 U4 (X86 and X86-64) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 4 U5 (X86 and X86-64) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 4 U5 (X86 and X86-64) SUSE* Linux* Enterprise Server 9 SP3 (X86 and X86-64) SUSE* Linux* Enterprise Server 10 (X86 and X86-64) SUSE* Linux* Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (X86 and X86-64) Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 SP1 (32 bit and x64 bit) Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 SBS SP1 (32 bit) Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 R2 (32 bit and x64 bit) Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 R2 SP2(32 bit and x64 bit) OS Present features (CD browse) With an OS already running, insert the CD. Features: Autorun to HTML menu (Windows only) Locate Device drivers by OS. Utilities including Selview, PTC and etc Documentations Customer Support Contact Information ================================================================================ NEW in THIS RELEASE ================================================================================ New features in this release - Simplified RAID Configuration - Support Windows* server 2003 EM64T unattended OS installation - Support Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 5 unattended OS installation ================================================================================ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ================================================================================ Intel(R)Deployment Assistant 2.0 minimum hardware requirements: - 256 MB RAM, (512 MB preferred) - Mouse and Keyboard - CD-ROM drive or USB key - Monitor resolution of at least 1024x768 - Hard drive required only for unattended OS installations. Suggested size for OS partition of at least 6GB. Drive must be on Intel's Tested Hardware List (THOL). - To download drivers or firmware from the Intel support site, the server has to be connected to the Internet with only one network port from the server connected. ================================================================================ Considerations and Known Issues ================================================================================ - IDA RAID Configuration function doesn't support to serup Legacy/Matric/3rd party RAID device. - IDA RIAD Configuration function only supports one global Hot Spare disk even some RAID controller supports multiple Hot Spare disk. - IDA RAID Configuration function can not setup or create RIAD 5 logical volume unless user create a RIAD 5 logical volume via RAID FirmWare configuration interface first. - Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 5 unattended OS installation fails on disk which capacity is larger than 500GB - Due to SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 problem, IDA unattended OS installation for it doesn't support more than three partitions - The SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 CD1 must be in the drive at reboot after launching the unattended OS install. Even if the OS is not installed on the first available hard disk (3rd drive on the GUI list), the boot loader will be on the first drive, so boot must occur from that drive. - Windows* OS should only be installed on drives listed in the Tested Hardware list. - IDA fails to boot on master CD-ROM if server has mater and slave IDE CD-ROM both. IDA can boot from slave CD-ROM at this time. - Using a 'profile' to restore or clone a server will request a BIOS password even for BMC settings. ================================================================================ Legal Information ================================================================================ This document, as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of the license. 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