Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook28Dell Unified Server Configurator is a 1:1 user interface exposing utilities from Lifecycle Controller. Customerswill use this interface to configure hardware, update server, run diagnostics, or deploy the operatingsystem. This utility resides on Lifecycle Controller. To access the Unified Server Configurator, press the key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo display during the system boot process. Currentfunctionality enabled by the Unified Server Configurator includes:featuRe DescRiPtiOnFaster O/SInstallationDrivers and the installation utility are embedded on system, so no need toscour DELL.COMFaster System Updates Integration with Dell support automatically directed to latest versions ofthe Unified Server ConfiguratorMore ComprehensiveDiagnostics Diagnostic utilities are embedded on systemSimplified HardwareConfigurationDetects RAID controller and allows user to configure virtual disk andchoose virtual disk as boot device, eliminating the need to launch aseparate utilityIII. iDRAC6 Express/EnterpriseFor the M710, all features of both the iDRAC6 Express and Enterprise are included with each server. TheiDRAC6 is a managed persistent storage space for server provisioning data and consists of 1GB flash andVFlash. VFlash offers the hot-plug portability and increased storage capacity benefits of SD while stillbeing managed by the system. iDRAC6 is currently partitioned to support the following applications:• Unified Server Configurator Browser and System Services Module (SSM) (25MB): The UnifiedServer Configurator browser provides a consistent graphical user interface for bare metaldeployment 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 bootableFAT16 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 files required for OS deployment• iDRAC6 firmware (120MB): Holds the two most recent versions of iDRAC6 firmware• Firmware Images (160MB): Holds the two most recent versions of BIOS, RAID, embeddedNIC, power supplies, and hard drive firmware. This partition also holds the BIOS and optionROM configuration data• Life Cycle Log (2MB): Stores initial factory configuration as well as all detectable hardwareand firmware changes to the server since its deployment. The Life Cycle Log is stored on theBMC SPI flash• RJ-45 Management 10/100Mbps Ethernet port• VFlash SD card connector - Launches with limited functionality but designedfor future expansion• Other iDRAC6 features:• Remote virtual floppy / CD / disk (with super floppy support)• Graphics console redirection (also called remote virtual KVM-Keyboard / Video / Mouse)(For M Series part of the M1000e)• Virtual flash (requires VFlash card)• Rip and replace• RACADM Command Line InterfaceApproximately 20% of the Flash space is reserved for wear leveling on the NAND Flash. Wear leveling is amethod designed to extend the life of the NAND Flash by balancing the use cycles on the Flash’s blocks.
